Glimmering Shield

What is Glimmering Shield?

Glimmering Shield is an uncommon shield armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 1g 54s 45c.

Where do you buy Glimmering Shield?

Vendors sell it for 1g 54s 45c and buy it back for 30s 89c. 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 Glimmering Shield cost on the auction house?

About 44s at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 03:22 UTC. Across the 14 Forever markets with a price it runs from 34s on PvP Horde EU to 1g on Normal Horde CN.

Is Glimmering 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 Glimmering Shield sell on the auction house?

Barely sells on Normal Horde US: about 1 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 18 days. AHledger estimates it from consecutive scans of the auction house; a cancelled listing can look like a sale, so the figure is a guide.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Glimmering 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

31

Requires level

26

Vendor sell

30s 89c

Vendor buy

1g 54s 45c

Blizzard item id

6400

How to make gold at level 20 to 30

• Vendors sell it for 1g 54s 45c and buy it back for 30s 89c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • creature 64262% of 44 looted
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 6426 at 2% of 44 loot windows.
• Sources are what one player running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
• Disenchants into Soul Dust, Lesser Mystic Essence, Small Glowing Shard, worth about 16s 14c on Normal Horde US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Excavation Site: Wetlands.

• Soul Dust75% of the time · 2 to 54s 78c
• Lesser Mystic Essence20% of the time · 1 to 29s 48c
• Small Glowing Shard5% of the time15s 15c

Expected value 16s 14c per disenchant at Normal Horde US medians.

Selling the materials on: Soul Dust about 1,100 a day, listings clear in under a day; Lesser Mystic Essence about 4 a day, listings clear in over two months; Small Glowing Shard about 29 a day, listings clear in about 3 days. Expect to wait over two months for the Lesser Mystic Essence to move.

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