MoP Classic item

Plans: Stronghold Gauntlets

Item 12720 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 62
Requires Blacksmithing (300)
"Teaches you how to make Stronghold Gauntlets."
Sell Price: 2 gold

About Plans: Stronghold Gauntlets

Plans: Stronghold Gauntlets is an epic Blacksmithing recipe on MoP Classic at item level 62. It teaches Stronghold Gauntlets, made from 15 Arcanite Bar, 20 Enchanted Thorium Bar, 10 Essence of Earth, 4 Blue Sapphire and 4 Large Opal; learning it takes Blacksmithing skill 300. Other blacksmithing recipes listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Plans: Runic Plate Leggings, Plans: Radiant Leggings and Plans: Frostguard. The latest scan finds it on 4 MoP Classic realms (EU 3, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 9,999 gold on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU). A vendor pays 2 gold for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm9,999 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)

Typical market (US)104,587 gold18 silver

Median min buyout12,499 gold99 silver

Realms with listings4EU 3, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 21:15 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	104,587 gold18 silver	104,587 gold18 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 21:15 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	9,999 gold	9,999 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 21:08 UTC
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active	9,999 gold99 silver	9,999 gold99 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 21:08 UTC
FlamegorEU · Russian	15,000 gold	15,000 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 21:08 UTC

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Crafting

Teaches

Stronghold Gauntlets

+12 Stamina, Equip: Increases your parry by 20., Equip: Increases your critical strike by 14.

Requires Blacksmithing (300)

Reagents

Reagent cost on MoP Classic

Arcanite Bar, Enchanted Thorium Bar, Essence of Earth, Blue Sapphire and Large Opal have no current listing in our MoP Classic scans, so the reagent total is not known.
Stronghold Gauntlets is plate for the hands slot, item level 62, usable from level 57; it carries +12 Stamina, Equip: Increases your parry by 20., Equip: Increases your critical strike by 14.. Its own tooltip reads: Equip: Disarm duration reduced by 50%.
Stronghold Gauntlets has a lowest listed price of 1,489 gold99 silver on MoP Classic, listed on 3 realms (median realm low 5,231 gold28 silver).
Arcanite Bar is also a reagent in 24 other MoP Classic recipe items: Design: Emerald Crown of Destruction, Design: Emerald Owl, Design: Necklace of the Diamond Tower, Plans: Annihilator, Plans: Arcanite Champion, Plans: Arcanite Reaper and 18 more.
Enchanted Thorium Bar is also a reagent in 13 other MoP Classic recipe items: Plans: Blazing Rapier, Plans: Dawn's Edge, Plans: Enchanted Battlehammer, Plans: Heartseeker, Plans: Helm of the Great Chief, Plans: Invulnerable Mail and 7 more.
Essence of Earth is also a reagent in 10 other MoP Classic recipe items: Pattern: Robe of the Archmage, Pattern: Volcanic Breastplate, Pattern: Volcanic Shoulders, Plans: Hammer of the Titans, Plans: Masterwork Stormhammer, Plans: Thick Obsidian Breastplate and 4 more.
Other Blacksmithing recipes near skill 300 in our MoP Classic item table, which holds 171 Blacksmithing recipe items: Plans: Annihilator (300), Plans: Arcanite Champion (300), Plans: Arcanite Reaper (300), Plans: Black Grasp of the Destroyer (300), Plans: Darkrune Breastplate (300), Plans: Darkrune Gauntlets (300), Plans: Darkrune Helm (300), Plans: Frostguard (300), Plans: Hammer of the Titans (300), Plans: Heartseeker (300), Plans: Helm of the Great Chief (300), Plans: Invulnerable Mail (300).

Reagent	Qty	Lowest listed	Median realm low	Realms
Arcanite Bar	15	-	-	-
Enchanted Thorium Bar	20	-	-	-
Essence of Earth	10	-	-	-
Blue Sapphire	4	-	-	-
Large Opal	4	-	-	-

Where Plans: Stronghold Gauntlets Fits

Items That Share Plans: Stronghold Gauntlets's Icon

Plans: Stronghold Gauntlets uses the same icon art, which 247 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Plans: Runic Plate Leggings ID 12719 · Recipe · item level 62 · lowest 79g on 1 realm
Plans: Helm of the Great Chief ID 12716 · Recipe · item level 61 · lowest 499g on 1 realm
Plans: Runic Plate Helm ID 12714 · Recipe · item level 61 · lowest 79g on 1 realm
Plans: Invulnerable Mail ID 12728 · Recipe · item level 63 · lowest 888g on 1 realm
Plans: Whitesoul Helm ID 12711 · Recipe · item level 60 · lowest 500g on 3 realms
Plans: Runic Plate Boots ID 12707 · Recipe · item level 60 · lowest 79g on 1 realm
Plans: Runic Plate Shoulders ID 12706 · Recipe · item level 60 · lowest 79g on 1 realm
Plans: Storm Gauntlets ID 12703 · Recipe · item level 59

Items Numbered Next to Plans: Stronghold Gauntlets

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 12720 (12713 to 12731) were usually added in the same batch as Plans: Stronghold Gauntlets: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Plans: Radiant Leggings ID 12713 · Recipe · item level 61 · lowest 94s on 8 realms
Plans: Runic Plate Helm ID 12714 · Recipe · item level 61 · lowest 79g on 1 realm
Plans: Helm of the Great Chief ID 12716 · Recipe · item level 61 · lowest 499g on 1 realm
Plans: Lionheart Helm ID 12717 · Recipe · item level 61 · lowest 999g on 2 realms
Plans: Runic Plate Leggings ID 12719 · Recipe · item level 62 · lowest 79g on 1 realm
Plans: Invulnerable Mail ID 12728 · Recipe · item level 63 · lowest 888g on 1 realm
Pristine Hide of the Beast ID 12731 · Quest · lowest 458g 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 12720	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	62	62	1
Effects	Use: Teaches you how to make Stronghold Gauntlets.	-	-
Sell price	2 gold	2 gold	2 gold

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-05 07:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 4
Lowest buyout seen: 188 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-10-18 11:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 124,333 gold26 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 890

US median, latest 104,587gEU median, latest 10,000g
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
2026-11-03	9,998 gold99 silver	9,999 gold99 silver	3	104,587 gold18 silver	104,587 gold18 silver	1
2026-11-02	9,998 gold99 silver	9,999 gold	3	104,587 gold18 silver	104,587 gold18 silver	1
2026-11-01	9,999 gold	15,000 gold	2	104,587 gold18 silver	104,587 gold18 silver	1
2026-10-31	9,999 gold	15,000 gold	2	104,587 gold18 silver	104,587 gold18 silver	1
2026-10-30	9,999 gold	9,999 gold99 silver	3	104,587 gold18 silver	104,587 gold18 silver	1
2026-10-29	9,999 gold99 silver	19,999 gold	2	-	-	-
2026-10-28	2,999 gold60 silver	9,999 gold99 silver	2	-	-	-

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 3 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 1 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	12720
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Blacksmithing
Item level	62
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	2 gold
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)