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Transmog Set
Swarmbreaker's Battleplate
50 pieces, a full head-to-toe outfit, from Mists of Pandaria, Light.
Set Facts
- Pieces
- 50
- Quality
- Rare
- Item level
- 38 to 39
- Slots
- Head x5, Shoulder x4, Chest x8, Wrist x5, Hands x7, Waist x8, Legs x7, Feet x6
- Armor coverage
- 8 of 8 armor slots
- Binds
- Bind on Equip, Bind on Pickup
- Expansion
- Mists of Pandaria
- Difficulty tier
- Light
- Classes
- Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight
Set Pieces (50)
Preview in Dressing Room See this set on a 3D character.
Of its 50 pieces, 16 are made by professions, 9 are world drops and 8 are quest rewards. Every piece is Plate armor. The set was added in patch 5.0.0.
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.
What This Set Covers
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. 26 of 50 pieces are Bind on Pickup.
- Pieces
- 50
- Slots covered
- Head x5, Shoulder x4, Chest x8, Wrist x5, Hands x7, Waist x8, Legs x7, Feet x6
- Binding
- Bind on Pickup (26), Bind on Equip (24)
- Expansion
- Mists of Pandaria
- Set type
- Light
Slot and binding read from the current retail build’s item records for this set’s own pieces.
The Ensemble
Ensemble: Swarmbreaker's Battleplate is a single item whose use effect learns all of Swarmbreaker's Battleplate at once. It is Bind on Pickup.
Set Bonus
8 pieces of this appearance set also belong to the item set Contender's Defense, which carries these bonuses in the game files:
- 2 pieces: +40.9847 PvP Resilience
- 4 pieces: +40.9847 PvP Power
Versions and Companion Sets
The game links 2 other versions to Swarmbreaker's Battleplate, each labelled the way the collection journal labels it. This page is the Light version.
- Dark Swarmbreaker's Battleplate - 109 pieces - Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight
- Original Swarmbreaker's Battleplate - 72 pieces - Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight
10 companion sets shipped in the Mists of Pandaria: Dungeon group alongside it:
- Original Breezebinder's Vestments - 61 pieces - Priest, Mage, Warlock
- Purple Breezebinder's Vestments - 84 pieces - Priest, Mage, Warlock
- Red Breezebinder's Vestments - 72 pieces - Priest, Mage, Warlock
- Black Mogubreaker Battlegear - 63 pieces - Rogue, Monk, Druid, Demon Hunter
- Original Mogubreaker Battlegear - 54 pieces - Rogue, Monk, Druid, Demon Hunter
- Red Mogubreaker Battlegear - 60 pieces - Rogue, Monk, Druid, Demon Hunter
- Yellow Mogubreaker Battlegear - 60 pieces - Rogue, Monk, Druid, Demon Hunter
- Black Mogu Lord's Regalia - 78 pieces - Hunter, Shaman, Evoker
- Gold Mogu Lord's Regalia - 79 pieces - Hunter, Shaman, Evoker
- Jade Mogu Lord's Regalia - 75 pieces - Hunter, Shaman, Evoker
In-Game Descriptions
The flavour text the item tooltip prints on 1 piece of this set:
- Davidian's All-Seeing Eyes:
Sharp enough to see for two men.
Buying the Tradeable Pieces
24 pieces of Swarmbreaker's Battleplate can be listed on the Auction House (they do not bind on pickup); 24 have a listing on US connected realms in our latest scan.
| Piece | Slot | Lowest listed price | Cheapest realm | Realms listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost-Forged Bracers | Wrist | 5 gold23 silver | Barthilas | 18 |
| Ghost-Forged Gauntlets | Hands | 15 gold95 silver | Wyrmrest Accord | 44 |
| Gauntlets of Blurring Fingers | Hands | 18 gold40 silver | Kel'Thuzad | 26 |
| Ghost-Forged Shoulders | Shoulder | 50 gold23 silver | Barthilas | 40 |
| Cryptwarden's Breastplate | Chest | 55 gold64 silver | Quel'Thalas | 27 |
| Contender's Spirit Belt | Waist | 94 gold89 silver | Moon Guard | 32 |
| Contender's Spirit Boots | Feet | 95 gold63 silver | Moon Guard | 33 |
| Contender's Spirit Gauntlets | Hands | 100 gold19 silver | Blackwater Raiders | 34 |
| Contender's Spirit Bracers | Wrist | 133 gold | Kilrogg | 31 |
| Contender's Spirit Shoulders | Shoulder | 155 gold61 silver | Area 52 | 31 |
| Ghost-Forged Belt | Waist | 199 gold | Dreadmaul | 38 |
| Contender's Spirit Breastplate | Chest | 328 gold89 silver | Dalaran | 34 |
| Contender's Spirit Legplates | Legs | 334 gold14 silver | Turalyon | 33 |
| Ghost-Forged Helm | Head | 350 gold4 silver | Bleeding Hollow | 42 |
| Ghost-Forged Boots | Feet | 428 gold89 silver | Dalaran | 33 |
| Contender's Spirit Helm | Head | 811 gold91 silver | Thrall | 34 |
| Legplates of the Wandering Warrior | Legs | 950 gold | Kil'jaeden | 23 |
| Ghost-Forged Breastplate | Chest | 969 gold | Darrowmere | 32 |
| Zoid's Scorched Bracers | Wrist | 1,500 gold32 silver | Goldrinn | 26 |
| Blackfooted Greatboots | Feet | 1,708 gold | Misha | 20 |
| Davidian's All-Seeing Eyes | Head | 2,138 gold39 silver | Illidan | 24 |
| Waistguard of Flaming Words | Waist | 3,752 gold2 silver | Hyjal | 16 |
| Shoulderguards of Honest Labor | Shoulder | 4,988 gold74 silver | Azjol-Nerub | 20 |
| Ghost-Forged Legplates | Legs | 10,000 gold | Anub'arak | 24 |
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.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Other Versions of This Set
The game data carries 3 separate set records under the name Swarmbreaker's Battleplate - one per class or armor weight, plus the per-slot recolours the appearance was built from. This page is the one we index for the name; the others are listed here so nothing is lost.
- Swarmbreaker's Battleplate (set 3420) - 109 pieces - Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight
- Swarmbreaker's Battleplate (set 3422) - 72 pieces - Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight
More Mists of Pandaria Sets
Sets from the same content batch with the same class restriction.