Where do you buy Pattern: Defender's Leather Armor?

Vendors sell it for 14s and buy it back for 3s 50c. 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 Pattern: Defender's Leather Armor cost on the auction house?

About 29s at the median on PvP Alliance EU, from the scan at 2026-11-09 08:30 UTC. Across the 19 Forever markets with a price it runs from 29s on PvP Alliance EU to 5g on RP PvP Alliance US.

Is Pattern: Defender's Leather Armor new in WoW Forever?

Yes. It exists in Forever and has no entry in the Classic Era catalog, so it is a Forever addition.

How fast does Pattern: Defender's Leather Armor sell on the auction house?

Sells steadily on PvP Alliance EU: about 12 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.

Pattern: Defender's Leather Armor

Rare leatherworking · item level 20 · id 252773 · new in Forever

PvP Alliance EUscanned 7 min ago

New in World of Warcraft: Forever: this item is not in Classic Era and first appears in Forever (build 1.60.1.70862). Added in pre-launch patch 1.60.1 (build 70755) on 2026-11-03.

AlsoDeals on PvP Alliance EU Best hours to buy and sell

Latest price · PvP Alliance EU

Live

Min buyout

Median

Units listed

vs 7d median

3.4%

Auction house salesSells steadily on PvP Alliance EU, about 12 sold a day. The current listings clear in about a day.

Estimated from 32 hours of scans this week: how it works

Addon scan · 7 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 EU

Addon scan · 7 min ago

Price history · 7d · PvP Alliance EU

Addon scan · 7 min ago

Across markets

Cheapest on PvP Alliance US at 20s; deepest supply on PvP Horde CN with 47 listed. Buying at 29s on RP PvP Horde US and selling at the RP PvP Alliance US median of 5g through the neutral house leaves +3g 96s a unit after its 15 percent cut.

Market	Min buyout	Median	Units	30d median
Normal Alliance US	35s	40s	27	59s 53c
Normal Horde US	58s	59s	8	74s 67c
PvP Alliance US	20s	30s	18	34s 22c
PvP Horde US	40s	42s	23	42s 63c
RP Alliance US	60s	60s	2	52s
RP Horde US	1g 50s	1g 50s	1	1g 49s 33c
Normal Alliance EU	37s	39s	9	53s 72c
Normal Horde EU	39s	39s	4	49s 50c
PvP Alliance EU	22s	29s	15	30s 2c
PvP Horde EU	1g	1g 15s	12	62s 70c
RP Alliance EU	99s	99s	4	80s
RP Horde EU	1g 95s	1g 95s	4	2g 4s 78c
Normal Alliance CN	40s	40s	1	40s
Normal Horde CN	77s	77s	16	77s
PvP Horde CN	42s	43s	47	48s 75c
RP PvP Alliance US	5g	5g	3	5g
RP PvP Horde US	29s	75s	7	85s 67c
RP PvP Alliance EU	94s	94s	1	1g 50s
RP PvP Horde EU	1g 29s	1g 29s	3	1g 20s 50c

About Pattern: Defender's Leather Armor

Pattern: Defender's Leather Armor is a rare leatherworking recipe new in World of Warcraft: Forever: it exists in Forever and was not part of Classic Era. It has item level 20 and requires Leatherworking 75. Use: Learning. Its item level places it 158th of 286 new leatherworking items in Forever. Sold by vendors for 14s, who buy it back for 3s 50c.

The item reads: "Teaches you how to craft Defender's Leather Armor."

Quick answers

What is Pattern: Defender's Leather Armor?: Pattern: Defender's Leather Armor is a rare leatherworking recipe new in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 14s.
Where do you buy Pattern: Defender's Leather Armor?: Vendors sell it for 14s and buy it back for 3s 50c. 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.
What does Pattern: Defender's Leather Armor do?: Use: Learning.
How much does Pattern: Defender's Leather Armor cost on the auction house?: About 29s at the median on PvP Alliance EU, from the scan at 2026-11-09 08:30 UTC. Across the 19 Forever markets with a price it runs from 29s on PvP Alliance EU to 5g on RP PvP Alliance US.
Is Pattern: Defender's Leather Armor new in WoW Forever?: Yes. It exists in Forever and has no entry in the Classic Era catalog, so it is a Forever addition.
How fast does Pattern: Defender's Leather Armor sell on the auction house?: Sells steadily on PvP Alliance EU: about 12 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.

Details

Class: Recipe
Subclass: Leatherworking
Quality: rare
Item level: 20
Requires skill: Leatherworking 75
Vendor sell: 3s 50c
Vendor buy: 14s
Blizzard item id: 252773
Catalog status: New in WoW Forever (absent from Classic Era)
Client build: 1.60.1 (build 70862)

Where it comes from

Vendors sell it for 14s and buy it back for 3s 50c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
Dropped by
- creature 3864 in Shadowfang Keep (Shadowfang Keep)3% of 37 looted
- creature 643 in Deadmines (The Deadmines)3% of 34 looted
Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 643 in Deadmines (The Deadmines) at 3% of 34 loot windows.
Sources are what one player running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.

Seen inside Shadowfang Keep, Deadmines.