Prospector's Cuffs

What is Prospector's Cuffs?

Prospector's Cuffs is an uncommon leather wrists armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 12s 25c.

Where do you buy Prospector's Cuffs?

Vendors sell it for 12s 25c and buy it back for 2s 45c. 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 Prospector's Cuffs cost on the auction house?

About 21s at the median on PvP Alliance EU, from the scan at 2026-11-09 08:30 UTC. Across the 15 Forever markets with a price it runs from 5s on PvP Horde US to 70s on Normal Alliance CN.

Is Prospector's Cuffs different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

How fast does Prospector's Cuffs sell on the auction house?

Sells fast on PvP Alliance EU: about 21 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in under a day. AHledger estimates it from consecutive scans of the auction house; a cancelled listing can look like a sale, so the figure is a guide.

Where is the best place to farm Prospector's Cuffs?

Of the sources players have reported, Deviate Slayer in Kalimdor drops it most often: 1% of 313 loot windows.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Prospector's Cuffs 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

Leather

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Wrist

Item level

17

Requires level

12

Vendor sell

2s 45c

Vendor buy

12s 25c

Blizzard item id

14561

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 12s 25c and buy it back for 2s 45c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Deviate Slayer in Kalimdor (Cavern of Mists)1% of 313 looted
  • creature 11323 in Ragefire Chasm1% of 500 looted
  • Ornery Plainstrider in The Barrens0% of 712 looted
  • Bristleback Hunter in The Barrens (Agama'gor)0% of 550 looted
  • Bristleback Water Seeker in The Barrens (Agama'gor)0% of 454 looted
  and 5 more, each on its creature page.
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Deviate Slayer in Kalimdor (Cavern of Mists) at 1% of 313 loot windows.
• Sources are what 4 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 72c on PvP Alliance EU today. Odds below.

Seen inside Ragefire Chasm, Wailing Caverns.

• Kalimdor
• The Barrens
• Darkshore

• Strange Dust75% of the time · 2 to 390c
• Greater Magic Essence20% of the time · 1 to 22s 74c
• Small Glimmering Shard5% of the time4s 38c

Expected value 2s 72c per disenchant at PvP Alliance EU medians. More than the 2s 45c a vendor pays for it.

Selling the materials on: Strange Dust about 7,600 a day, listings clear in under a day; Greater Magic Essence about 1,300 a day, listings clear in under a day; Small Glimmering Shard about 480 a day, listings clear in about a day.

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