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?

On Normal Alliance the median buyout was 75s as of 2026-10-04 02:33 UTC. Other markets are listed on this page.

Is Prospector's Pads 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: Prospector's Pads 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

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.
• Disenchants into Soul Dust, Lesser Astral Essence, Small Glimmering Shard, worth about 11s 76c on Normal Alliance today. Odds below.

• Soul Dust75% of the time · 1 to 27s 96c
• Lesser Astral Essence20% of the time · 1 to 28s 99c
• Small Glimmering Shard5% of the time2s 29c

Expected value 11s 76c per disenchant at Normal Alliance medians. More than the 10s 10c a vendor pays for it.

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