Prospector's Mitts

What is Prospector's Mitts?

Prospector's Mitts is an uncommon leather hands armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 15s 23c.

Where do you buy Prospector's Mitts?

Vendors sell it for 15s 23c and buy it back for 3s 4c. 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 Mitts cost on the auction house?

About 16s at the median on PvP Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 03:38 UTC. Across the 17 Forever markets with a price it runs from 5s on PvP Horde CN to 17s on RP Horde US.

Is Prospector's Mitts 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 Mitts sell on the auction house?

Sells steadily on PvP Alliance US: about 27 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.

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

Of the sources players have reported, Cracked Golem in Darkshore drops it most often: 3% of 100 loot windows.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Prospector's Mitts 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

Hand

Item level

19

Requires level

14

Vendor sell

3s 4c

Vendor buy

15s 23c

Blizzard item id

14564

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 15s 23c and buy it back for 3s 4c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • creature 3840 in Wailing Caverns (Crag of the Everliving)1% of 1,231 looted
  • creature 3640 in Wailing Caverns (Screaming Gully)1% of 437 looted
  • Cracked Golem in Darkshore (Remtravel's Excavation)3% of 100 looted
  • creature 3637 in Wailing Caverns (Screaming Gully)1% of 562 looted
  • Reef Crawler in Darkshore (Mist's Edge)1% of 302 looted
  and 8 more, each on its creature page.
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Cracked Golem in Darkshore (Remtravel's Excavation) at 3% of 100 loot windows.
• Sources are what 7 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 97c on PvP Alliance US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Wailing Caverns, Excavation Site: Wetlands.

• Darkshore
• The Barrens
• Kalimdor

• Strange Dust75% of the time · 2 to 31s 2c
• Greater Magic Essence20% of the time · 1 to 22s 75c
• Small Glimmering Shard5% of the time4s 76c

Expected value 2s 97c per disenchant at PvP Alliance US medians.

Selling the materials on: Strange Dust about 5,700 a day, listings clear in under a day; Greater Magic Essence about 980 a day, listings clear in about a day; Small Glimmering Shard about 220 a day, listings clear in under a day.

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