MoP Classic item

Plans: Barbaric Iron Shoulders

Item 7978 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 32
Requires Blacksmithing (160)
"Teaches you how to make Barbaric Iron Shoulders."
Sell Price: 7 silver50 copper

About Plans: Barbaric Iron Shoulders

Plans: Barbaric Iron Shoulders is an uncommon Blacksmithing recipe on MoP Classic at item level 32. It teaches Barbaric Iron Shoulders, made from 8 Iron Bar, 4 Sharp Claw and 2 Heavy Grinding Stone; learning it takes Blacksmithing skill 160. Other blacksmithing recipes listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword, Plans: Green Iron Shoulders and Plans: Iron Counterweight. A vendor pays 7 silver50 copper for it.

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Teaches

Barbaric Iron Shoulders

+6 Strength, Equip: Increases your hit by 6.

Requires Blacksmithing (160)

Reagents

Reagent cost on MoP Classic

Iron Bar, Sharp Claw and Heavy Grinding Stone have no current listing in our MoP Classic scans, so the reagent total is not known.
Barbaric Iron Shoulders is mail for the shoulder slot, item level 32, usable from level 27; it carries +6 Strength, Equip: Increases your hit by 6.
Barbaric Iron Shoulders has a lowest listed price of 906 gold1 silver on MoP Classic, listed on 1 realm (median realm low 906 gold1 silver).
Iron Bar is also a reagent in 22 other MoP Classic recipe items: Design: Heavy Iron Knuckles, Design: Wicked Moonstone Ring, Plans: Barbaric Iron Boots, Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate, Plans: Barbaric Iron Gloves, Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm and 16 more.
Sharp Claw is also a reagent in 2 other MoP Classic recipe items: Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm, Recipe: Rage Potion.
Heavy Grinding Stone is also a reagent in 18 other MoP Classic recipe items: Plans: Barbaric Iron Boots, Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate, Plans: Barbaric Iron Gloves, Plans: Golden Iron Destroyer, Plans: Golden Scale Boots, Plans: Golden Scale Coif and 12 more.
Other Blacksmithing recipes near skill 160 in our MoP Classic item table, which holds 171 Blacksmithing recipe items: Plans: Green Iron Boots (145), Plans: Mighty Iron Hammer (145), Plans: Green Iron Gauntlets (150), Plans: Iron Shield Spike (150), Plans: Silvered Bronze Leggings (155), Plans: Solid Iron Maul (155), Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate (160), Plans: Green Iron Shoulders (160), Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword (160), Plans: Iron Counterweight (165), Plans: Golden Iron Destroyer (170), Plans: Golden Scale Leggings (170).

Reagent	Qty	Lowest listed	Median realm low	Realms
Iron Bar	8	-	-	-
Sharp Claw	4	-	-	-
Heavy Grinding Stone	2	-	-	-

Where Plans: Barbaric Iron Shoulders Fits

Items That Share Plans: Barbaric Iron Shoulders's Icon

Plans: Barbaric Iron Shoulders uses the same icon art, which 189 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate ID 7979 · Recipe · item level 32
Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm ID 7980 · Recipe · item level 35
Plans: Heavy Mithril Pants ID 7975 · Recipe · item level 42 · lowest 9g on 4 realms
Plans: Barbaric Iron Boots ID 7981 · Recipe · item level 36
Plans: Barbaric Iron Gloves ID 7982 · Recipe · item level 37
Plans: Dazzling Mithril Rapier ID 7993 · Recipe · item level 48 · lowest 85s on 4 realms
Pattern: Big Voodoo Cloak ID 8390 · Recipe · item level 48 · lowest 4g on 3 realms
Pattern: Tough Scorpid Breastplate ID 8395 · Recipe · item level 44 · lowest 6,215g on 2 realms

Items Numbered Next to Plans: Barbaric Iron Shoulders

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 7978 (7972 to 7989) were usually added in the same batch as Plans: Barbaric Iron Shoulders: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Ichor of Undeath ID 7972 · Trade Goods · item level 45
Big-Mouth Clam ID 7973 · Trade Goods · item level 40
Zesty Clam Meat ID 7974 · Trade Goods · item level 45
Plans: Heavy Mithril Pants ID 7975 · Recipe · item level 42 · lowest 9g on 4 realms
Plans: Mithril Shield Spike ID 7976 · Recipe · item level 43 · lowest 10g on 5 realms
Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate ID 7979 · Recipe · item level 32
Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm ID 7980 · Recipe · item level 35
Plans: Barbaric Iron Boots ID 7981 · Recipe · item level 36
Plans: Barbaric Iron Gloves ID 7982 · Recipe · item level 37
Plans: Mithril Spurs ID 7989 · Recipe · item level 47 · lowest 75g on 3 realms

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

Across game versions

Item 7978	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	32	32	1
Effects	Use: Teaches you how to make Barbaric Iron Shoulders.	-	-
Sell price	7 silver50 copper	7 silver50 copper	7 silver50 copper

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-11 03:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 1
Lowest buyout seen: 19,999 gold99 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-10-11 14:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 19,999 gold99 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 12

Last 7 days

Day (UTC)	US low	US median	US realms
2026-10-11	19,999 gold99 silver	19,999 gold99 silver	1

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	7978
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Blacksmithing
Item level	32
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	7 silver50 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)