War Paint Shield

What is War Paint Shield?

War Paint Shield is an uncommon shield armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 43s 50c.

Where do you buy War Paint Shield?

Vendors sell it for 43s 50c and buy it back for 8s 70c. 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 War Paint Shield cost on the auction house?

About 1g 14s at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-10-23 16:18 UTC. Across the 2 Forever markets with a price it runs from 1g 14s on Normal Horde US to 1g 41s on PvP Horde US.

Is War Paint Shield different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

Unchanged from Classic Era: War Paint Shield 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

Shield

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Shield

Item level

20

Requires level

15

Vendor sell

8s 70c

Vendor buy

43s 50c

Blizzard item id

14729

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 43s 50c and buy it back for 8s 70c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Disenchants into Strange Dust, Greater Magic Essence, Small Glimmering Shard, worth about 22s 76c on Normal Horde US today. Odds below.

• Strange Dust75% of the time · 2 to 3no price yet
• Greater Magic Essence20% of the time · 1 to 275s 87c
• Small Glimmering Shard5% of the timeno price yet

Expected value 22s 76c per disenchant at Normal Horde US medians, counting only the priced materials. More than the 8s 70c a vendor pays for it.

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