MoP Classic item

Stronghold Gauntlets

Item 12639 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 62
Binds when equipped
HandsPlate
363 Armor
+12 Stamina
Durability 55 / 55
Requires Level 57
Equip: Increases your parry by 20.
Equip: Increases your critical strike by 14.
Equip: Disarm duration reduced by 50%.
Sell Price: 3 gold13 silver

About Stronghold Gauntlets

Stronghold Gauntlets is an epic piece of plate armor for the hands slot on MoP Classic at item level 62, usable from level 57. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +12 Stamina, with Parry (20) and Critical Strike (14) as secondary stats. It gives 363 armor and has 55 durability. Plans: Stronghold Gauntlets teaches how to make it. It shares its appearance with Gloves of the Dawn. Other plate hands pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Hyperion Gauntlets (62), Darkrune Gauntlets (63) and Exalted Gauntlets (61). The latest scan finds it on 3 MoP Classic realms (EU 2, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 1,489 gold99 silver on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 3 gold13 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm1,489 gold99 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (US)1,490 gold

Median min buyout5,229 gold87 silver

Realms with listings3EU 2, 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	1,489 gold99 silver	1,490 gold	5	5	2026-11-03 09:29 UTC
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active	5,229 gold87 silver	5,229 gold87 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 10:08 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	6,762 gold23 silver	6,762 gold23 silver	3	3	2026-11-03 10:08 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Stronghold Gauntlets	Recipe

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Plans: Stronghold Gauntlets (15x Arcanite Bar, 20x Enchanted Thorium Bar, 10x Essence of Earth, 4x Blue Sapphire, 4x Large Opal) Requires Blacksmithing (300)

Plate hands items near item level 62

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 51 other plate hands items between item level 43 and 81; 22 of them carry fixed stats.

+12 Stamina ranks 4th of 18 plate hands items with Stamina; Icebane Gauntlets (item level 80, requires level 60) has the most, +18.
+20 Parry ranks 1st of 2 plate hands items with Parry, the most in this group.
+14 Critical Strike ranks 1st of 3 plate hands items with Critical Strike, the most in this group (level with 1 other item).
Icebane Gauntlets has the most fixed stat points in this group, 67 against 46 here.
Next plate hands items up with fixed stats: Darkrune Gauntlets (item level 63, requires level 58), Gloves of the Dawn (item level 64, requires level 59), Dark Iron Gauntlets (item level 70, requires level 60), Ironvine Gloves (item level 70, requires level 60), Icebane Gauntlets (item level 80, requires level 60).
Its lowest listed price, 1,489 gold99 silver, ranks 28th of 48 listed plate hands items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate hands items at a similar or higher item level: Tarnished Plate Gloves at 5 gold (item level 66, requires level 61), Commander's Gauntlets at 15 gold (item level 60, requires level 55), Deteriorating Plate Gloves at 90 gold39 silver (item level 72, requires level 67).
Other armor types for the hands slot within 4 item levels of 62: cloth (24): Elunarian Handgrips, Flarecore Gloves, Gloves of Spell Mastery; leather (21): Frostsaber Gloves, Shadow Panther Hide Gloves, Devilsaur Gauntlets; mail (20): Storm Gauntlets, Bloodsoul Gauntlets, Gauntlets of Elements.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Gauntlets of Valor	59	54	346	+17 Strength, +3 Agility, +10 Stamina, +8 Hit	1,500 gold
Abyssal Plate Gauntlets	60	55	352	none	17,740 gold82 silver
Commander's Gauntlets	60	55	352	none	15 gold
Replica Gauntlets of Heroism	60	60	467	none	5,300 gold69 silver
Replica Soulforge Gauntlets	60	60	467	none	5,000 gold99 silver
Stonegrip Gauntlets	60	55	352	+9 Strength, +14 Stamina, +15 Dodge	200 gold
Warleader's Gauntlets	60	55	341	+17 Strength, +6 Stamina	3,463 gold56 silver
Exalted Gauntlets	61	56	357	none	882 gold
Stronghold Gauntlets	62	57	363	+12 Stamina, +20 Parry, +14 Critical Strike	1,489 gold99 silver
Hyperion Gauntlets	62	57	363	none	250 gold
Darkrune Gauntlets	63	58	368	+8 Stamina, +10 Parry, +20 Shadow Resistance	3,753 gold2 silver
Gloves of the Dawn	64	59	383	+23 Strength, +10 Stamina	649 gold99 silver

Appearance

Same appearance record (49229)

Gloves of the Dawn

Where Stronghold Gauntlets Fits

Items That Share Stronghold Gauntlets's Icon

Stronghold Gauntlets uses the same icon art, which 7 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:

Storm Gauntlets ID 12632 · Armor - Mail · item level 59 · lowest 1,395g on 3 realms
Edgemaster's Handguards ID 14551 · Armor - Mail · item level 49 · lowest 480g on 2 realms
Jade Gauntlets ID 14917 · Armor - Plate · item level 48 · lowest 3g on 6 realms
Talonguard Gloves ID 24969 · Armor - Plate · item level 99 · lowest 847g on 2 realms
Deathclaw Talons ID 25193 · Weapon - Fist Weapon · item level 108 · lowest 80g on 1 realm
Anger-Spark Gloves ID 30725 · Armor - Cloth · item level 120 · lowest 1,500g on 3 realms
Web Winder Gloves ID 37625 · Armor - Plate · item level 200 · lowest 21g on 3 realms

Items Numbered Next to Stronghold Gauntlets

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 12639 (12628 to 12645) were usually added in the same batch as Stronghold Gauntlets: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Demon Forged Breastplate ID 12628 · Armor - Plate · item level 57
Fiery Plate Gauntlets ID 12631 · Armor - Plate · item level 58 · lowest 1,999g on 2 realms
Storm Gauntlets ID 12632 · Armor - Mail · item level 59 · lowest 1,395g on 3 realms
Whitesoul Helm ID 12633 · Armor - Plate · item level 60 · lowest 250g on 2 realms
Helm of the Great Chief ID 12636 · Armor - Mail · item level 61 · lowest 2,176g on 2 realms
Lionheart Helm ID 12640 · Armor - Plate · item level 61 · lowest 3,210g on 3 realms
Invulnerable Mail ID 12641 · Armor - Mail · item level 63 · lowest 3,145g on 3 realms
Dense Weightstone ID 12643 · Consumable · item level 45
Dense Grinding Stone ID 12644 · Trade Goods · item level 45
Thorium Shield Spike ID 12645 · Consumable · item level 55

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

Across game versions

Classic Era drops Parry and Critical Strike.

Item 12639	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	62	62	29
Required level	57	57	57
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	441	363	472
Stamina	12	12	-
Parry	-	20	-
Critical Strike	-	14	-
Effects	Equip: Immune to Disarm.; Equip: Increases your chance to parry an attack by 1%.; Equip: Improves your chance to get a critical strike by 1%.	Equip: Disarm duration reduced by 50%.	-
Sell price	1 gold52 silver	3 gold13 silver	2 gold50 silver

Retail recipe Stronghold Gauntlets: 15x Arcanite Bar, 20x Enchanted Thorium Bar, 10x Essence of Earth, 4x Blue Sapphire, 4x Large Opal.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 11:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 4
Lowest buyout seen: 1,168 gold1 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-10-20 05:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 36,850 gold48 silverAtiesh (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,667

US median, latest 1,490gEU median, latest 5,230g
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	5,229 gold87 silver	5,229 gold87 silver	2	1,489 gold99 silver	1,489 gold99 silver	1
2026-11-02	5,190 gold38 silver	6,762 gold23 silver	2	1,489 gold99 silver	1,489 gold99 silver	1
2026-11-01	2,165 gold53 silver	6,762 gold23 silver	2	1,490 gold	1,495 gold	1
2026-10-31	2,003 gold75 silver	6,762 gold23 silver	2	1,599 gold99 silver	1,599 gold99 silver	1
2026-10-30	1,947 gold77 silver	5,126 gold58 silver	2	1,599 gold99 silver	1,799 gold99 silver	1
2026-10-29	6,762 gold23 silver	6,780 gold63 silver	1	3,000 gold	3,000 gold	1
2026-10-28	2,174 gold50 silver	6,780 gold63 silver	1	3,000 gold	3,000 gold	1

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 2 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	12639
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Hands
Item level	62
Requires level	57
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	2 gold50 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)