Shimmering Cloak

What is Shimmering Cloak?

Shimmering Cloak is an uncommon cloth back armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 25s 60c.

Where do you buy Shimmering Cloak?

Vendors sell it for 25s 60c and buy it back for 5s 12c. 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 Cloak cost on the auction house?

About 7s at the median on PvP Alliance EU, from the scan at 2026-11-09 04:44 UTC. Across the 19 Forever markets with a price it runs from 6s on PvP Horde CN to 49s on Normal Alliance US.

Is Shimmering Cloak 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 Cloak sell on the auction house?

Sells steadily on PvP Alliance EU: about 22 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: Shimmering Cloak 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

Cloak

Item level

21

Requires level

16

Vendor sell

5s 12c

Vendor buy

25s 60c

Blizzard item id

6564

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 25s 60c and buy it back for 5s 12c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Ravenclaw Guardian in Silverpine Forest (Beren's Peril)1% of 281 looted
  • creature 657 in Deadmines (Ironclad Cove)1% of 305 looted
  • creature 3851 in Shadowfang Keep (Shadowfang Keep)2% of 118 looted
  • Blackrock Sentry in Redridge Mountains (Stonewatch)1% of 143 looted
  • Redridge Basher in Redridge Mountains (Redridge Canyons)0% of 245 looted
  and 3 more, each on its creature page.
• Found in Large Iron Bound Chest in Blackfathom Deeps (Moonshrine Ruins) (seen 1 time).
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 3851 in Shadowfang Keep (Shadowfang Keep) at 2% of 118 loot windows.
• Sources are what 2 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 4s 98c on PvP Alliance EU today. Odds below.

Seen inside Deadmines, Shadowfang Keep, Blackfathom Deeps, Excavation Site: Wetlands.

• Silverpine Forest
• Redridge Mountains

• Strange Dust75% of the time · 4 to 691c
• Lesser Astral Essence15% of the time · 1 to 25s 2c
• Small Glimmering Shard10% of the time4s 42c

Expected value 4s 98c per disenchant at PvP Alliance EU medians.

Selling the materials on: Strange Dust about 7,600 a day, listings clear in under a day; Lesser Astral Essence about 310 a day, listings clear in under a day; Small Glimmering Shard about 450 a day, listings clear in about a day.

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