Redbeard Crest

What is Redbeard Crest?

Redbeard Crest is a rare shield armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 96s. It has item level 24 and requires character level 19.

Where do you buy Redbeard Crest?

Vendors sell it for 96s and buy it back for 19s 20c. 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 Redbeard Crest cost on the auction house?

On Normal Alliance the median buyout was 2g 97s as of 2026-10-03 23:36 UTC. Other markets are listed on this page.

Is Redbeard Crest different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

Unchanged from Classic Era: Redbeard Crest keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices in the Forever beta.

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

Class

Armor

Subclass

Shield

Quality

rare

Slot

Shield

Item level

24

Requires level

19

Vendor sell

19s 20c

Vendor buy

96s

Blizzard item id

12997

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 96s and buy it back for 19s 20c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Disenchants into Small Glimmering Shard, worth about 2s 69c on Normal Alliance today. Odds below.

• Small Glimmering Shardalways2s 69c

Expected value 2s 69c per disenchant at Normal Alliance medians.

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