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 6s at the median on Normal Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 02:57 UTC. Across the 19 Forever markets with a price it runs from 6s on Normal Alliance US to 20s on RP PvP 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.

How fast does Bard's Buckler sell on the auction house?

Sells steadily on Normal Alliance US: about 19 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 2 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: 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
  • creature 250735 in Ruins of Lordaeron (King's Alley)9% of 68 looted
  • Mist Creeper in Silverpine Forest (The Skittering Dark)1% of 354 looted
  • Blackrock Grunt in Redridge Mountains (Render's Valley)1% of 403 looted
  • creature 598 in Deadmines (The Deadmines)1% of 444 looted
  • Vile Fin Tidecaller in Silverpine Forest (The Dawning Isles)4% of 49 looted
  and 12 more, each on its creature page.
• Found in Large Battered Chest in Shadowfang Keep (Shadowfang Keep) (1% of 112 looted).
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 250735 in Ruins of Lordaeron (King's Alley) at 9% of 68 loot windows.
• Sources are what 6 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 2s 85c on Normal Alliance US today. Odds below.

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

• Silverpine Forest
• Redridge Mountains
• Westfall

• Strange Dust75% of the time · 2 to 390c
• Greater Magic Essence20% of the time · 1 to 22s 89c
• Small Glimmering Shard5% of the time6s

Expected value 2s 85c per disenchant at Normal Alliance US medians.

Selling the materials on: Strange Dust about 4,700 a day, listings clear in under a day; Greater Magic Essence about 450 a day, listings clear in about 2 days; Small Glimmering Shard about 170 a day, listings clear in about 2 days. Expect to wait about 2 days for the Greater Magic Essence to move.

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