MoP Classic item

Plans: Lesser Ward of Shielding

Item 23638 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 68
Requires Blacksmithing (340)
"Teaches you how to make a Lesser Ward of Shielding."
Sell Price: 1 gold50 silver

About Plans: Lesser Ward of Shielding

Plans: Lesser Ward of Shielding is a common Blacksmithing recipe on MoP Classic at item level 68. It teaches Lesser Ward of Shielding, made from 1 Adamantite Bar; learning it takes Blacksmithing skill 340. Other blacksmithing recipes listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Plans: Adamantite Breastplate, Plans: Adamantite Plate Bracers and Plans: Adamantite Plate Gloves. The latest scan finds it on 4 MoP Classic realms (EU 2, US 2); the cheapest buyout is 149 gold99 silver on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 1 gold50 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm149 gold99 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (US)613 gold8 silver

Median min buyout222 gold15 silver

Realms with listings4EU 2, US 2

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 11:08 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	149 gold99 silver	149 gold99 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 10:29 UTC
MankrikUS · Legacy	1,076 gold17 silver	1,076 gold17 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 10:29 UTC
FlamegorEU · Russian	222 gold7 silver	222 gold7 silver	9	9	2026-11-03 11:08 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	222 gold22 silver	222 gold22 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 11:08 UTC

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Crafting

Teaches

Lesser Ward of Shielding

Requires Blacksmithing (340)

Reagents

1x Adamantite Bar

Reagent cost on MoP Classic

Adamantite Bar has no current listing in our MoP Classic scans, so the reagent total is not known.
Lesser Ward of Shielding is item level 65, usable from level 55. Its own tooltip reads: Use: Applies the Lesser Ward of Shielding to your shield. This ward absorbs up to 1,000 points of damage before it fails. (1 Sec Cooldown).
Lesser Ward of Shielding has no current listing in our MoP Classic scans.
Adamantite Bar is also a reagent in 8 other MoP Classic recipe items: Plans: Adamantite Breastplate, Plans: Adamantite Cleaver, Plans: Adamantite Dagger, Plans: Adamantite Maul, Plans: Adamantite Plate Bracers, Plans: Adamantite Plate Gloves and 2 more.
Other Blacksmithing recipes near skill 340 in our MoP Classic item table, which holds 171 Blacksmithing recipe items: Plans: Adamantite Maul (325), Plans: Adamantite Cleaver (330), Plans: Adamantite Dagger (330), Plans: Adamantite Plate Bracers (335), Plans: Adamantite Plate Gloves (335), Plans: Adamantite Rapier (335), Plans: Adamantite Weapon Chain (335), Plans: Adamantite Breastplate (340), Plans: Black Felsteel Bracers (365), Plans: Blessed Bracers (365), Plans: Bracers of the Green Fortress (365), Plans: Dirge (365).

Reagent	Qty	Lowest listed	Median realm low	Realms
Adamantite Bar	1	-	-	-

Where Plans: Lesser Ward of Shielding Fits

Items That Share Plans: Lesser Ward of Shielding's Icon

Plans: Lesser Ward of Shielding uses the same icon art, which 247 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Plans: Adamantite Cleaver ID 23591 · Recipe · item level 66 · lowest 41g on 3 realms
Schematic: Cogspinner Goggles ID 23803 · Recipe · item level 68 · lowest 155g on 2 realms
Schematic: White Smoke Flare ID 23811 · Recipe · item level 67 · lowest 22g on 6 realms
Schematic: Titanium Toolbox ID 23817 · Recipe · item level 75 · lowest 8g on 3 realms
Recipe: Major Dreamless Sleep Potion ID 22911 · Recipe · item level 70
Recipe: Elixir of Major Defense ID 22909 · Recipe · item level 69
Recipe: Super Mana Potion ID 22907 · Recipe · item level 68
Recipe: Elixir of Camouflage ID 22900 · Recipe · item level 61

Items Numbered Next to Plans: Lesser Ward of Shielding

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 23638 (23633 to 23676) were usually added in the same batch as Plans: Lesser Ward of Shielding: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Plans: Runic Hammer ID 23633 · Recipe · item level 73
Plans: Fel Hardened Maul ID 23634 · Recipe · item level 73 · lowest 55,555g on 1 realm
Plans: Eternium Runed Blade ID 23635 · Recipe · item level 73 · lowest 9,999g on 2 realms
Plans: Dirge ID 23636 · Recipe · item level 73
Plans: Hand of Eternity ID 23637 · Recipe · item level 73
Moongraze Stag Tenderloin ID 23676 · Trade Goods

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

Across game versions

Item 23638	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	68	1
Sell price	1 gold50 silver	1 gold50 silver

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 12:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 9
Lowest buyout seen: 10 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-10-31 17:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 1,076 gold17 silverMankrik (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 2,668

US median, latest 150gEU median, latest 222gKR median, latest 300g
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	222 gold7 silver	222 gold7 silver	2	-	-	-	149 gold99 silver	149 gold99 silver	3
2026-11-02	222 gold7 silver	222 gold22 silver	2	-	-	-	149 gold99 silver	152 gold50 silver	3
2026-11-01	44 gold44 silver	222 gold7 silver	2	-	-	-	150 gold	152 gold50 silver	3
2026-10-31	44 gold44 silver	44 gold44 silver	2	300 gold	300 gold	1	10 gold	168 gold84 silver	3
2026-10-30	40 gold	44 gold44 silver	2	300 gold	300 gold	1	10 gold	250 gold	4
2026-10-29	45 gold	55 gold55 silver	2	-	-	-	168 gold84 silver	250 gold	3
2026-10-28	55 gold55 silver	198 gold88 silver	2	-	-	-	199 gold99 silver	350 gold	2

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 2 of 25, KR 0 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	23638
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Blacksmithing
Item level	68
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	1 gold50 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)