Prospector's Pads

What is Prospector's Pads?

Prospector's Pads is an uncommon leather shoulders armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 50s 54c.

Where do you buy Prospector's Pads?

Vendors sell it for 50s 54c and buy it back for 10s 10c. 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 Pads cost on the auction house?

About 34s at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 08:48 UTC. Across the 16 Forever markets with a price it runs from 19s on PvP Horde CN to 1g on RP Alliance EU.

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

Sells steadily on Normal Horde US: about 24 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: Prospector's Pads 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

Shoulder

Item level

25

Requires level

20

Vendor sell

10s 10c

Vendor buy

50s 54c

Blizzard item id

14566

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 50s 54c and buy it back for 10s 10c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • creature 4805 in Blackfathom Deeps (The Pool of Ask'ar)1% of 237 looted
  • creature 4520 in Razorfen Kraulseen 2 times
  • creature 4435 in Razorfen Kraul8% of 24 looted
  • Cenarion Protector in Ashenvale (Raynewood Retreat)seen 1 time
  • creature 4807 in Blackfathom Deeps1% of 180 looted
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 4435 in Razorfen Kraul at 8% of 24 loot windows.
• Sources are what 2 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
• Disenchants into Strange Dust, Lesser Astral Essence, Small Glimmering Shard, worth about 5s 4c on Normal Horde US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Blackfathom Deeps, Razorfen Kraul.

• Ashenvale

• Strange Dust75% of the time · 4 to 691c
• Lesser Astral Essence15% of the time · 1 to 25s 55c
• Small Glimmering Shard10% of the time3s 80c

Expected value 5s 4c per disenchant at Normal Horde US medians.

Selling the materials on: Strange Dust about 12,000 a day, listings clear in under a day; Lesser Astral Essence about 320 a day, listings clear in under a day; Small Glimmering Shard about 220 a day, listings clear in about a day.

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