Turtle Scale Breastplate

What is Turtle Scale Breastplate?

Turtle Scale Breastplate is an uncommon mail chest armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 3g 78s 38c.

How do you get Turtle Scale Breastplate?

It is crafted by Leatherworking at skill 165 from 12 Turtle Scale, 6 Thick Leather and 1 Heavy Silken Thread; the recipe comes from a trainer.

What are the stats on Turtle Scale Breastplate?

238 armor; +9 Stamina, +9 Spell Power and +9 Intellect.

How much does Turtle Scale Breastplate cost on the auction house?

About 2g 25s at the median on PvP Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 05:41 UTC. Across the 4 Forever markets with a price it runs from 1g 99s on PvP Alliance EU to 3g 30s on Normal Alliance EU.

Is Turtle Scale Breastplate different in Forever than in Classic Era?

Yes. 1 value changed between the Classic Era record and Forever; the comparison table on this page lists each one.

How fast does Turtle Scale Breastplate sell on the auction house?

Barely sells on PvP Alliance US: none sold this week over the last week. AHledger estimates it from consecutive scans of the auction house; a cancelled listing can look like a sale, so the figure is a guide.

Era values from Blizzard's Game Data API; Forever values from Forever's game data.

Class

Armor

Subclass

Mail

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Chest

Item level

42

Requires level

37

Binding

Binds when equipped

Vendor sell

75s 67c

Vendor buy

3g 78s 38c

Blizzard item id

8189

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70862)

How to make gold at level 30 to 40

• Vendors sell it for 3g 78s 38c and buy it back for 75s 67c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Crafted by Leatherworking at skill 165; the recipe comes from a trainer. Reagents below.
• It binds when equipped: tradeable until someone wears it, so each one sells once.
• Disenchants into Vision Dust, Lesser Nether Essence, Small Radiant Shard, worth about 52s 19c on PvP Alliance US today. Odds below.

• Turtle Scale Breastplate · Leatherworking 165 · trainer
  • 12× Turtle Scale
  • 6× Thick Leather
  • 1× Heavy Silken Thread

• Vision Dust75% of the time · 2 to 511s 14c
• Lesser Nether Essence20% of the time · 1 to 245s
• Small Radiant Shard5% of the time1g 89s

Expected value 52s 19c per disenchant at PvP Alliance US medians.

Selling the materials on: Vision Dust about 78 a day, listings clear in about 2 days; Lesser Nether Essence about 32 a day, listings clear in about 4 days; Small Radiant Shard about 2 a day, listings clear in about 51 days. Expect to wait about 51 days for the Small Radiant Shard to move.

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