Defender Gauntlets

What is Defender Gauntlets?

Defender Gauntlets is an uncommon mail hands armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 32s 45c.

Where do you buy Defender Gauntlets?

Vendors sell it for 32s 45c and buy it back for 6s 49c. 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 Gauntlets cost on the auction house?

About 34s at the median on PvP Alliance EU, from the scan at 2026-11-09 04:44 UTC. Across the 18 Forever markets with a price it runs from 10s on PvP Alliance US to 49s on RP Alliance EU.

Is Defender Gauntlets 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 Gauntlets sell on the auction house?

Sells steadily on PvP Alliance EU: about 14 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 Gauntlets 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

Hand

Item level

23

Requires level

18

Vendor sell

6s 49c

Vendor buy

32s 45c

Blizzard item id

6577

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 32s 45c and buy it back for 6s 49c. 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 3873 in Shadowfang Keep (Shadowfang Keep)5% of 87 looted
  • Syndicate Watchman in Hillsbrad Foothills (Durnholde Keep)0% of 542 looted
  • Bluegill Murloc in Wetlands (Baradin Bay)0% of 421 looted
  • Mo'grosh Brute in Loch Modan (Mo'grosh Stronghold)seen 1 time
  and 4 more, each on its creature page.
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 3873 in Shadowfang Keep (Shadowfang Keep) at 5% of 87 loot windows.
• Sources are what 4 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 Shadowfang Keep, Excavation Site: Wetlands.

• Silverpine Forest
• Hillsbrad Foothills
• Wetlands
• Loch Modan

• 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.