MoP Classic item

Thorium Belt

Item 12406 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 50
Binds when equipped
WaistPlate
268 Armor
+9 Strength
Durability 40 / 40
Requires Level 45
Equip: Increases your critical strike by 8.
Equip: Increases your haste by 8.
Sell Price: 1 gold2 silver

About Thorium Belt

Thorium Belt is an uncommon piece of plate armor for the waist slot on MoP Classic at item level 50, usable from level 45. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +9 Strength, with Critical Strike (8) and Haste (8) as secondary stats. It gives 268 armor and has 40 durability. Plans: Thorium Belt teaches how to make it. It shares its appearance with Commander's Girdle. Other plate waist pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Revenant Girdle (50), Heavy Lamellar Girdle (51) and High Chief's Belt (51). The latest scan finds it on 4 MoP Classic realms (EU 2, TW 1, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 1 gold98 silver on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 1 gold2 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm1 gold98 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (US)2 gold84 silver

Median min buyout3 gold62 silver

Realms with listings4EU 2, TW 1, US 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	1 gold98 silver	2 gold84 silver	66	66	2026-11-03 06:29 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	2 gold75 silver	2 gold75 silver	5	5	2026-11-03 06:08 UTC
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active	4 gold50 silver	4 gold75 silver	6	6	2026-11-03 06:08 UTC
IvusTW · Taiwan	800 gold	800 gold	3	3	2026-11-03 06:10 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Thorium Belt	Recipe

Crafting

Taught by

Plans: Thorium Belt (8x Thorium Bar) Requires Blacksmithing (250)

Plate waist items near item level 50

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 46 other plate waist items between item level 40 and 65; 17 of them carry fixed stats.

+9 Strength ranks 10th of 15 plate waist items with Strength; Girdle of the Dawn (item level 58, requires level 53) has the most, +21.
+8 Critical Strike ranks 3rd of 3 plate waist items with Critical Strike; Belt of the Ordained (item level 45, requires level 40) has the most, +10.
+8 Haste: no other plate waist item in this group carries Haste.
Girdle of Uther has the most fixed stat points in this group, 47 against 25 here.
Next plate waist items up with Strength: Alabaster Plate Girdle (item level 52, requires level 47), Imperial Plate Belt (item level 53, requires level 47), Girdle of Uther (item level 57, requires level 52), Imbued Plate Girdle (item level 57, requires level 52), Belt of Valor (item level 58, requires level 53).
Its lowest listed price, 1 gold98 silver, ranks 3rd of 40 listed plate waist items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate waist items at a similar or higher item level: Girdle of Uther at 1 gold (item level 57, requires level 52), Heavy Lamellar Girdle at 1 gold50 silver (item level 51, requires level 46), Light Plate Belt at 2 gold (item level 57, requires level 52).
Other armor types for the waist slot within 3 item levels of 50: cloth (15): Serenity Belt, Runecloth Belt, Venomshroud Belt; mail (13): Belt of the Gladiator, Myrmidon's Girdle, Radiant Belt; leather (10): Serpentskin Girdle, Heraldic Belt, Keeper's Cord.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Overlord's Girdle	48	43	258	none	18 gold
Sunscale Belt	49	44	263	+10 Strength, +5 Stamina	11,999 gold99 silver
Thorium Belt	50	45	268	+9 Strength, +8 Critical Strike, +8 Haste	1 gold98 silver
Bone-Plated Belt	50	45	254	none	-
Grunt's Plate Belt	50	45	254	none	-
Platemail Belt	50	45	254	none	-
Revenant Girdle	50	45	268	none	2 gold
Heavy Lamellar Girdle	51	46	272	none	1 gold50 silver
High Chief's Belt	51	46	272	none	1,344 gold56 silver
Alabaster Plate Girdle	52	47	277	+15 Strength, +4 Stamina	455 gold
Lofty Belt	52	47	277	none	1,470 gold68 silver
Imperial Plate Belt	53	47	282	+12 Strength, +11 Stamina	15 gold

Appearance

Same appearance record (48866)

Commander's Girdle

Where Thorium Belt Fits

Items That Share Thorium Belt's Icon

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

Bonecaster's Belt ID 14304 · Armor - Cloth · item level 55 · lowest 8g on 1 realm
Highborne Cord ID 14454 · Armor - Cloth · item level 53
Revenant Girdle ID 10130 · Armor - Plate · item level 50 · lowest 2g on 7 realms
Hero's Belt ID 8306 · Armor - Mail · item level 59 · lowest 2,389g on 1 realm
Brainlash ID 6440 · Armor · item level 49 · lowest 1,500g on 3 realms
Abyssal Leather Belt ID 20667 · Armor - Leather · item level 65
Shadesteel Girdle ID 32401 · Armor - Plate · item level 130 · lowest 4,729g on 1 realm

Items Numbered Next to Thorium Belt

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 12406 (12404 to 12415) were usually added in the same batch as Thorium Belt: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Dense Sharpening Stone ID 12404 · Consumable · item level 45
Thorium Armor ID 12405 · Armor - Plate · item level 50 · lowest 45g on 1 realm
Thorium Bracers ID 12408 · Armor - Plate · item level 51 · lowest 1g on 3 realms
Thorium Boots ID 12409 · Armor - Plate · item level 56
Thorium Helm ID 12410 · Armor - Plate · item level 56 · lowest 6g on 3 realms
Thorium Leggings ID 12414 · Armor - Plate · item level 60 · lowest 27g on 2 realms
Radiant Breastplate ID 12415 · Armor - Mail · item level 54 · lowest 595g on 3 realms

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

Across game versions

Classic Era drops Strength, Critical Strike and Haste and adds Fire Resistance, Frost Resistance, Shadow Resistance, Nature Resistance and Arcane Resistance.

Item 12406	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	50	50	26
Required level	45	45	45
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	270	268	268
Fire Resistance	6	-	-
Frost Resistance	6	-	-
Shadow Resistance	6	-	-
Nature Resistance	6	-	-
Arcane Resistance	6	-	-
Strength	-	9	-
Critical Strike	-	8	-
Haste	-	8	-
Sell price	46 silver36 copper	1 gold2 silver	81 silver60 copper

Retail recipe Thorium Belt: 8x Thorium Bar.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 08:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 12
Lowest buyout seen: 1 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-10-30 14:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 800 goldIvus (TW)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 2,965

US median, latest 2gEU median, latest 2.8gKR median, latest 5gTW median, latest 800g
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	TW low	TW median	TW realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-03	2 gold75 silver	2 gold75 silver	2	-	-	-	800 gold	800 gold	1	1 gold98 silver	1 gold98 silver	2
2026-11-02	2 gold75 silver	4 gold50 silver	3	-	-	-	800 gold	800 gold	1	1 gold99 silver	2 gold84 silver	4
2026-11-01	1 gold99 silver	4 gold80 silver	3	-	-	-	800 gold	800 gold	1	2 gold	3 gold69 silver	4
2026-10-31	1 gold99 silver	5 gold	3	-	-	-	800 gold	800 gold	1	2 gold	5 gold	3
2026-10-30	2 gold59 silver	5 gold	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1 gold	1 gold25 silver	2
2026-10-29	2 gold59 silver	3 gold99 silver	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1 gold25 silver	1 gold45 silver	1
2026-10-28	1 gold70 silver	3 gold99 silver	3	-	-	-	800 gold	800 gold	1	1 gold98 silver	2 gold	2

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 2 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 1 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	12406
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Waist
Item level	50
Requires level	45
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	81 silver60 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)