MoP Classic item

Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass

Item 3873 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 39
Requires Blacksmithing (195)
"Teaches you how to make a Golden Scale Cuirass."
Sell Price: 11 silver

About Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass

Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass is an uncommon Blacksmithing recipe on MoP Classic at item level 39. It teaches Golden Scale Cuirass, made from 12 Steel Bar, 2 Gold Bar and 4 Heavy Grinding Stone; learning it takes Blacksmithing skill 195. Other blacksmithing recipes listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Plans: Frost Tiger Blade, Plans: Shadow Crescent Axe and Plans: Golden Scale Coif. The latest scan finds it on 3 MoP Classic realms (KR 1, US 2); the cheapest buyout is 9 gold99 silver on Shimmering Flats (KR). A vendor pays 11 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm9 gold99 silverShimmering Flats (KR)

Typical market (US)74 gold99 silver

Median min buyout50 gold

Realms with listings3KR 1, US 2

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 11:57 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
MankrikUS · Legacy	50 gold	50 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 11:29 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	99 gold99 silver	99 gold99 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 11:29 UTC
Shimmering FlatsKR · Korea	9 gold99 silver	9 gold99 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 11:57 UTC

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Crafting

Teaches

Golden Scale Cuirass

+14 Strength, +6 Stamina

Requires Blacksmithing (195)

Reagents

Reagent cost on MoP Classic

Steel Bar, Gold Bar and Heavy Grinding Stone have no current listing in our MoP Classic scans, so the reagent total is not known.
Golden Scale Cuirass is mail for the chest slot, item level 40, usable from level 35; it carries +14 Strength, +6 Stamina.
Golden Scale Cuirass has a lowest listed price of 364 gold56 silver on MoP Classic, listed on 3 realms (median realm low 437 gold81 silver).
Steel Bar is also a reagent in 11 other MoP Classic recipe items: Plans: Edge of Winter, Plans: Frost Tiger Blade, Plans: Golden Scale Boots, Plans: Golden Scale Coif, Plans: Golden Scale Gauntlets, Plans: Golden Scale Shoulders and 5 more.
Gold Bar is also a reagent in 14 other MoP Classic recipe items: Design: Golden Hare, Design: Heavy Golden Necklace of Battle, Pattern: Brightcloth Pants, Plans: Golden Iron Destroyer, Plans: Golden Scale Boots, Plans: Golden Scale Coif and 8 more.
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: Barbaric Iron Shoulders, Plans: Golden Iron Destroyer, Plans: Golden Scale Boots and 12 more.
Other Blacksmithing recipes near skill 195 in our MoP Classic item table, which holds 171 Blacksmithing recipe items: Plans: Barbaric Iron Gloves (185), Plans: Massive Iron Axe (185), Plans: Polished Steel Boots (185), Plans: Edge of Winter (190), Plans: Golden Scale Coif (190), Plans: Searing Golden Blade (190), Plans: Steel Weapon Chain (190), Plans: Frost Tiger Blade (200), Plans: Golden Scale Boots (200), Plans: Inlaid Mithril Cylinder (200), Plans: Shadow Crescent Axe (200), Plans: Golden Scale Gauntlets (205).

Reagent	Qty	Lowest listed	Median realm low	Realms
Steel Bar	12	-	-	-
Gold Bar	2	-	-	-
Heavy Grinding Stone	4	-	-	-

Where Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass Fits

Items That Share Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass's Icon

Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass uses the same icon art, which 189 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Plans: Golden Scale Leggings ID 3872 · Recipe · item level 34 · lowest 5g on 4 realms
Plans: Green Iron Shoulders ID 3870 · Recipe · item level 32 · lowest 125g on 1 realm
Plans: Shadow Crescent Axe ID 3869 · Recipe · item level 40 · lowest 1g on 5 realms
Plans: Frost Tiger Blade ID 3868 · Recipe · item level 40 · lowest 5g on 5 realms
Recipe: Elixir of Detect Lesser Invisibility ID 3832 · Recipe · item level 39 · lowest 10g on 2 realms
Plans: Green Iron Gauntlets ID 3612 · Recipe · item level 30
Plans: Green Iron Boots ID 3611 · Recipe · item level 29 · lowest 2g on 2 realms
Plans: Gemmed Copper Gauntlets ID 3610 · Recipe · item level 15 · lowest 99s on 4 realms

Items Numbered Next to Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 3873 (3868 to 3891) were usually added in the same batch as Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Plans: Frost Tiger Blade ID 3868 · Recipe · item level 40 · lowest 5g on 5 realms
Plans: Shadow Crescent Axe ID 3869 · Recipe · item level 40 · lowest 1g on 5 realms
Plans: Green Iron Shoulders ID 3870 · Recipe · item level 32 · lowest 125g on 1 realm
Plans: Golden Scale Shoulders ID 3871 · Recipe · item level 35
Plans: Golden Scale Leggings ID 3872 · Recipe · item level 34 · lowest 5g on 4 realms
Plans: Polished Steel Boots ID 3874 · Recipe · item level 37 · lowest 4s on 4 realms
Plans: Golden Scale Boots ID 3875 · Recipe · item level 40
Russet Hat ID 3889 · Armor - Cloth · item level 37 · lowest 36,769g on 1 realm
Studded Hat ID 3890 · Armor - Leather · item level 37 · lowest 499g on 1 realm
Augmented Chain Helm ID 3891 · Armor - Mail · item level 37 · lowest 1,431g on 1 realm

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

Across game versions

Item 3873	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	39	39	1
Effects	Use: Teaches you how to make a Golden Scale Cuirass.	-	-
Sell price	11 silver	11 silver	11 silver

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 13:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 12
Lowest buyout seen: 2 silverEverlook, Ook Ook (EU), 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 1,500 goldLokholar (KR)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 2,790

US median, latest 50gEU median, latest 5gKR median, latest 10g
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	KR low	KR median	KR realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-03	-	-	-	9 gold99 silver	9 gold99 silver	1	50 gold	50 gold	2
2026-11-02	5 gold	5 gold	1	9 gold99 silver	9 gold99 silver	2	50 gold	50 gold	2
2026-11-01	5 gold	5 gold	2	9 gold99 silver	500 gold	2	4 gold99 silver	69 gold98 silver	2
2026-10-31	5 gold	28 gold99 silver	2	9 gold99 silver	500 gold	2	8 gold	8 gold	2
2026-10-30	28 gold99 silver	28 gold99 silver	1	9 gold99 silver	9 gold99 silver	2	99 silver	99 gold99 silver	2
2026-10-29	4 gold99 silver	29 gold	2	9 gold99 silver	1,500 gold	2	98 silver	99 silver	2
2026-10-28	2 gold99 silver	9 gold99 silver	2	9 gold99 silver	1,500 gold	2	98 silver	5 gold	2

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 0 of 25, KR 1 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 2 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	3873
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Blacksmithing
Item level	39
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	11 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)