Where do you buy Ancient Defender?

Vendors sell it for 5g 57s 90c and buy it back for 1g 11s 58c. 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 Ancient Defender cost on the auction house?

About 4g at the median on PvP Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-11-10 08:51 UTC. Across the 6 Forever markets with a price it runs from 1g 68s on Normal Horde US to 7g 41s on Normal Alliance EU.

How fast does Ancient Defender sell on the auction house?

Sells fast on PvP Alliance US: about 2 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in under a day. AHledger estimates it from consecutive scans of the auction house; a cancelled listing can look like a sale, so the figure is a guide.

Ancient Defender

Uncommon shield · item level 46 · requires 41 · id 15604

PvP Alliance USscanned 16 min ago

In the Classic Era catalog but not in World of Warcraft: Forever.

AlsoDeals on PvP Alliance US Best hours to buy and sell

Latest price · PvP Alliance US

Live

Min buyout

Median

Units listed

vs 7d median

8.7%

Auction house salesSells fast on PvP Alliance US, about 2 sold a day. The current listings clear in under a day.

Estimated from 38 hours of scans this week: how it works

Addon scan · 16 min ago

Min buyout is the cheapest listing per unit; median is the middle price across all units and the one to trade on. How to read this page.

Price history · 30d · PvP Alliance US

Addon scan · 16 min ago

Price history · 7d · PvP Alliance US

Addon scan · 16 min ago

Across markets

Cheapest on Normal Horde US at 1g 68s; deepest supply on PvP Horde CN with 3 listed. The gap between the Horde and Alliance houses does not survive the neutral auction house's 15 percent cut right now.

Market	Min buyout	Median	Units	30d median
Normal Horde US	1g 68s	1g 68s	1	1g 68s
PvP Alliance US	4g	4g	1	3g 68s
PvP Horde US	3g 42s	3g 42s	2	2g 55s
Normal Alliance EU	7g 41s	7g 41s	1	6g 35s 80c
Normal Horde EU	-	-	0	2g
PvP Alliance EU	-	-	0	2g 50s
PvP Horde EU	1g 68s	1g 68s	1	2g 18s
Normal Alliance CN	-	-	0	2g 22s
PvP Horde CN	2g 50s	2g 50s	3	2g 24s

About Ancient Defender

Ancient Defender is an uncommon shield armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. It has item level 46 and requires character level 41. Sold by vendors for 5g 57s 90c, who buy it back for 1g 11s 58c.

Quick answers

What is Ancient Defender?: Ancient Defender is an uncommon shield armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 5g 57s 90c.
Where do you buy Ancient Defender?: Vendors sell it for 5g 57s 90c and buy it back for 1g 11s 58c. 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 Ancient Defender cost on the auction house?: About 4g at the median on PvP Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-11-10 08:51 UTC. Across the 6 Forever markets with a price it runs from 1g 68s on Normal Horde US to 7g 41s on Normal Alliance EU.
Is Ancient Defender different in Forever than in Classic Era?: No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.
How fast does Ancient Defender sell on the auction house?: Sells fast on PvP Alliance US: about 2 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in under a day. AHledger estimates it from consecutive scans of the auction house; a cancelled listing can look like a sale, so the figure is a guide.

Classic Era vs Forever

Unchanged from Classic Era: Ancient Defender 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.

Details

Class: Armor
Subclass: Shield
Quality: uncommon
Slot: Shield
Item level: 46
Requires level: 41
Vendor sell: 1g 11s 58c
Vendor buy: 5g 57s 90c
Blizzard item id: 15604

How to make gold at level 40 to 50

Where it comes from

Vendors sell it for 5g 57s 90c and buy it back for 1g 11s 58c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
Disenchants into Dream Dust, Greater Nether Essence, Large Radiant Shard, worth about 48s 46c on PvP Alliance US today. Odds below.

Disenchants into

Dream Dust75% of the time · 1 to 211s 75c
Greater Nether Essence20% of the time · 1 to 294s 99c
Large Radiant Shard5% of the time1g 35s

Expected value 48s 46c per disenchant at PvP Alliance US medians.

Selling the materials on: Dream Dust about 16 a day, listings clear in about 10 days; Greater Nether Essence about 2 a day, listings clear in over two months; Large Radiant Shard under one a day, listings clear in over two months. Expect to wait over two months for the Large Radiant Shard to move.

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

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