MoP Classic item

Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece

Item 40959 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.69585

Item Level 170
Binds when equipped
ChestPlate
1,140 Armor
+47 Strength
+64 Stamina
Durability 115 / 115
Requires Level 77
Equip: Increases your critical strike by 38.
Equip: Increases your PvP resilience by 43.
Sell Price: 4 gold68 silver

About Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece

Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece is an uncommon piece of plate armor for the chest slot on MoP Classic at item level 170, usable from level 77. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +47 Strength and +64 Stamina, with Critical Strike (38) and Resilience (43) as secondary stats. It gives 1,140 armor and has 115 durability. It shares its appearance with Kraken Breastplate. Other plate chest pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Tempered Saronite Breastplate (167), Agin's Crushing Carapace (166) and Golem Breastplate (174). The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (EU 1, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 25 gold on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU). A vendor pays 4 gold68 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm25 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)

Typical market (US)50 gold

Median min buyout37 gold50 silver

Realms with listings2EU 1, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-09-19 06:13 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	50 gold	50 gold	1	1	2026-09-19 05:12 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	25 gold	25 gold	1	1	2026-09-19 06:13 UTC

Plate chest items near item level 170

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 18 other plate chest items between item level 146 and 187; 6 of them carry fixed stats.

+47 Strength ranks 4th of 5 plate chest items with Strength; Savage Saronite Hauberk (item level 187, requires level 78) has the most, +72.
+64 Stamina ranks 5th of 5 plate chest items with Stamina; Savage Saronite Hauberk (item level 187, requires level 78) has the most, +105.
+38 Critical Strike ranks 2nd of 5 plate chest items with Critical Strike; Ornate Saronite Hauberk (item level 187, requires level 78) has the most, +46.
+43 Resilience ranks 2nd of 3 plate chest items with Resilience; Ornate Saronite Hauberk (item level 187, requires level 78) has the most, +46.
Ornate Saronite Hauberk has the most fixed stat points in this group, 265 against 192 here.
Same stat line (Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Resilience): Savage Saronite Hauberk.
Next plate chest items up with Strength: Savage Saronite Hauberk (item level 187, requires level 78).
Its lowest listed price, 25 gold, ranks 12th of 17 listed plate chest items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate chest items at a similar or higher item level: Golem Breastplate at 14 gold (item level 174, requires level 78), Kraken Breastplate at 14 gold (item level 170, requires level 77), Brilliant Saronite Breastplate at 15 gold (item level 179, requires level 78).
Other armor types for the chest slot within 6 item levels of 170: leather (7): Bulge-Concealing Breastplate, Dark Iceborne Chestguard, Dark Arctic Chestpiece; mail (6): Dark Frostscale Breastplate, Condor-Bone Chestguard, Dark Nerubian Chestpiece; cloth (3): Condor Robe, Oracle Robe, Crystalsong Robe.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Jormungar Breastplate	158	74	1,073	none	10 gold
Frostpaw Armor	162	75	1,095	none	122 gold
Agin's Crushing Carapace	166	77	1,117	+42 Strength, +82 Stamina, +65 Parry	55 gold
Magnataur Breastplate	166	76	1,117	none	23 gold99 silver
Tempered Saronite Breastplate	167	75	1,123	+49 Strength, +90 Stamina, +56 Dodge	8 gold
Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece	170	77	1,140	+47 Strength, +64 Stamina, +38 Critical Strike, +43 Resilience	25 gold
Kraken Breastplate	170	77	1,140	none	14 gold
Golem Breastplate	174	78	1,164	none	14 gold
Revenant Armor	178	79	1,189	none	15 gold
Brilliant Saronite Breastplate	179	78	1,228	+88 Intellect, +50 Spirit, +38 Critical Strike	15 gold
Slipshod Plate Chestpiece	180	85	1,567	none	-
Necropolis Breastplate	182	80	1,348	none	15 gold

Appearance

Same appearance record (71120)

Kraken Breastplate

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Blackened Breastplate of the Vault.

Across game versions

Retail (Midnight) drops Strength and Resilience and adds Strength or Intellect and Versatility.

Item 40959	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	170	34
Required level	77	29
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	1,140	26
Strength	47	-
Stamina	64	10
Critical Strike	38	9
Resilience	43	-
Strength or Intellect	-	7
Versatility	-	10
Sell price	4 gold68 silver	15 silver

Retail recipe Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece: 8x Cobalt Bar, 2x Crystallized Water.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-08-27 21:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 3
Lowest buyout seen: 13 gold99 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-09-04 20:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 800 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 850

US median, latest 50gEU median, latest 25g
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
2026-09-19	25 gold	25 gold	1	50 gold	50 gold	1
2026-09-18	25 gold	800 gold	1	50 gold	50 gold	1
2026-09-17	800 gold	800 gold	1	50 gold	50 gold	1
2026-09-16	120 gold	800 gold	2	50 gold	79 gold31 silver	1
2026-09-15	120 gold	800 gold	2	35 gold	55 gold	1
2026-09-14	15 gold	800 gold	1	35 gold	35 gold	1
2026-09-13	15 gold	800 gold	1	55 gold	79 gold80 silver	1

Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 1 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	40959
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.69585)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Chest
Item level	170
Requires level	77
Binding	Binds when equipped
Vendor sell	3 gold74 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)