MoP Classic item

Turtle Scale Breastplate

Item 8189 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.69585

Item Level 42
Binds when equipped
ChestMail
277 Armor
+17 Stamina
+9 Intellect
Durability 115 / 115
Requires Level 37
Sell Price: 1 gold10 silver

About Turtle Scale Breastplate

Turtle Scale Breastplate is an uncommon piece of mail armor for the chest slot on MoP Classic at item level 42, usable from level 37. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +17 Stamina and +9 Intellect. It gives 277 armor and has 115 durability. Other mail chest pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Jazeraint Chestguard (42), Chief Brigadier Armor (41) and Sparkleshell Breastplate (41). The latest scan finds it on 1 MoP Classic realm (EU 1); the cheapest buyout is 100 gold on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU). A vendor pays 1 gold10 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm100 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)

Typical market100 gold

Median min buyout100 gold

Realms with listings1EU 1

Latest snapshot2026-09-19 06:13 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	100 gold	100 gold	1	1	2026-09-19 06:13 UTC

Mail chest items near item level 42

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 61 other mail chest items between item level 29 and 55; 31 of them carry fixed stats.

+17 Stamina ranks 6th of 26 mail chest items with Stamina; Protector Breastplate (item level 54, requires level 49) has the most, +21.
+9 Intellect ranks 3rd of 3 mail chest items with Intellect; Wildthorn Mail (item level 54, requires level 49) has the most, +24.
Steel Breastplate has the most fixed stat points in this group, 54 against 26 here.
Next mail chest items up with Intellect: Green Dragonscale Breastplate (item level 52, requires level 47), Wildthorn Mail (item level 54, requires level 49).
Its lowest listed price, 100 gold, ranks 22nd of 38 listed mail chest items in this group.
Cheapest listed mail chest items at a similar or higher item level: Champion's Armor at 2 gold (item level 48, requires level 43), Warmonger's Chestpiece at 2 gold (item level 50, requires level 45), Crusader's Armor at 3 gold (item level 55, requires level 50).
Other armor types for the chest slot within 3 item levels of 42: cloth (27): Black Mageweave Robe, Aurora Robe, Black Mageweave Vest; leather (14): Spirewind Fetter, Nightscape Tunic, Big Voodoo Robe; plate (5): Symbolic Breastplate, Jouster's Chestplate, Embossed Plate Armor.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Golden Scale Cuirass	40	35	259	+14 Strength, +6 Stamina	150 gold72 silver
Steel Breastplate	40	35	265	+10 Strength, +44 Bonus Armor	3 gold
Chief Brigadier Armor	41	36	271	+15 Stamina, +4 Spirit	100 gold
Sparkleshell Breastplate	41	36	271	none	25 gold
Turtle Scale Breastplate	42	37	277	+17 Stamina, +9 Intellect	100 gold
Jazeraint Chestguard	42	37	277	none	5 gold
Steadfast Breastplate	43	38	283	none	-
Captain's Breastplate	44	39	289	none	4 gold
Icemail Jerkin	44	39	289	+5 Agility, +15 Stamina, +24 Hit, +10 Frost Resistance	250 gold
Polished Jazeraint Armor	44	39	289	+17 Agility, +18 Stamina	126 gold
Ravager's Armor	44	39	289	+4 Strength, +4 Agility, +10 Stamina, +10 Hit	-
Tough Scorpid Breastplate	44	39	289	+15 Agility, +7 Stamina	699 gold46 silver

More Turtle items

Turtle Scale Bracers item level 42
Turtle Scale Gloves item level 41
Turtle Scale Helm item level 46
Turtle Scale Leggings item level 47

Across game versions

Classic Era adds Spirit. Retail (Midnight) drops Intellect and adds Agility or Intellect.

Item 8189	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	42	42	23
Required level	37	37	16
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	238	277	15
Stamina	9	17	10
Intellect	9	9	-
Spirit	9	-	-
Agility or Intellect	-	-	7
Sell price	75 silver67 copper	1 gold10 silver	15 silver

Retail recipe Turtle Scale Breastplate: 6x Thick Leather, 12x Turtle Scale, 1x Heavy Silken Thread.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-08-27 21:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 6
Lowest buyout seen: 1 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-09-13 02:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 2,517 gold5 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 764

US median, latest 89gEU 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
2026-09-19	100 gold	100 gold	1	-	-	-
2026-09-18	7 gold99 silver	195 gold	1	89 gold	89 gold	1
2026-09-17	195 gold	199 gold	1	18 gold	18 gold	1
2026-09-16	1 gold11 silver	199 gold	2	4 gold73 silver	4 gold73 silver	1
2026-09-15	1 gold11 silver	199 gold	2	4 gold73 silver	4 gold73 silver	1
2026-09-14	20 gold	200 gold	1	-	-	-
2026-09-13	5 gold	200 gold	2	1 gold	1 gold	1

Turtle Scale Breastplate

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 1 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 0 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	8189
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.69585)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Mail
Slot	Chest
Item level	42
Requires level	37
Binding	Binds when equipped
Vendor sell	75 silver67 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)

Turtle Scale Breastplate

About Turtle Scale Breastplate

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Last 7 days

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