Banded Armor

What is Banded Armor?

Banded Armor is an uncommon mail chest armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 1g 83s 87c.

Where do you buy Banded Armor?

Vendors sell it for 1g 83s 87c and buy it back for 36s 77c. 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 Banded Armor cost on the auction house?

About 68s at the median on Normal Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 03:56 UTC. Across the 17 Forever markets with a price it runs from 40s on PvP Horde CN to 1g 56s on RP Horde EU.

Is Banded Armor different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

How fast does Banded Armor sell on the auction house?

Sells slowly on Normal Alliance US: about 2 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 5 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: Banded Armor 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

Chest

Item level

33

Requires level

28

Vendor sell

36s 77c

Vendor buy

1g 83s 87c

Blizzard item id

9836

How to make gold at level 20 to 30

• Vendors sell it for 1g 83s 87c and buy it back for 36s 77c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • creature 6212 in Gnomeregan3% of 40 looted
• Found in Large Solid Chest in Scarlet Monastery (Chamber of Atonement) (1% of 281 looted).
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 6212 in Gnomeregan at 3% of 40 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.

• 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.