Defender Girdle

What is Defender Girdle?

Defender Girdle is an uncommon mail waist armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 28s 61c.

Where do you buy Defender Girdle?

Vendors sell it for 28s 61c and buy it back for 5s 72c. 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 Girdle cost on the auction house?

About 19s 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 EU to 50s on PvP Alliance US.

Is Defender Girdle 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 Girdle sell on the auction house?

Sells slowly on Normal Alliance US: about 12 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 4 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 Defender Girdle?

Of the sources players have reported, Incinerator Gar'im in Redridge Mountains drops it most often: 3% of 35 loot windows.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Defender Girdle 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

Mail

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Waist

Item level

22

Requires level

17

Vendor sell

5s 72c

Vendor buy

28s 61c

Blizzard item id

6576

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 28s 61c and buy it back for 5s 72c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Skeletal Warrior in Duskwood (Tranquil Gardens Cemetery)1% of 400 looted
  • Vicious Gray Bear in Hillsbrad Foothills (Darrow Hill)0% of 744 looted
  • creature 3654 in Wailing Caverns (Dreamer's Rock)2% of 114 looted
  • creature 1707 in Stormwind Stockade (Stormwind Stockade)1% of 172 looted
  • Incinerator Gar'im in Redridge Mountains (Render's Valley)3% of 35 looted
• Found in an object (seen 1 time), an object (4% of 27 looted).
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Incinerator Gar'im in Redridge Mountains (Render's Valley) at 3% of 35 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 5s 56c on Normal Alliance US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Wailing Caverns, Stormwind Stockade, Excavation Site: Wetlands.

• Duskwood
• Hillsbrad Foothills
• Redridge Mountains

• 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.

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.