Ward of the Vale

What is Ward of the Vale?

Ward of the Vale is an uncommon shield armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 1g 11s 7c.

Can Ward of the Vale 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 Ward of the Vale?

528 armor; +1 Intellect and +5 Spirit.

How much does Ward of the Vale cost on the auction house?

Normal Alliance US is scanned, but no scan has caught a listing of it there yet. The price appears here after the first scan that does; vendors pay 22s 21c.

Is Ward of the Vale different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

Unchanged from Classic Era: Ward of the Vale keeps the same item level, requirements, stats, 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

27

Binding

Binds when picked up

Vendor sell

22s 21c

Vendor buy

1g 11s 7c

Blizzard item id

5357

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70862)

• Not tradeable. It binds when picked up, so it is earned in play and never listed on the auction house.
• Vendors sell it for 1g 11s 7c and buy it back for 22s 21c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Quest reward from Isha Awak.
• Sources are what 18 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
• Disenchants into Soul Dust, Greater Astral Essence, Large Glimmering Shard, worth about 11s 56c on Normal Alliance US today. Odds below.

• The Barrens

• Soul Dust75% of the time · 1 to 24s 48c
• Greater Astral Essence20% of the time · 1 to 218s 69c
• Large Glimmering Shard5% of the time18s 42c

Expected value 11s 56c per disenchant at Normal Alliance US medians.

Selling the materials on: Soul Dust about 600 a day, listings clear in about 3 days; Greater Astral Essence about 43 a day, listings clear in about 6 days; Large Glimmering Shard about 44 a day, listings clear in about 2 days. Expect to wait about 6 days for the Greater Astral Essence to move.

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