Cauterizing Band

• +2 Intellect
• +2 Stamina
• +8 Healing
• +3 Spell Damage
• Binds when picked up

Computed from Forever's item data, the same way the game builds the tooltip. Beta values can change before launch.

What is Cauterizing Band?

Cauterizing Band is an epic miscellaneous finger armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 24g 10s.

Can Cauterizing Band be bought on the auction house?

No. It binds when picked up, so it is earned as a drop, quest reward, or vendor purchase and cannot be traded or listed.

What are the stats on Cauterizing Band?

+2 Intellect, +2 Stamina, +8 Healing and +3 Spell Damage.

How much does Cauterizing Band cost on the auction house?

About 5g 99s at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-10-23 16:18 UTC. Across the 3 Forever markets with a price it runs from 5g on PvP Alliance US to 6g 4s on Normal Alliance US.

Where is the best place to farm Cauterizing Band?

Of the sources players have reported, Infernal in Elwynn Forest drops it most often: 11% of 27 loot windows.

Class

Armor

Subclass

Miscellaneous

Quality

epic

Slot

Finger

Item level

10

Requires level

1

Binding

Binds when picked up

Vendor sell

6g 2s 56c

Vendor buy

24g 10s

Blizzard item id

288930

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70707)

How to make gold at level 1 to 10

• Not tradeable. It binds when picked up, so it is earned in play and never listed on the auction house.
• Vendors sell it for 24g 10s and buy it back for 6g 2s 56c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Elder Mottled Boar in Durotar2% of 269 looted
  • Burning Blade Fanatic in Durotar (Skull Rock)1% of 207 looted
  • Infernal in Elwynn Forest11% of 27 looted
  • Mangy Wolf in Elwynn Forest2% of 129 looted
  • Flatland Cougar in Mulgore4% of 55 looted
  and 20 more, each on its creature page.
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Infernal in Elwynn Forest at 11% of 27 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 Large Glimmering Shard. Odds below.

Seen inside Excavation Site: Wetlands.

• Durotar
• Elwynn Forest
• Mulgore
• Tirisfal Glades

• Large Glimmering Shardalwaysno price yet

Needs Enchanting. The materials are not priced on Normal Horde US yet, so no value is given.

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