Scaled Shield

What is Scaled Shield?

Scaled Shield is an uncommon shield armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 1g 74s 45c.

Where do you buy Scaled Shield?

Vendors sell it for 1g 74s 45c and buy it back for 34s 89c. 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 Scaled Shield cost on the auction house?

About 48s at the median on Normal Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 03:56 UTC. Across the 14 Forever markets with a price it runs from 39s on PvP Horde EU to 95s on RP PvP Horde US.

Is Scaled 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 Scaled Shield sell on the auction house?

Barely sells on Normal Alliance US: under one sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 16 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: Scaled 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

32

Requires level

27

Vendor sell

34s 89c

Vendor buy

1g 74s 45c

Blizzard item id

9830

How to make gold at level 20 to 30

• Vendors sell it for 1g 74s 45c and buy it back for 34s 89c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • creature 6232 in Gnomereganseen 2 times
  • creature 43081% of 111 looted
• Found in Large Iron Bound Chest in Scarlet Monastery (Chamber of Atonement) (3% of 192 looted).
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 4308 at 1% of 111 loot windows.
• Sources are what 3 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
• Disenchants into Soul Dust, Lesser Mystic Essence, Small Glowing Shard, worth about 16s 69c on Normal Alliance US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Scarlet Monastery, Gnomeregan, Excavation Site: Wetlands.

• Soul Dust75% of the time · 2 to 55s 24c
• Lesser Mystic Essence20% of the time · 1 to 26s 97c
• Small Glowing Shard5% of the time16s 99c

Expected value 16s 69c per disenchant at Normal Alliance US medians.

Selling the materials on: Soul Dust about 620 a day, listings clear in under a day; Lesser Mystic Essence about 7 a day, listings clear in about 37 days; Small Glowing Shard about 26 a day, listings clear in about 2 days. Expect to wait about 37 days for the Lesser Mystic Essence to move.

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