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 30s at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 03:22 UTC. Across the 16 Forever markets with a price it runs from 24s on PvP Alliance US to 99s on Normal Alliance EU.

Is Fortified Shield different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

How fast does Fortified Shield sell on the auction house?

Sells fast on Normal Horde US: about 8 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in under a day. 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 Fortified Shield?

Of the sources players have reported, Farmer Kalaba in Hillsbrad Foothills drops it most often: 5% of 44 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
  • Farmer Kalaba in Hillsbrad Foothills (Hillsbrad Fields)5% of 44 looted
  • creature 23840% of 943 looted
  • Blackrock Champion in Redridge Mountains (Render's Rock)0% of 272 looted
  • creature 255068 in City of Dalaran (The Underbelly)4% of 25 looted
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Farmer Kalaba in Hillsbrad Foothills (Hillsbrad Fields) at 5% of 44 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 5c on Normal Horde US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Excavation Site: Wetlands, City of Dalaran.

• Hillsbrad Foothills
• Redridge Mountains

• Strange Dust75% of the time · 4 to 690c
• Lesser Astral Essence15% of the time · 1 to 25s 69c
• Small Glimmering Shard10% of the time3s 98c

Expected value 5s 5c per disenchant at Normal Horde US medians.

Selling the materials on: Strange Dust about 10,000 a day, listings clear in under a day; Lesser Astral Essence about 320 a day, listings clear in about 2 days; Small Glimmering Shard about 210 a day, listings clear in about a day. Expect to wait about 2 days for the Lesser Astral Essence to move.

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