Lead Band

What is Lead Band?

Lead Band is an uncommon miscellaneous finger armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 19s 85c.

Where do you buy Lead Band?

Vendors sell it for 19s 85c and buy it back for 4s 96c. It can also be listed on the auction house, and the vendors and zones players have seen it at are listed on this page as they are reported.

How much does Lead Band cost on the auction house?

About 1g at the median on Normal Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 00:57 UTC. Across the 17 Forever markets with a price it runs from 40s on RP PvP Horde US to 1g 20s on Normal Alliance EU.

Is Lead Band different in Forever than in Classic Era?

No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.

How fast does Lead Band sell on the auction house?

Sells steadily on Normal Alliance US: about 11 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 2 days. AHledger estimates it from consecutive scans of the auction house; a cancelled listing can look like a sale, so the figure is a guide.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Lead Band keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices in Forever.

Era values from Blizzard's Game Data API; Forever values from Forever's game data.

Class

Armor

Subclass

Miscellaneous

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Finger

Item level

20

Requires level

15

Vendor sell

4s 96c

Vendor buy

19s 85c

Blizzard item id

11981

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 19s 85c and buy it back for 4s 96c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • creature 3840 in Wailing Caverns (Winding Chasm)0% of 1,185 looted
  • creature 639 in Deadmines (Ironclad Cove)1% of 68 looted
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 639 in Deadmines (Ironclad Cove) at 1% of 68 loot windows.
• Sources are what 5 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
• Disenchants into Strange Dust, Greater Magic Essence, Small Glimmering Shard, worth about 2s 95c on Normal Alliance US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Wailing Caverns, Deadmines.

• Strange Dust75% of the time · 2 to 394c
• Greater Magic Essence20% of the time · 1 to 22s 98c
• Small Glimmering Shard5% of the time6s

Expected value 2s 95c per disenchant at Normal Alliance US medians.

Selling the materials on: Strange Dust about 5,000 a day, listings clear in under a day; Greater Magic Essence about 480 a day, listings clear in under a day; Small Glimmering Shard about 160 a day, listings clear in about 2 days. Expect to wait about 2 days for the Small Glimmering Shard to move.

Vanilla disenchant tables by quality and item level; the same estimate the addon shows in tooltips.