MoP Classic item

Tempered Saronite Belt

Item 40669 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 163
Binds when equipped
WaistPlate
619 Armor
+24 Strength
+49 Stamina
Durability 45 / 45
Requires Level 74
Equip: Increases your dodge by 57.
Sell Price: 2 gold61 silver

About Tempered Saronite Belt

Tempered Saronite Belt is a rare piece of plate armor for the waist slot on MoP Classic at item level 163, usable from level 74. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +24 Strength and +49 Stamina, with Dodge (57) as a secondary stat. It gives 619 armor and has 45 durability. It shares its appearance with Halgrind Belt and Jormungar Girdle. Other plate waist pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Belt of Crystalline Tears (162), Frostpaw Belt (162) and Soul-Sealed Belt (159). The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (EU 1, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 6 gold on Lakeshire (EU). A vendor pays 2 gold61 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm6 goldLakeshire (EU)

Typical market (US)234 gold97 silver

Median min buyout103 gold48 silver

Realms with listings2EU 1, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 07:08 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	200 gold97 silver	234 gold97 silver	8	8	2026-11-03 06:29 UTC
LakeshireEU · Legacy	6 gold	6 gold	5	5	2026-11-03 07:08 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Tempered Saronite Belt	Recipe

Plate waist items near item level 163

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 23 other plate waist items between item level 138 and 187; 8 of them carry fixed stats.

+24 Strength ranks 6th of 6 plate waist items with Strength; Savage Saronite Waistguard (item level 187, requires level 78) has the most, +44.
+49 Stamina ranks 3rd of 7 plate waist items with Stamina; Ornate Saronite Waistguard (item level 187, requires level 78) has the most, +77.
+57 Dodge ranks 1st of 2 plate waist items with Dodge, the most in this group.
Ornate Saronite Waistguard has the most fixed stat points in this group, 198 against 130 here.
Same stat line (Strength, Stamina and Dodge): Cobalt Belt.
Next plate waist items up with Strength: Girdle of the Mystical Prison (item level 175, requires level 78), Savage Saronite Waistguard (item level 187, requires level 78).
Its lowest listed price, 6 gold, ranks 2nd of 20 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), Kraken Girdle at 9 gold (item level 170, requires level 77), Frostpaw Belt at 20 gold (item level 162, requires level 75).
Other armor types for the waist slot within 6 item levels of 163: mail (4): Girdle of Unerring Flight, Shoveltusk Waistband, Mammoth Girdle; cloth (3): Oracle Belt, Tethys Sash, Aerie Belt; leather (3): Wolverine Girdle, Muradin Belt, Ghrino Belt.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Bloodmar Girdle	154	73	592	none	-
Jormungar Girdle	158	74	604	none	20 gold
Spiked Cobalt Belt	158	74	604	+34 Strength, +33 Critical Strike, +33 Haste	80 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	-
Kraken Girdle	170	77	641	none	9 gold
Brilliant Saronite Belt	171	76	1,139	+56 Intellect, +28 Spirit, +43 Critical Strike	4 gold99 silver
Golem Girdle	174	78	655	none	29 gold
Girdle of the Mystical Prison	175	78	658	+36 Strength, +40 Stamina, +63 Critical Strike	275 gold

Appearance

Same appearance record (71101)

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Girdle of Ripped Space, Experimental Utility Belt.

Where Tempered Saronite Belt Fits

Items That Share Tempered Saronite Belt's Icon

Tempered Saronite Belt uses the same icon art, which 12 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Magnataur Girdle ID 36363 · Armor - Plate · item level 166
Bloodmar Girdle ID 36339 · Armor - Plate · item level 154
Grizzlemaw Belt ID 36331 · Armor - Plate · item level 150 · lowest 40g on 2 realms
Halgrind Belt ID 36323 · Armor - Plate · item level 146 · lowest 22g on 1 realm
Coldrock Girdle ID 36299 · Armor - Plate · item level 134 · lowest 9g on 2 realms
Netherstalker Belt ID 24822 · Armor - Mail · item level 87 · lowest 5g on 2 realms
Girdle of Prophecy ID 16817 · Armor - Cloth · item level 66 · lowest 12g on 3 realms
Charger's Belt ID 15472 · Armor - Mail · item level 9

Items Numbered Next to Tempered Saronite Belt

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 40669 (40668 to 40674) were usually added in the same batch as Tempered Saronite Belt: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Cobalt Triangle Shield ID 40668 · Armor - Shield · item level 142 · lowest 9g on 4 realms
Saronite Defender ID 40670 · Armor - Shield · item level 159 · lowest 17g on 3 realms
Tempered Saronite Boots ID 40671 · Armor - Plate · item level 167 · lowest 6g on 6 realms
Tempered Saronite Breastplate ID 40672 · Armor - Plate · item level 167 · lowest 99g on 3 realms
Tempered Saronite Helm ID 40673 · Armor - Plate · item level 171 · lowest 10g on 4 realms
Tempered Saronite Legplates ID 40674 · Armor - Plate · item level 163 · lowest 40g 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 40669	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	163	34
Required level	74	74
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	619	1,062
Strength	24	-
Stamina	49	-
Dodge	57	-
Sell price	2 gold61 silver	2 gold8 silver

Retail recipe Tempered Saronite Belt: 6x Cobalt Bar, 5x Saronite Bar.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 08:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 5
Lowest buyout seen: 6 goldLakeshire (EU), 2026-11-03 07:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 1,969 gold69 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,192

US median, latest 201gEU median, latest 6g
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	6 gold	6 gold	1	200 gold97 silver	200 gold97 silver	1
2026-11-02	6 gold	6 gold	1	200 gold97 silver	234 gold97 silver	1
2026-11-01	6 gold	6 gold	2	234 gold98 silver	234 gold98 silver	1
2026-10-31	46 gold	46 gold	1	150 gold	234 gold99 silver	1
2026-10-30	33 gold	46 gold	1	54 gold	105 gold69 silver	1
2026-10-29	46 gold	46 gold	1	24 gold99 silver	24 gold99 silver	1
2026-10-28	76 gold88 silver	76 gold88 silver	1	24 gold99 silver	25 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	40669
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Waist
Item level	163
Requires level	74
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	2 gold8 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)