Grunt's Shield

What is Grunt's Shield?

Grunt's Shield is an uncommon shield armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 78s 91c.

Where do you buy Grunt's Shield?

Vendors sell it for 78s 91c and buy it back for 15s 78c. 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 Grunt's Shield cost on the auction house?

About 40s at the median on Normal Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 02:57 UTC. Across the 13 Forever markets with a price it runs from 17s on PvP Horde US to 80s on RP Horde US.

Is Grunt's Shield different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

How fast does Grunt's Shield sell on the auction house?

Sells slowly on Normal Alliance US: about 2 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 5 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: Grunt's 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

24

Requires level

19

Vendor sell

15s 78c

Vendor buy

78s 91c

Blizzard item id

15512

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 78s 91c and buy it back for 15s 78c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • creature 5755 in Wailing Caverns (Screaming Gully)1% of 339 looted
  • creature 3840 in Wailing Caverns (Winding Chasm)0% of 1,231 looted
  • creature 50560% of 283 looted
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 5755 in Wailing Caverns (Screaming Gully) at 1% of 339 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 39c on Normal Alliance US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Wailing Caverns, Excavation Site: Wetlands.

• Strange Dust75% of the time · 4 to 690c
• Lesser Astral Essence15% of the time · 1 to 26s 32c
• Small Glimmering Shard10% of the time6s

Expected value 5s 39c per disenchant at Normal Alliance US medians.

Selling the materials on: Strange Dust about 4,700 a day, listings clear in under a day; Lesser Astral Essence about 97 a day, listings clear in about 6 days; Small Glimmering Shard about 170 a day, listings clear in about 2 days. Expect to wait about 6 days for the Lesser Astral Essence to move.

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