Metalworking Gloves

What is Metalworking Gloves?

Metalworking Gloves is an uncommon leather hands armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 12s 96c.

Where do you buy Metalworking Gloves?

Vendors sell it for 12s 96c and buy it back for 2s 59c. 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 Metalworking Gloves cost on the auction house?

About 3s at the median on PvP Alliance EU, from the scan at 2026-11-09 08:30 UTC. Across the 17 Forever markets with a price it runs from 3s on Normal Alliance EU to 25s on RP PvP Alliance US.

Is Metalworking Gloves different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

How fast does Metalworking Gloves sell on the auction house?

Sells steadily on PvP Alliance EU: about 34 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 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.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Metalworking Gloves 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

Leather

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Hand

Item level

18

Requires level

13

Vendor sell

2s 59c

Vendor buy

12s 96c

Blizzard item id

1944

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 12s 96c and buy it back for 2s 59c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • creature 1731 in Deadmines (Goblin Foundry)8% of 170 looted
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 1731 in Deadmines (Goblin Foundry) at 8% of 170 loot windows.
• Sources are what 13 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
• Disenchants into Strange Dust, Greater Magic Essence, Small Glimmering Shard, worth about 2s 72c on PvP Alliance EU today. Odds below.

Seen inside Deadmines.

• Strange Dust75% of the time · 2 to 390c
• Greater Magic Essence20% of the time · 1 to 22s 74c
• Small Glimmering Shard5% of the time4s 38c

Expected value 2s 72c per disenchant at PvP Alliance EU medians. More than the 2s 59c a vendor pays for it.

Selling the materials on: Strange Dust about 7,600 a day, listings clear in under a day; Greater Magic Essence about 1,300 a day, listings clear in under a day; Small Glimmering Shard about 480 a day, listings clear in about a day.

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