Shimmering Armor

What is Shimmering Armor?

Shimmering Armor is an uncommon cloth chest armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 51s 82c.

Where do you buy Shimmering Armor?

Vendors sell it for 51s 82c and buy it back for 10s 36c. 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 Armor cost on the auction house?

About 20s at the median on Normal Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-10-22 17:44 UTC. Across the 2 Forever markets with a price it runs from 16s on PvP Horde US to 20s on Normal Alliance US.

Is Shimmering Armor different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

Where is the best place to farm Shimmering Armor?

Of the sources players have reported, Shadowhide Gnoll in Redridge Mountains drops it most often: 6% of 87 loot windows.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Shimmering Armor 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

Chest

Item level

25

Requires level

20

Vendor sell

10s 36c

Vendor buy

51s 82c

Blizzard item id

6567

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 51s 82c and buy it back for 10s 36c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Shadowhide Gnoll in Redridge Mountains (Galardell Valley)6% of 87 looted
  • Shadowhide Brute in Redridge Mountains (Galardell Valley)2% of 61 looted
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Shadowhide Gnoll in Redridge Mountains (Galardell Valley) at 6% of 87 loot windows.
• Sources are what 5 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 10s 24c on Normal Alliance US today. Odds below.

• Redridge Mountains

• Strange Dust75% of the time · 4 to 61s 21c
• Lesser Astral Essence15% of the time · 1 to 221s 94c
• Small Glimmering Shard10% of the time7s 71c

Expected value 10s 24c per disenchant at Normal Alliance US medians.

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