Combat Shield

What is Combat Shield?

Combat Shield is an uncommon shield armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 2g 65s 58c.

Where do you buy Combat Shield?

Vendors sell it for 2g 65s 58c and buy it back for 53s 11c. 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 Combat Shield cost on the auction house?

About 70s at the median on Normal Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 02:57 UTC. Across the 12 Forever markets with a price it runs from 54s on PvP Horde EU to 1g on Normal Horde CN.

Is Combat 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 Combat Shield sell on the auction house?

Barely sells on Normal Alliance US: none sold this week over the last week. AHledger estimates it from consecutive scans of the auction house; a cancelled listing can look like a sale, so the figure is a guide.

Where is the best place to farm Combat Shield?

Of the sources players have reported, Highland Thrasher in Arathi Highlands drops it most often: 3% of 80 loot windows.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Combat 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

53s 11c

Vendor buy

2g 65s 58c

Blizzard item id

4065

How to make gold at level 30 to 40

• Vendors sell it for 2g 65s 58c and buy it back for 53s 11c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Highland Thrasher in Arathi Highlands (Boulder'gor)3% of 80 looted
• Found in Large Iron Bound Chest in Scarlet Monastery (1% of 192 looted).
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Highland Thrasher in Arathi Highlands (Boulder'gor) at 3% of 80 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 Vision Dust, Greater Mystic Essence, Large Glowing Shard, worth about 23s 61c on Normal Alliance US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Scarlet Monastery.

• Arathi Highlands

• 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.