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Dark Hooded Cape

Rare cloth back · item level 37 · requires 32 · id 5257

Normal Horde USscanned

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

Latest price · Normal Horde US

Live
Min buyout
4g 48s
Median
4g 48s
Units listed
1
vs 7d median
down 83.5%

Auction house salesSells fast on Normal Horde US, about 1 sold a day. The current listings clear in under a day.

Estimated from 20 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 · Normal Horde US

Addon scan · 16 min ago

Price history · 7d · Normal Horde US

Addon scan · 16 min ago

Across markets

Cheapest on Normal Horde US at 4g 48s; deepest supply on PvP Horde EU with 3 listed.

MarketMin buyoutMedianUnits
Normal Horde US4g 48s4g 48s1
PvP Alliance US--0
PvP Horde US7g 77s7g 77s1
RP Horde US20g20g2
Normal Alliance EU24g 72s24g 72s1
Normal Horde EU--0
PvP Horde EU7g7g 50s3
Normal Alliance CN--0
Normal Horde CN5g 99s5g 99s1
PvP Horde CN--0
RP PvP Horde US9g9g1
RP PvP Alliance EU10g10g1

About Dark Hooded Cape

Dark Hooded Cape is a rare cloth back armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. It has item level 37 and requires character level 32. Sold by vendors for 1g 57s 99c, who buy it back for 31s 59c.

Quick answers

What is Dark Hooded Cape?
Dark Hooded Cape is a rare cloth back armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 1g 57s 99c.
Where do you buy Dark Hooded Cape?
Vendors sell it for 1g 57s 99c and buy it back for 31s 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 Dark Hooded Cape cost on the auction house?
About 4g 48s at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 02:46 UTC. Across the 8 Forever markets with a price it runs from 4g 48s on Normal Horde US to 24g 72s on Normal Alliance EU.
Is Dark Hooded Cape different in Forever than in Classic Era?
No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.
How fast does Dark Hooded Cape sell on the auction house?
Sells fast on Normal Horde US: about 1 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: Dark Hooded Cape 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
Cloth
Quality
rare
Slot
Cloak
Item level
37
Requires level
32
Vendor sell
31s 59c
Vendor buy
1g 57s 99c
Blizzard item id
5257

How to make gold at level 30 to 40

Where it comes from

  • Vendors sell it for 1g 57s 99c and buy it back for 31s 59c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
  • Disenchants into Large Glowing Shard, worth about 45s 98c on Normal Horde US today. Odds below.

Disenchants into

Expected value 45s 98c per disenchant at Normal Horde US medians. More than the 31s 59c a vendor pays for it.

Selling the materials on: Large Glowing Shard under one a day, listings clear in over two months. Expect to wait over two months for the Large Glowing Shard to move.

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

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