MoP Classic item

Merciless Epaulets

Item 15656 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 54
Binds when equipped
ShoulderMail
261 Armor
Durability 70 / 70
Requires Level 49
Sell Price: 1 gold93 silver

About Merciless Epaulets

Merciless Epaulets is an uncommon piece of mail armor for the shoulder slot on MoP Classic at item level 54, usable from level 49. It binds when equipped. It gives 261 armor and has 70 durability. It shares its appearance with Bloodfist Epaulets, Warlord's Iron-Epaulets and Felstone Pauldrons. Other mail shoulder pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Ebonhold Shoulderpads (54), Crusader's Pauldrons (53) and Ironhide Pauldrons (53). A vendor pays 1 gold93 silver for it.

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Mail shoulder items near item level 54

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 52 other mail shoulder items between item level 38 and 66; 21 of them carry fixed stats.

Fiery Chain Shoulders has the most fixed stat points in this group, 49.
Next mail shoulder items up with fixed stats: Bloodlust Epaulets (item level 57, requires level 52), Blue Dragonscale Shoulders (item level 59, requires level 54), Black Dragonscale Shoulders (item level 60, requires level 55), Hero's Pauldrons (item level 60, requires level 55), Drakesfire Epaulets (item level 61, requires level 56).
Cheapest listed mail shoulder items at a similar or higher item level: Eroded Mail Shoulderpads at 2 gold (item level 66, requires level 61), Laminated Scale Shoulderpads at 2 gold (item level 55, requires level 50), Lord's Pauldrons at 2 gold (item level 52, requires level 47).
Other armor types for the shoulder slot within 4 item levels of 54: plate (17): Wyrmslayer Spaulders, Stockade Pauldrons, Vanguard Pauldrons; leather (13): Serpentskin Spaulders, Ironfeather Shoulders, Living Shoulders; cloth (10): Imperial Red Mantle, Elder Wizard's Mantle, Highborne Pauldrons.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Myrmidon's Pauldrons	50	45	243	+11 Intellect, +10 Spirit	5 gold
Protector Pads	51	46	248	+9 Stamina, +6 Spirit	-
Lord's Pauldrons	52	47	252	none	2 gold
Crusader's Pauldrons	53	48	257	none	3 gold
Ironhide Pauldrons	53	48	257	none	2,000 gold
Stratholme Militia Shoulderguard	53	48	257	+12 Agility, +12 Stamina, +12 Haste	-
Merciless Epaulets	54	49	261	none	-
Ebonhold Shoulderpads	54	49	261	+12 Intellect, +11 Spirit	2 gold50 silver
Laminated Scale Shoulderpads	55	50	239	none	2 gold
Ornate Pauldrons	56	51	270	none	4 gold
Bloodlust Epaulets	57	52	275	+9 Stamina, +14 Intellect	-
Engraved Pauldrons	58	53	279	none	10 gold

Appearance

Same appearance record (48438)

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Gemshale Pauldrons, Overmaster's Shoulders.

More Merciless items

Merciless Belt item level 54
Merciless Greaves item level 54
Merciless Gauntlets item level 53
Merciless Crown item level 56
Merciless Legguards item level 56
Merciless Bracers item level 51
Merciless Surcoat item level 57

Where Merciless Epaulets Fits

Items That Share Merciless Epaulets's Icon

Merciless Epaulets uses the same icon art, which 18 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Triumphant Shoulder Pads ID 15686 · Armor - Mail · item level 63 · lowest 841g on 1 realm
Imposing Shoulders ID 15169 · Armor - Leather · item level 44 · lowest 20g on 1 realm
Flarecore Mantle ID 16980 · Armor - Cloth · item level 61 · lowest 500g on 2 realms
Fiery Chain Shoulders ID 16988 · Armor - Mail · item level 62 · lowest 4,995g on 2 realms
Runic Plate Shoulders ID 12610 · Armor - Plate · item level 60 · lowest 200g on 4 realms
Brigade Pauldrons ID 9934 · Armor - Mail · item level 44 · lowest 2g on 3 realms
Hero's Pauldrons ID 8310 · Armor - Mail · item level 60
Traveler's Spaulders ID 8301 · Armor - Leather · item level 59 · lowest 20g on 1 realm

Items Numbered Next to Merciless Epaulets

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 15656 (15651 to 15661) were usually added in the same batch as Merciless Epaulets: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Merciless Crown ID 15651 · Armor - Mail · item level 56 · lowest 1,155g on 1 realm
Merciless Cloak ID 15652 · Armor - Cloth · item level 51
Merciless Gauntlets ID 15653 · Armor - Mail · item level 53 · lowest 1,499g on 2 realms
Merciless Belt ID 15654 · Armor - Mail · item level 54 · lowest 759g on 1 realm
Merciless Legguards ID 15655 · Armor - Mail · item level 56 · lowest 9,483g on 2 realms
Merciless Shield ID 15657 · Armor - Shield · item level 57
Impenetrable Sabatons ID 15658 · Armor - Mail · item level 59 · lowest 2,000g on 2 realms
Impenetrable Bindings ID 15659 · Armor - Mail · item level 55
Impenetrable Breastplate ID 15660 · Armor - Mail · item level 61 · lowest 222g on 2 realms
Impenetrable Cloak ID 15661 · Armor - Cloth · item level 54 · lowest 44g on 2 realms

Built from Blizzard's Game Data API item documents for this game version and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Across game versions

Item 15656	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	54	54	27
Required level	49	49	49
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	220	261	255
Sell price	1 gold33 silver	1 gold93 silver	1 gold33 silver

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 08:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 5
Lowest buyout seen: 1 gold50 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-10-09 04:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 4,096 gold98 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,016

US median, latest 130gEU median, latest 5g
Each line is one region's daily median of the cheapest buyout on every realm that listed it, from our hourly scans.

Last 7 days

Day (UTC)	EU low	EU median	EU realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-02	-	-	-	10 gold	130 gold	2
2026-11-01	-	-	-	10 gold	130 gold	2
2026-10-31	-	-	-	10 gold	136 gold19 silver	3
2026-10-30	-	-	-	136 gold19 silver	1,096 gold98 silver	2
2026-10-29	-	-	-	1,096 gold98 silver	1,096 gold98 silver	1
2026-10-28	-	-	-	1,096 gold98 silver	2,048 gold49 silver	2
2026-10-27	-	-	-	1,096 gold98 silver	1,096 gold98 silver	2

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 0 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 0 of 23.

Item data: Blizzard's MoP Classic Game Data API (static data 5.5.4.67732). Prices: per-unit buyouts from one Blizzard Auction House snapshot per connected realm per hour; market is the quantity-weighted median of a realm's listings. Retail column: the retail client datamine.

Quick facts

Item ID	15656
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Mail
Slot	Shoulder
Item level	54
Requires level	49
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	1 gold33 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)