Fortified Shield

What is Fortified Shield?

Fortified Shield is an uncommon shield armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 89s 6c.

Where do you buy Fortified Shield?

Vendors sell it for 89s 6c and buy it back for 17s 81c. 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 Shield cost on the auction house?

About 27s at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-10-22 21:01 UTC. Across the 3 Forever markets with a price it runs from 27s on Normal Horde US to 2g 99s on Normal Alliance US.

Is Fortified Shield 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 Shield?

Of the sources players have reported, Blackrock Champion in Redridge Mountains drops it most often: 2% of 60 loot windows.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Fortified 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

25

Requires level

20

Vendor sell

17s 81c

Vendor buy

89s 6c

Blizzard item id

9816

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 89s 6c and buy it back for 17s 81c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Blackrock Champion in Redridge Mountains (Render's Rock)2% of 60 looted
  • creature 255068 in City of Dalaran (The Underbelly)seen 1 time
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Blackrock Champion in Redridge Mountains (Render's Rock) at 2% of 60 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. Odds below.

Seen inside City of Dalaran.

• Redridge Mountains

• Strange Dust75% of the time · 4 to 6no price yet
• Lesser Astral Essence15% of the time · 1 to 2no price yet
• Small Glimmering Shard10% of the timeno price yet

Needs Enchanting. The materials are not priced on Normal Horde US yet, so no value is given.

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