Bard's Buckler

What is Bard's Buckler?

Bard's Buckler is an uncommon shield armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 26s 68c.

Where do you buy Bard's Buckler?

Vendors sell it for 26s 68c and buy it back for 5s 33c. 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 Bard's Buckler cost on the auction house?

About 15s at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-10-23 16:18 UTC. Across the 3 Forever markets with a price it runs from 15s on Normal Horde US to 1g on Normal Alliance US.

Is Bard's Buckler 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: Bard's Buckler 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

16

Requires level

11

Vendor sell

5s 33c

Vendor buy

26s 68c

Blizzard item id

6559

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 26s 68c and buy it back for 5s 33c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Blackrock Grunt in Redridge Mountains (Render's Valley)2% of 198 looted
  • creature 1729 in Deadmines (The Deadmines)seen 2 times
  • creature 598 in Deadmines (The Deadmines)3% of 40 looted
  • creature 256040 in Ruins of Lordaeronseen 1 time
  • creature 263390 in The Hall of Thanes (Anvilmar's Rest)3% of 34 looted
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 263390 in The Hall of Thanes (Anvilmar's Rest) at 3% of 34 loot windows.
• Sources are what 4 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
• Disenchants into Strange Dust, Greater Magic Essence, Small Glimmering Shard, worth about 22s 76c on Normal Horde US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Deadmines, Ruins of Lordaeron, The Hall of Thanes.

• Redridge Mountains

• Strange Dust75% of the time · 2 to 3no price yet
• Greater Magic Essence20% of the time · 1 to 275s 87c
• Small Glimmering Shard5% of the timeno price yet

Expected value 22s 76c per disenchant at Normal Horde US medians, counting only the priced materials. That is above the item's own median of 15s, so an enchanter can buy it to shard.

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