MoP Classic item

Spiked Cobalt Helm

Item 40942 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 142
Binds when equipped
HeadPlate
996 Armor
+30 Strength
Durability 70 / 70
Requires Level 68
Equip: Increases your hit by 29.
Equip: Increases your critical strike by 29.
Sell Price: 3 gold

About Spiked Cobalt Helm

Spiked Cobalt Helm is an uncommon piece of plate armor for the head slot on MoP Classic at item level 142, usable from level 68. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +30 Strength, with Hit (29) and Critical Strike (29) as secondary stats. It gives 996 armor and has 70 durability. It shares its appearance with Golem Helmet, Horned Cobalt Helm and Corroded Faceguard. Other plate head pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Cobalt Helm (142), Wyrmskull Helm (142) and Baleheim Helmet (138). The latest scan finds it on 1 MoP Classic realm (US 1); the cheapest buyout is 79 gold4 silver on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 3 gold for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm79 gold4 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (US)79 gold4 silver

Median min buyout79 gold4 silver

Realms with listings1US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 06:29 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	79 gold4 silver	79 gold4 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 06:29 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Spiked Cobalt Helm	Recipe

Plate head items near item level 142

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 26 other plate head items between item level 117 and 166; 11 of them carry fixed stats.

+30 Strength ranks 8th of 10 plate head items with Strength; Horned Cobalt Helm (item level 162, requires level 75) has the most, +66.
+29 Hit ranks 1st of 6 plate head items with Hit, the most in this group.
+29 Critical Strike ranks 7th of 7 plate head items with Critical Strike; Justicebringer 3000 Specs (item level 159, requires level 70) has the most, +52.
Hard Khorium Goggles has the most fixed stat points in this group, 199 against 88 here.
Same stat line (Strength, Hit and Critical Strike): Horned Cobalt Helm.
Next plate head items up with Strength: Greathelm of the Unyielding Bull (item level 154, requires level 75), Hard Khorium Goggles (item level 159, requires level 70), Mayhem Projection Goggles (item level 159, requires level 70), Horned Cobalt Helm (item level 162, requires level 75), Reinforced Cobalt Helm (item level 162, requires level 75).
Its lowest listed price, 79 gold4 silver, ranks 15th of 19 listed plate head items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate head items at a similar or higher item level: Cobalt Helm at 9 gold99 silver (item level 142, requires level 70), Halgrind Helmet at 10 gold (item level 146, requires level 71), Horned Cobalt Helm at 11 gold (item level 162, requires level 75).
Other armor types for the head slot within 6 item levels of 142: cloth (5): Frostwoven Cowl, Shimmersteel Hood, Foothold Hood; mail (4): Helm of the Broken Ram, Nifflevar Helmet, Skom Helm; leather (3): Wildevar Cap, Caribou Cowl, Riplash Cover.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Westguard Helm	130	67	864	none	5 gold
Frost-Worn Plate Helmet	132	77	696	none	-
Coldrock Helmet	134	68	908	none	6 gold99 silver
Baleheim Helmet	138	69	952	none	7 gold90 silver
Spiked Cobalt Helm	142	68	996	+30 Strength, +29 Hit, +29 Critical Strike	79 gold4 silver
Cobalt Helm	142	70	809	+33 Strength, +51 Stamina, +50 Dodge	9 gold99 silver
Wyrmskull Helm	142	70	996	none	15 gold
Halgrind Helmet	146	71	1,040	none	10 gold
Grizzlemaw Helm	150	72	1,084	none	43 gold
Perforated Plate Helmet	150	80	755	none	-
Bloodmar Helm	154	73	1,128	none	20 gold
Greathelm of the Unyielding Bull	154	75	855	+32 Strength, +75 Stamina, +62 Parry	369 gold

Appearance

Same appearance record (71128)

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Amberplate Headguard, Bronzed Dome Protector, Vrykul Training Helm, Crown of Hyldnir, Helmet of the Dedicated, Ebonsoul Helm, Ebonsoul Faceguard.

More Spiked items

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

Where Spiked Cobalt Helm Fits

Items That Share Spiked Cobalt Helm's Icon

Spiked Cobalt Helm uses the same icon art, which 3 other items also use. The 3 closest by item ID:

Reinforced Cobalt Helm ID 40957 · Armor - Plate · item level 162 · lowest 999g on 1 realm
Grand Crown ID 15193 · Armor - Leather · item level 62 · lowest 555g on 1 realm
Ebonhold Helmet ID 8270 · Armor - Mail · item level 55 · lowest 10g on 1 realm

Items Numbered Next to Spiked Cobalt Helm

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 40942 (40943 to 40952) were usually added in the same batch as Spiked Cobalt Helm: 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

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

Across game versions

Item 40942	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	142	32
Required level	68	68
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	996	996
Strength	30	-
Hit	29	-
Critical Strike	29	-
Sell price	3 gold	2 gold40 silver

Retail recipe Spiked Cobalt Helm: 7x Cobalt Bar.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 08:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 4
Lowest buyout seen: 5 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-10-28 10:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 650 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,056

US median, latest 79gEU median, latest 100g
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	-	-	-	29 gold	79 gold4 silver	1
2026-11-02	-	-	-	20 gold	20 gold	1
2026-11-01	100 gold	100 gold	1	20 gold	29 gold	1
2026-10-31	100 gold	100 gold	1	48 gold	48 gold	1
2026-10-30	60 gold	60 gold	2	25 gold	49 gold	1
2026-10-29	60 gold	60 gold	1	39 gold	39 gold	1
2026-10-28	5 gold	40 gold	3	39 gold	39 gold	1

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 0 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	40942
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Head
Item level	142
Requires level	68
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	2 gold40 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)