Thuggish Shield

What is Thuggish Shield?

Thuggish Shield is an uncommon shield armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 6s 8c.

Where do you buy Thuggish Shield?

Vendors sell it for 6s 8c and buy it back for 1s 21c. 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 are the stats on Thuggish Shield?

274 armor; +1 Strength.

How much does Thuggish Shield cost on the auction house?

About 4s at the median on PvP Alliance EU, from the scan at 2026-11-09 08:30 UTC. Across the 8 Forever markets with a price it runs from 4s on Normal Alliance US to 15s on RP Alliance EU.

Is Thuggish Shield different in Forever than in Classic Era?

Yes. 5 values changed between the Classic Era record and Forever; the comparison table on this page lists each one.

How fast does Thuggish Shield sell on the auction house?

Sells fast on PvP Alliance EU: about 13 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.

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

13

Requires level

8

Binding

Binds when equipped

Vendor sell

1s 21c

Vendor buy

6s 8c

Blizzard item id

6203

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70862)

How to make gold at level 1 to 10

• Vendors sell it for 6s 8c and buy it back for 1s 21c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Thuros Lightfingers in Elwynn Forest (Crystal Lake)seen 4 times
• Sources are what 4 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
• It binds when equipped: tradeable until someone wears it, so each one sells once.
• Disenchants into Strange Dust, Lesser Magic Essence, worth about 1s 37c on PvP Alliance EU today. Odds below.

• Elwynn Forest

• Strange Dust80% of the time · 1 to 290c
• Lesser Magic Essence20% of the time · 1 to 299c

Expected value 1s 37c per disenchant at PvP Alliance EU medians. More than the 1s 21c a vendor pays for it.

Selling the materials on: Strange Dust about 7,600 a day, listings clear in under a day; Lesser Magic Essence about 4,000 a day, listings clear in under a day.

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