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MoP Classic item

Shoulderguards of Honest Labor

Item 87494 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

  • Item Level 409
  • Binds when equipped
  • ShoulderPlate
  • 2,974 Armor
  • +404 Strength
  • +606 Stamina
  • Durability 85 / 85
  • Requires Level 80
  • Equip: Increases your critical strike by 223.
  • Equip: Increases your haste by 296.
  • Sell Price: 18 gold36 silver

About Shoulderguards of Honest Labor

Shoulderguards of Honest Labor is a rare piece of plate armor for the shoulder slot on MoP Classic at item level 409, usable from level 80. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +404 Strength and +606 Stamina, with Critical Strike (223) and Haste (296) as secondary stats. It gives 2,974 armor and has 85 durability. It shares its appearance with Ghost-Forged Shoulders and Contender's Spirit Shoulders. Other plate shoulder pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Snowy Pauldrons (403), Highpeak Pauldrons (416) and Miner Pauldrons (390). The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (EU 2); the cheapest buyout is 24,554 gold on Everlook, Ook Ook (EU). A vendor pays 18 gold36 silver for it.

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MoP Classic Auction House prices
Cheapest realm24,554 goldEverlook, Ook Ook (EU)
Typical market119,776 gold99 silver
Median min buyout119,776 gold99 silver
Realms with listings2EU 2
Latest snapshot2026-11-03 06:08 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

RealmMin buyoutMarket (median)QtyListingsSnapshot
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active24,554 gold24,554 gold112026-11-03 06:08 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active214,999 gold99 silver214,999 gold99 silver442026-11-03 06:08 UTC
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Plate shoulder items near item level 409

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 9 other plate shoulder items between item level 384 and 429; 0 of them carry fixed stats.

  • +404 Strength: no other plate shoulder item in this group carries Strength.
  • +606 Stamina: no other plate shoulder item in this group carries Stamina.
  • +223 Critical Strike: no other plate shoulder item in this group carries Critical Strike.
  • +296 Haste: no other plate shoulder item in this group carries Haste.
  • Its lowest listed price, 24,554 gold, ranks 9th of 9 listed plate shoulder items in this group.
  • Cheapest listed plate shoulder items at a similar or higher item level: Highpeak Pauldrons at 17 gold31 silver (item level 416, requires level 87), Temple Pauldrons at 20 gold (item level 429, requires level 88), Ghost-Forged Shoulders at 100 gold (item level 415, requires level 85).
  • Other armor types for the shoulder slot within 6 item levels of 409: cloth (2): Windwool Shoulders, Brewer's Shoulderpads; leather (2): Misthide Shoulders, Swamp Shoulders; mail (2): Stormscale Shoulders, Willow Spaulders.
ItemItem levelRequiresArmorFixed statsLowest listed
Ghost-Forged Shoulders384852,764none9 gold
Miner Pauldrons390852,813none29 gold
Snowy Pauldrons403862,922none22 gold
Shoulderguards of Honest Labor409802,974+404 Strength, +606 Stamina, +223 Critical Strike, +296 Haste24,554 gold
Ghost-Forged Shoulders415853,050none100 gold
Highpeak Pauldrons416873,063none17 gold31 silver
Forgotten Peacekeeper Shoulders429903,238none250 gold
Primordial Bloodsoaked Pauldrons429903,238none-
Tarnished Fanatic's Pauldrons429903,238none299 gold
Temple Pauldrons429883,238none20 gold
Appearance

Same appearance record (111055)

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Shoulderguards of Painful Lessons, Mogu-Wrought Pauldrons, Jinyu-Forged Pauldrons, Yaungolian Pauldrons, Lightning Pillar Pauldrons.

Where Shoulderguards of Honest Labor Fits

Items That Share Shoulderguards of Honest Labor's Icon

Shoulderguards of Honest Labor uses the same icon art, which 1 other item also uses. The 1 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Shoulderguards of Honest Labor

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 87494 (87489 to 87499) were usually added in the same batch as Shoulderguards of Honest Labor: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

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

Across game versions
Item 87494MoP ClassicRetail (Midnight)
Item level40938
Required level8080
BindingBinds when equippedBinds when equipped
Armor2,9742,974
Strength404-
Stamina606-
Critical Strike223-
Haste296-
Sell price18 gold36 silver14 gold69 silver

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

MoP Classic price history
First seen in a scan
2026-10-04 08:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it
4
Lowest buyout seen
75 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-10-11 05:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen
250,000 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days
1,066
MoP Classic daily median realm-minimum buyout, Oct 04 to Nov 03068,750g137,500g206,250g275,000gOct 04Oct 19Nov 03
US median, latest 39,999gEU median, latest 215,000g
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 lowEU medianEU realmsUS lowUS medianUS realms
2026-11-0324,554 gold214,999 gold99 silver239,999 gold39,999 gold1
2026-11-0215,500 gold214,999 gold99 silver2100 gold39,999 gold1
2026-11-0190,000 gold99 silver215,000 gold1---
2026-10-3190,000 gold99 silver215,000 gold1---
2026-10-3026,545 gold85,000 gold99 silver2---
2026-10-2926,545 gold215,000 gold229,999 gold29,999 gold1
2026-10-2826,545 gold215,000 gold229,999 gold29,999 gold1
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Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 2 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.