Shimmering Boots

What is Shimmering Boots?

Shimmering Boots is an uncommon cloth feet armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 25s 42c.

Where do you buy Shimmering Boots?

Vendors sell it for 25s 42c and buy it back for 5s 8c. 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 Shimmering Boots cost on the auction house?

About 34s at the median on Normal Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 00:57 UTC. Across the 19 Forever markets with a price it runs from 7s on Normal Horde US to 42s on PvP Horde EU.

Is Shimmering Boots different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

How fast does Shimmering Boots sell on the auction house?

Sells slowly on Normal Alliance US: about 9 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 5 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: Shimmering Boots 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

Cloth

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Feet

Item level

21

Requires level

16

Vendor sell

5s 8c

Vendor buy

25s 42c

Blizzard item id

6562

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 25s 42c and buy it back for 5s 8c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Rabid Shadowhide Gnoll in Redridge Mountains (Galardell Valley)2% of 186 looted
  • Syndicate Rogue in Hillsbrad Foothills (Durnholde Keep)2% of 181 looted
  • creature 3654 in Wailing Caverns (Dreamer's Rock)3% of 114 looted
  • creature 1732 in Deadmines (Ironclad Cove)2% of 188 looted
  • creature 657 in Deadmines (Ironclad Cove)1% of 292 looted
  and 8 more, each on its creature page.
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 3865 in Shadowfang Keep (Shadowfang Keep) at 4% of 26 loot windows.
• Sources are what 3 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
• Disenchants into Strange Dust, Lesser Astral Essence, Small Glimmering Shard, worth about 5s 56c on Normal Alliance US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Wailing Caverns, Deadmines, Excavation Site: Wetlands, Shadowfang Keep.

• Redridge Mountains
• Hillsbrad Foothills
• Ashenvale
• Eastern Kingdoms

• Strange Dust75% of the time · 4 to 694c
• Lesser Astral Essence15% of the time · 1 to 26s 40c
• Small Glimmering Shard10% of the time6s

Expected value 5s 56c per disenchant at Normal Alliance US medians. More than the 5s 8c a vendor pays for it.

Selling the materials on: Strange Dust about 5,000 a day, listings clear in under a day; Lesser Astral Essence about 100 a day, listings clear in about 5 days; Small Glimmering Shard about 160 a day, listings clear in about 2 days. Expect to wait about 5 days for the Lesser Astral Essence to move.

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