Merciless Gladiator's Leather Armor

Pieces

12

Quality

Epic

Item level

32 to 60

Slots

Head, Shoulder x2, Chest, Wrist, Hands, Waist x2, Legs x3, Feet

Armor coverage

8 of 9 armor slots

Binds

Bind on Equip, Bind on Pickup

Expansion

The Burning Crusade

Difficulty tier

Gladiator

Classes

Rogue

Journal sources

2 encounters

Preview in Dressing Room See this set on a 3D character.

Of its 12 pieces, 8 are sold by vendors, 2 drop from bosses and 1 is made by a profession. Every piece is Leather armor. Wearing them requires level 27. The set was added in patch 2.0.3.

Slot	Piece	Source	How to get it
Head	Merciless Gladiator's Leather Helm	Vendor
Shoulder	Merciless Gladiator's Leather Spaulders	Vendor
Shoulder	Shoulderpads of the Stranger	Boss drop	Drops from Hydross the Unstable in Serpentshrine Cavern.
Chest	Merciless Gladiator's Leather Tunic	Vendor
Wrist	Veteran's Leather Wristguards	Vendor
Hands	Merciless Gladiator's Leather Gloves	Vendor
Waist	Belt of Deep Shadow	Profession	Crafted with Belt of Deep Shadow (Leatherworking).
Waist	Veteran's Leather Waistband	Vendor
Legs	Leggings of Murderous Intent	Boss drop	Drops from Kael'thas Sunstrider in The Eye.
Legs	Leggings of Murderous Intent
Legs	Merciless Gladiator's Leather Legguards	Vendor
Feet	Veteran's Leather Footguards	Vendor

Source is the collection journal’s own source for each appearance, read from the current retail build; bosses, quests, recipes, prices and requirements come from the game’s item, journal and quest records.

This is a complete head-to-toe outfit - it fills 8 armor slots, so it can be worn as a full look with nothing borrowed from another set. 11 of 12 pieces are Bind on Pickup.

Pieces

12

Slots covered

Head, Shoulder x2, Chest, Wrist, Hands, Waist x2, Legs x3, Feet

Binding

Bind on Pickup (11), Bind on Equip (1)

Expansion

The Burning Crusade

Set type

Gladiator

Slot and binding read from the current retail build’s item records for this set’s own pieces.

2 of this set's 12 pieces drop from 2 encounters in Serpentshrine Cavern and The Eye. The rest come from vendors, quests, crafting or world drops, which the dungeon journal does not record.

• Hydross the Unstable - Serpentshrine Cavern - Shoulderpads of the Stranger
• Kael'thas Sunstrider - The Eye - Leggings of Murderous Intent

Drop chances are not stored in the client data we mine, so none are shown here.

8 pieces of Merciless Gladiator's Leather Armor are sold by vendors. The game's own collection data lists 6 places where they are sold.

• Isle of Quel'Danas
• Netherstorm
• Champions' Hall
• Hall of Legends
• Orgrimmar
• Stormwind City

vendor in Isle of Quel'Danas

The pin is the vendor position the game data records in Isle of Quel'Danas.

Ensemble: Merciless Gladiator's Leather Armor is a single item whose use effect learns all of Merciless Gladiator's Leather Armor at once. It is Bind on Pickup. Using it requires level 27.

2 bosses in Serpentshrine Cavern and The Eye drop pieces of this set. Each instance below carries its Adventure Guide entry, where its entrance is, and what each boss drops.

Serpentshrine Cavern

The entrance is in Zangarmarsh at 51.9, 32.6 (/way #102 51.9 32.6).

Serpentshrine Cavern entrance

• Hydross the Unstable drops 1 piece of this set (Shoulder). Adventure Guide map pin: 36.4, 84.8 on the Serpentshrine Cavern map.

The Eye

The entrance is in Netherstorm at 73.9, 63.7 (/way #109 73.9 63.7).

The Eye entrance

• Kael'thas Sunstrider drops 1 piece of this set (Legs). Adventure Guide map pin: 50.1, 13.8 on the Tempest Keep map.

5 pieces of this appearance set also belong to the item set Gladiator's Vestments, which carries these bonuses in the game files:

• 4 pieces: Increases your maximum Energy by 30.

8 companion sets shipped in the Season 2 group alongside it:

• Gladiator Merciless Gladiator's Satin Armor - 14 pieces - Priest
• Gladiator Merciless Gladiator's Plate Armor - 8 pieces - Warrior
• Gladiator Merciless Gladiator's Felweave Armor - 13 pieces - Warlock
• Gladiator Merciless Gladiator's Ringmail Armor - 26 pieces - Shaman
• Gladiator Merciless Gladiator's Scaled Armor - 24 pieces - Paladin
• Gladiator Merciless Gladiator's Silk Armor - 8 pieces - Mage
• Gladiator Merciless Gladiator's Chain Armor - 8 pieces - Hunter
• Gladiator Merciless Gladiator's Dragonhide Armor - 25 pieces - Druid

1 other set reuses the 3D models of Merciless Gladiator's Leather Armor’s head and shoulder, most shared models first:

• Deathmantle (The Burning Crusade, 14 pieces): the same head and shoulder models, recoloured.

Matched in the game files: each piece’s ItemDisplayInfo names its 3D model and texture. The same model with another texture is a recolour. Only pieces with a 3D model of their own (helms, shoulders, cloaks, weapons, shields, off-hands and some belts and robes) can be compared this way; pieces drawn from textures alone are left out.

1 piece of Merciless Gladiator's Leather Armor can be listed on the Auction House (it does not bind on pickup); 1 has a listing on US connected realms in our latest scan.

Lowest listed price on any US connected realm in our recorded Auction House scan, per piece; transmog gear is priced per realm, so the realm named is where that price was seen.

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

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