Defender Shield

What is Defender Shield?

Defender Shield is an uncommon shield armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 66s 18c.

Where do you buy Defender Shield?

Vendors sell it for 66s 18c and buy it back for 13s 23c. 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 Defender Shield cost on the auction house?

About 26s at the median on PvP Alliance EU, from the scan at 2026-11-09 08:30 UTC. Across the 17 Forever markets with a price it runs from 22s on Normal Horde US to 1g on RP PvP Alliance US.

Is Defender Shield different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

How fast does Defender Shield sell on the auction house?

Sells steadily on PvP Alliance EU: about 10 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: Defender Shield 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

23

Requires level

18

Vendor sell

13s 23c

Vendor buy

66s 18c

Blizzard item id

6572

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 66s 18c and buy it back for 13s 23c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • creature 1707 in Stormwind Stockade (Stormwind Stockade)1% of 227 looted
  • Mo'grosh Mystic in Loch Modan (Mo'grosh Stronghold)seen 1 time
  • creature 4279 in Shadowfang Keep (Shadowfang Keep)2% of 56 looted
  • creature 3857 in Shadowfang Keep (Shadowfang Keep)2% of 60 looted
  • creature 1732 in Deadmines (Ironclad Cove)0% of 201 looted
• Found in Large Solid Chest in Shadowfang Keep (Shadowfang Keep) (3% of 32 looted).
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 4279 in Shadowfang Keep (Shadowfang Keep) at 2% of 56 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 92c on PvP Alliance EU today. Odds below.

Seen inside Stormwind Stockade, Shadowfang Keep, Deadmines.

• Loch Modan

• Strange Dust75% of the time · 4 to 690c
• Lesser Astral Essence15% of the time · 1 to 24s 94c
• Small Glimmering Shard10% of the time4s 38c

Expected value 4s 92c 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 480 a day, listings clear in about a day.

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