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 13s at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 03:22 UTC. Across the 18 Forever markets with a price it runs from 11s on PvP Alliance US to 45s on RP PvP Horde EU.

Is Shimmering Armor 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 Armor sell on the auction house?

Sells slowly on Normal Horde US: about 4 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 10 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.

Where is the best place to farm Shimmering Armor?

Of the sources players have reported, Shadowhide Gnoll in Redridge Mountains drops it most often: 3% of 173 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)3% of 173 looted
  • Shadowhide Brute in Redridge Mountains (Galardell Valley)1% of 147 looted
  • creature 3863 in Shadowfang Keep (Shadowfang Keep)1% of 81 looted
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Shadowhide Gnoll in Redridge Mountains (Galardell Valley) at 3% of 173 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 5s 5c on Normal Horde US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Shadowfang Keep.

• Redridge Mountains

• Strange Dust75% of the time · 4 to 690c
• Lesser Astral Essence15% of the time · 1 to 25s 69c
• Small Glimmering Shard10% of the time3s 98c

Expected value 5s 5c per disenchant at Normal Horde US medians.

Selling the materials on: Strange Dust about 10,000 a day, listings clear in under a day; Lesser Astral Essence about 320 a day, listings clear in about 2 days; Small Glimmering Shard about 210 a day, listings clear in about a day. Expect to wait about 2 days for the Lesser Astral Essence to move.

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