Thick Scale Shield

What is Thick Scale Shield?

Thick Scale Shield is an uncommon shield armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 2g 61s 30c.

Where do you buy Thick Scale Shield?

Vendors sell it for 2g 61s 30c and buy it back for 52s 26c. 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 Thick Scale Shield cost on the auction house?

About 1g 20s at the median on Normal Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 02:57 UTC. Across the 11 Forever markets with a price it runs from 59s on PvP Horde EU to 5g on RP PvP Horde US.

Is Thick Scale 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 Thick Scale Shield sell on the auction house?

Sells slowly on Normal Alliance US: under one sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 13 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: Thick Scale 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

36

Requires level

31

Vendor sell

52s 26c

Vendor buy

2g 61s 30c

Blizzard item id

15552

How to make gold at level 30 to 40

• Vendors sell it for 2g 61s 30c and buy it back for 52s 26c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Ambassador Malcin in The Barrens (Razorfen Downs)seen 1 time
• Sources are what one player running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
• Disenchants into Vision Dust, Greater Mystic Essence, Large Glowing Shard, worth about 23s 61c on Normal Alliance US today. Odds below.

• The Barrens

• Vision Dust75% of the time · 1 to 213s 4c
• Greater Mystic Essence20% of the time · 1 to 219s 50c
• Large Glowing Shard5% of the time61s 89c

Expected value 23s 61c per disenchant at Normal Alliance US medians.

Selling the materials on: Vision Dust about 22 a day, listings clear in about 15 days; Greater Mystic Essence about 6 a day, listings clear in about 27 days; Large Glowing Shard about 10 a day, listings clear in about 3 days. Expect to wait about 27 days for the Greater Mystic Essence to move.

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