MoP Classic item

Spiked Cobalt Shoulders

Item 40950 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 150
Binds when equipped
ShoulderPlate
775 Armor
+40 Strength
Durability 70 / 70
Requires Level 72
Equip: Increases your hit by 14.
Equip: Increases your critical strike by 34.
Sell Price: 2 gold93 silver

About Spiked Cobalt Shoulders

Spiked Cobalt Shoulders is an uncommon piece of plate armor for the shoulder slot on MoP Classic at item level 150, usable from level 72. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +40 Strength, with Hit (14) and Critical Strike (34) as secondary stats. It gives 775 armor and has 70 durability. It shares its appearance with Golem Pauldrons. Other plate shoulder pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Grizzlemaw Epaulets (150), Bloodmar Pauldrons (154) and Halgrind Epaulets (146). The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (EU 1, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 4 gold99 silver on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU). A vendor pays 2 gold93 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm4 gold99 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)

Typical market (US)7 gold

Median min buyout4 gold99 silver

Realms with listings2EU 1, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 10:08 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	5 gold	7 gold	13	13	2026-11-03 09:29 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	4 gold99 silver	4 gold99 silver	5	5	2026-11-03 10:08 UTC

Downloads

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Background

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Spiked Cobalt Shoulders	Recipe

Plate shoulder items near item level 150

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 19 other plate shoulder items between item level 130 and 174; 5 of them carry fixed stats.

+40 Strength ranks 2nd of 5 plate shoulder items with Strength; Tempered Saronite Shoulders (item level 171, requires level 76) has the most, +41.
+14 Hit: no other plate shoulder item in this group carries Hit.
+34 Critical Strike ranks 1st of 3 plate shoulder items with Critical Strike, the most in this group.
Tempered Saronite Shoulders has the most fixed stat points in this group, 157 against 88 here.
Next plate shoulder items up with Strength: Reinforced Cobalt Shoulders (item level 154, requires level 73), Tempered Saronite Shoulders (item level 171, requires level 76).
Its lowest listed price, 4 gold99 silver, ranks 1st of 16 listed plate shoulder items in this group and is the cheapest of them.
Cheapest listed plate shoulder items at a similar or higher item level: Tempered Saronite Shoulders at 10 gold (item level 171, requires level 76), Bloodmar Pauldrons at 15 gold (item level 154, requires level 73), Frostpaw Epaulets at 15 gold (item level 162, requires level 75).
Other armor types for the shoulder slot within 6 item levels of 150: cloth (7): Mystic Frostwoven Shoulders, Skein Woven Mantle, Charlotte's Chastizing Pauldrons; leather (5): Iceborne Shoulderpads, Vileprey Pauldrons, Taunka Spaulders; mail (5): Nerubian Shoulders, Orca Spaulders, Amberpine Spaulders.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Baleheim Epaulets	138	69	733	none	11 gold
Blood-Tempered Spaulders	138	71	1,081	+30 Strength, +23 Agility, +40 Stamina, +27 Critical Strike	40 gold
Cobalt Shoulders	142	70	920	+33 Strength, +36 Stamina, +30 Dodge	5 gold99 silver
Wyrmskull Epaulets	142	70	747	none	10 gold
Halgrind Epaulets	146	71	760	none	50 gold
Spiked Cobalt Shoulders	150	72	775	+40 Strength, +14 Hit, +34 Critical Strike	4 gold99 silver
Grizzlemaw Epaulets	150	72	775	none	33 gold
Perforated Plate Shoulderpads	150	80	697	none	-
Bloodmar Pauldrons	154	73	790	none	15 gold
Reinforced Cobalt Shoulders	154	73	790	+28 Strength, +42 Stamina, +27 Critical Strike, +27 Resilience	999 gold99 silver
Jormungar Pauldrons	158	74	805	none	-
Frostpaw Epaulets	162	75	821	none	15 gold

Appearance

Same appearance record (71129)

Golem Pauldrons

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Bark Covered Pauldrons, Mantle of Long Winter, Light-Touched Mantle, Stalwart Shoulderguards, Stalwart Shoulderpads, Ebonsoul Pauldrons, Ebonsoul Shoulderguards.

More Spiked items

Spiked Cobalt Chestpiece item level 150
Spiked Cobalt Boots item level 146
Spiked Cobalt Gauntlets item level 154
Spiked Cobalt Belt item level 158
Spiked Cobalt Helm item level 142
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 Shoulders Fits

Items That Share Spiked Cobalt Shoulders's Icon

Spiked Cobalt Shoulders uses the same icon art, which 1 other item also uses. The 1 closest by item ID:

Cobalt Shoulders ID 39083 · Armor - Plate · item level 142 · lowest 5g on 2 realms

Items Numbered Next to Spiked Cobalt Shoulders

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 40950 (40942 to 40955) were usually added in the same batch as Spiked Cobalt Shoulders: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Spiked Cobalt Helm ID 40942 · Armor - Plate · item level 142 · lowest 79g on 1 realm
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 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 1 realm
Spiked Cobalt Belt ID 40953 · Armor - Plate · item level 158 · lowest 80g on 1 realm
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

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

Across game versions

Item 40950	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	150	33
Required level	72	72
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	775	1,001
Strength	40	-
Hit	14	-
Critical Strike	34	-
Sell price	2 gold93 silver	2 gold35 silver

Retail recipe Spiked Cobalt Shoulders: 7x Cobalt Bar.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 11:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 7
Lowest buyout seen: 3 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-10-04 20:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 650 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 2,266

US median, latest 5gEU median, latest 5gKR median, latest 99g
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	KR low	KR median	KR realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-03	4 gold99 silver	4 gold99 silver	1	-	-	-	5 gold	5 gold	1
2026-11-02	4 gold99 silver	5 gold	2	-	-	-	6 gold	8 gold95 silver	1
2026-11-01	5 gold	22 gold22 silver	2	-	-	-	7 gold	10 gold	1
2026-10-31	5 gold	20 gold	2	-	-	-	10 gold	23 gold	1
2026-10-30	20 gold	39 gold	3	-	-	-	5 gold	25 gold	2
2026-10-29	6 gold	20 gold	3	-	-	-	5 gold	29 gold	2
2026-10-28	6 gold	30 gold	3	-	-	-	29 gold	29 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 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	40950
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Shoulder
Item level	150
Requires level	72
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	2 gold35 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)