MoP Classic item

Spiked Cobalt Belt

Item 40953 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 158
Binds when equipped
WaistPlate
604 Armor
+34 Strength
Durability 40 / 40
Requires Level 74
Equip: Increases your critical strike by 33.
Equip: Increases your haste by 33.
Sell Price: 2 gold9 silver

About Spiked Cobalt Belt

Spiked Cobalt Belt is an uncommon piece of plate armor for the waist slot on MoP Classic at item level 158, usable from level 74. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +34 Strength, with Critical Strike (33) and Haste (33) as secondary stats. It gives 604 armor and has 40 durability. It shares its appearance with Golem Girdle. Other plate waist pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Jormungar Girdle (158), Soul-Sealed Belt (159) and Belt of Crystalline Tears (162). The latest scan finds it on 1 MoP Classic realm (EU 1); the cheapest buyout is 80 gold on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU). A vendor pays 2 gold9 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm80 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)

Typical market80 gold

Median min buyout80 gold

Realms with listings1EU 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 07:08 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	80 gold	80 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 07:08 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Spiked Cobalt Belt	Recipe

Plate waist items near item level 158

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 22 other plate waist items between item level 134 and 182; 6 of them carry fixed stats.

+34 Strength ranks 2nd of 5 plate waist items with Strength; Girdle of the Mystical Prison (item level 175, requires level 78) has the most, +36.
+33 Critical Strike ranks 3rd of 4 plate waist items with Critical Strike; Girdle of the Mystical Prison (item level 175, requires level 78) has the most, +63.
+33 Haste ranks 2nd of 2 plate waist items with Haste; Belt of Crystalline Tears (item level 162, requires level 77) has the most, +37.
Girdle of the Mystical Prison has the most fixed stat points in this group, 139 against 100 here.
Next plate waist items up with Strength: Tempered Saronite Belt (item level 163, requires level 74), Girdle of the Mystical Prison (item level 175, requires level 78).
Its lowest listed price, 80 gold, ranks 16th of 19 listed plate waist items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate waist items at a similar or higher item level: Brilliant Saronite Belt at 4 gold99 silver (item level 171, requires level 76), Tempered Saronite Belt at 6 gold (item level 163, requires level 74), Kraken Girdle at 9 gold (item level 170, requires level 77).
Other armor types for the waist slot within 6 item levels of 158: cloth (4): Duskweave Belt, Tethys Sash, Aerie Belt; mail (4): Girdle of Unerring Flight, Shoveltusk Waistband, Trapper Belt; leather (3): Muradin Belt, Taunka Belt, Wolverine Girdle.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Girdle of the Howling Berserker	146	73	570	+29 Strength, +37 Stamina, +32 Hit, +30 Critical Strike	100 gold42 silver
Halgrind Belt	146	71	570	none	22 gold
Grizzlemaw Belt	150	72	581	none	40 gold
Perforated Plate Belt	150	80	523	none	-
Bloodmar Girdle	154	73	592	none	-
Spiked Cobalt Belt	158	74	604	+34 Strength, +33 Critical Strike, +33 Haste	80 gold
Jormungar Girdle	158	74	604	none	20 gold
Soul-Sealed Belt	159	70	1,016	none	33 gold
Belt of Crystalline Tears	162	77	616	+60 Stamina, +40 Intellect, +37 Haste	55 gold
Frostpaw Belt	162	75	616	none	20 gold
Tempered Saronite Belt	163	74	619	+24 Strength, +49 Stamina, +57 Dodge	6 gold
Magnataur Girdle	166	76	628	none	-

Appearance

Same appearance record (71124)

Golem Girdle

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Amberplate Waistguard, Conscript's Ruby Waistguard, Stalwart Belt.

More Spiked items

Spiked Cobalt Legplates item level 158
Spiked Cobalt Bracers item level 162
Spiked Cobalt Gauntlets item level 154
Spiked Cobalt Chestpiece item level 150
Spiked Cobalt Shoulders item level 150
Spiked Cobalt Boots item level 146
Spiked Cobalt Helm item level 142
Spiked Titansteel Helm item level 200
Spiked Titansteel Treads item level 200
Spiked Deathdealers item level 232

Where Spiked Cobalt Belt Fits

Items That Share Spiked Cobalt Belt's Icon

Spiked Cobalt Belt uses the same icon art, which 8 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Sundered Waistband ID 24894 · Armor - Mail · item level 114 · lowest 20g on 3 realms
Vindicator Belt ID 24613 · Armor - Cloth · item level 93 · lowest 5g on 3 realms
Primal Mooncloth Belt ID 21873 · Armor - Cloth · item level 115 · lowest 2,000g on 2 realms
Sash of the Windreaver ID 18676 · Armor - Mail · item level 61 · lowest 5,500g on 2 realms
Belt of the Archmage ID 18405 · Armor - Cloth · item level 62 · lowest 12,500g on 2 realms
Devout Bracers ID 16697 · Armor - Cloth · item level 57 · lowest 4,000g on 2 realms
Replica Devout Bracers ID 78211 · Armor - Cloth · item level 57
Replica Virtuous Bracers ID 78215 · Armor - Cloth · item level 65 · lowest 5,000g on 1 realm

Items Numbered Next to Spiked Cobalt Belt

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 40953 (40943 to 40958) were usually added in the same batch as Spiked Cobalt Belt: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Spiked Cobalt Legplates ID 40943 · Armor - Plate · item level 158 · lowest 17g on 2 realms
Spiked Cobalt Boots ID 40949 · Armor - Plate · item level 146 · lowest 5g on 3 realms
Spiked Cobalt Shoulders ID 40950 · Armor - Plate · item level 150 · lowest 4g on 2 realms
Spiked Cobalt Chestpiece ID 40951 · Armor - Plate · item level 150 · lowest 28g on 2 realms
Spiked Cobalt Gauntlets ID 40952 · Armor - Plate · item level 154 · lowest 45g on 2 realms
Spiked Cobalt Bracers ID 40954 · Armor - Plate · item level 162 · lowest 20g on 3 realms
Horned Cobalt Helm ID 40955 · Armor - Plate · item level 162 · lowest 11g on 3 realms
Reinforced Cobalt Shoulders ID 40956 · Armor - Plate · item level 154 · lowest 999g on 1 realm
Reinforced Cobalt Helm ID 40957 · Armor - Plate · item level 162 · lowest 999g on 1 realm
Reinforced Cobalt Legplates ID 40958 · Armor - Plate · item level 166 · lowest 999g on 1 realm

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

Across game versions

Item 40953	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	158	33
Required level	74	74
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	604	812
Strength	34	-
Critical Strike	33	-
Haste	33	-
Sell price	2 gold9 silver	1 gold67 silver

Retail recipe Spiked Cobalt Belt: 12x Cobalt Bar.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 21:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 4
Lowest buyout seen: 5 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-11-01 13:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 650 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 875

US median, latest 50gEU median, latest 80g
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	80 gold	80 gold	1	-	-	-
2026-11-02	80 gold	80 gold	1	-	-	-
2026-11-01	15 gold22 silver	80 gold	2	5 gold	50 gold	1
2026-10-31	147 gold99 silver	147 gold99 silver	1	50 gold	50 gold	1
2026-10-30	15 gold22 silver	60 gold49 silver	2	-	-	-
2026-10-29	10 gold	10 gold	1	20 gold	20 gold	1
2026-10-28	10 gold	10 gold	3	20 gold	20 gold	1

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 1 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	40953
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Waist
Item level	158
Requires level	74
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	1 gold67 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)