MoP Classic item

Reinforced Cobalt Shoulders

Item 40956 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.69585

Item Level 154
Binds when equipped
ShoulderPlate
790 Armor
+28 Strength
+42 Stamina
Durability 70 / 70
Requires Level 73
Equip: Increases your critical strike by 27.
Equip: Increases your PvP resilience by 27.
Sell Price: 3 gold16 silver

About Reinforced Cobalt Shoulders

Reinforced Cobalt Shoulders is an uncommon piece of plate armor for the shoulder slot on MoP Classic at item level 154, usable from level 73. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +28 Strength and +42 Stamina, with Critical Strike (27) and Resilience (27) as secondary stats. It gives 790 armor and has 70 durability. It shares its appearance with Kraken Epaulets. Other plate shoulder pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Bloodmar Pauldrons (154), Jormungar Pauldrons (158) and Spiked Cobalt Shoulders (150). A vendor pays 3 gold16 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

No MoP Classic price data yet. Not listed on any MoP Classic realm in the latest scan (last scan ok, finished 2026-09-19 05:23 UTC). The scan reads each connected realm's Auction House document once an hour. Bid-only auctions are skipped: a bid is not a price anyone can pay now.

Plate shoulder items near item level 154

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 20 other plate shoulder items between item level 130 and 178; 5 of them carry fixed stats.

+28 Strength ranks 5th of 5 plate shoulder items with Strength; Tempered Saronite Shoulders (item level 171, requires level 76) has the most, +41.
+42 Stamina ranks 3rd of 5 plate shoulder items with Stamina; Tempered Saronite Shoulders (item level 171, requires level 76) has the most, +84.
+27 Critical Strike ranks 2nd of 3 plate shoulder items with Critical Strike; Spiked Cobalt Shoulders (item level 150, requires level 72) has the most, +34.
+27 Resilience: no other plate shoulder item in this group carries Resilience.
Tempered Saronite Shoulders has the most fixed stat points in this group, 157 against 124 here.
Next plate shoulder items up with Strength: Tempered Saronite Shoulders (item level 171, requires level 76).
Cheapest listed plate shoulder items at a similar or higher item level: Tempered Saronite Shoulders at 19 gold99 silver (item level 171, requires level 76), Kraken Epaulets at 24 gold (item level 170, requires level 77), Frostpaw Epaulets at 49 gold99 silver (item level 162, requires level 75).
Other armor types for the shoulder slot within 6 item levels of 154: cloth (6): Skein Woven Mantle, Charlotte's Chastizing Pauldrons, Icemist Mantle; leather (4): Taunka Spaulders, Dirt-Caked Shoulderpads, Muradin Shoulders; mail (4): Amberpine Spaulders, Trapper Shoulderguards, Shoveltusk Mantle.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Blood-Tempered Spaulders	138	71	1,081	+30 Strength, +23 Agility, +40 Stamina, +27 Critical Strike	50 gold
Cobalt Shoulders	142	70	920	+33 Strength, +36 Stamina, +30 Dodge	9 gold95 silver
Wyrmskull Epaulets	142	70	747	none	50 gold
Halgrind Epaulets	146	71	760	none	99 gold99 silver
Grizzlemaw Epaulets	150	72	775	none	-
Perforated Plate Shoulderpads	150	80	697	none	-
Spiked Cobalt Shoulders	150	72	775	+40 Strength, +14 Hit, +34 Critical Strike	11 gold
Reinforced Cobalt Shoulders	154	73	790	+28 Strength, +42 Stamina, +27 Critical Strike, +27 Resilience	-
Bloodmar Pauldrons	154	73	790	none	88 gold
Jormungar Pauldrons	158	74	805	none	400 gold
Frostpaw Epaulets	162	75	821	none	49 gold99 silver
Magnataur Pauldrons	166	76	838	none	132 gold88 silver

Appearance

Same appearance record (70958)

Kraken Epaulets

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Emeraldscale Pauldrons, Crystalplate Pauldrons, Brazen Offender's Shoulderplates, Zealous Pauldrons, Zealous Shoulderguards, Zealous Spaulders.

Across game versions

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

Item 40956	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	154	33
Required level	73	28
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	790	18
Strength	28	-
Stamina	42	7
Critical Strike	27	7
Resilience	27	-
Strength or Intellect	-	5
Versatility	-	7
Sell price	3 gold16 silver	15 silver

Retail recipe Reinforced Cobalt Shoulders: 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: 2
Lowest buyout seen: 800 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-09-18 19:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 4,950 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 702

US median, latest 1,000gEU median, latest 800g
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
2026-09-18	800 gold	800 gold	1	1,000 gold	1,000 gold	1
2026-09-17	800 gold	800 gold	1	1,000 gold	1,000 gold	1
2026-09-16	800 gold	800 gold	1	1,000 gold	1,000 gold	1
2026-09-15	800 gold	800 gold	1	1,000 gold	1,000 gold	1
2026-09-14	800 gold	800 gold	1	1,000 gold	1,500 gold	1
2026-09-13	800 gold	800 gold	1	1,500 gold	1,500 gold	1
2026-09-12	800 gold	800 gold	1	986 gold18 silver	1,500 gold	1

Reinforced Cobalt Shoulders

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	40956
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.69585)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Shoulder
Item level	154
Requires level	73
Binding	Binds when equipped
Vendor sell	2 gold53 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)

Reinforced Cobalt Shoulders

About Reinforced Cobalt Shoulders

Same appearance record (70958)

Same model in the game files

Last 7 days

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