Fortified Gauntlets

What is Fortified Gauntlets?

Fortified Gauntlets is an uncommon mail hands armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 41s 29c.

Where do you buy Fortified Gauntlets?

Vendors sell it for 41s 29c and buy it back for 8s 25c. 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 Fortified Gauntlets cost on the auction house?

About 30s at the median on Normal Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-10-22 17:44 UTC. Across the 2 Forever markets with a price it runs from 30s on Normal Alliance US to 99s on PvP Horde US.

Is Fortified Gauntlets different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

Where is the best place to farm Fortified Gauntlets?

Of the sources players have reported, Giant Moss Creeper in Hillsbrad Foothills drops it most often: 4% of 27 loot windows.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Fortified 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

25

Requires level

20

Vendor sell

8s 25c

Vendor buy

41s 29c

Blizzard item id

9813

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 41s 29c and buy it back for 8s 25c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Giant Moss Creeper in Hillsbrad Foothills (Hillsbrad Fields)4% of 27 looted
  • Thora Feathermoon in The Barrens (Field of Giants)seen 1 time
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Giant Moss Creeper in Hillsbrad Foothills (Hillsbrad Fields) at 4% of 27 loot windows.
• Sources are what one player 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 10s 24c on Normal Alliance US today. Odds below.

• Hillsbrad Foothills
• The Barrens

• Strange Dust75% of the time · 4 to 61s 21c
• Lesser Astral Essence15% of the time · 1 to 221s 94c
• Small Glimmering Shard10% of the time7s 71c

Expected value 10s 24c per disenchant at Normal Alliance US medians. More than the 8s 25c a vendor pays for it.

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