Banded Shield

What is Banded Shield?

Banded Shield is an uncommon shield armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 1g 86s 96c.

Where do you buy Banded Shield?

Vendors sell it for 1g 86s 96c and buy it back for 37s 39c. 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 Shield cost on the auction house?

About 50s at the median on PvP Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 07:40 UTC. Across the 13 Forever markets with a price it runs from 39s on PvP Horde EU to 1g 80s on Normal Horde EU.

Is Banded 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 Banded Shield sell on the auction house?

Sells steadily on PvP Horde US: about 5 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 2 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 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

33

Requires level

28

Vendor sell

37s 39c

Vendor buy

1g 86s 96c

Blizzard item id

9843

How to make gold at level 20 to 30

• Vendors sell it for 1g 86s 96c and buy it back for 37s 39c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • creature 6227 in Gnomeregan (Engineering Labs)seen 1 time
• Found in Large Solid Chest in Scarlet Monastery (1% of 281 looted), Large Iron Bound Chest in Scarlet Monastery (1% of 192 looted).
• 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 15s 67c on PvP Horde US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Scarlet Monastery, Gnomeregan.

• Soul Dust75% of the time · 2 to 54s 82c
• Lesser Mystic Essence20% of the time · 1 to 27s 70c
• Small Glowing Shard5% of the time14s 34c

Expected value 15s 67c per disenchant at PvP Horde US medians.

Selling the materials on: Soul Dust about 1,200 a day, listings clear in under a day; Lesser Mystic Essence about 130 a day, listings clear in about 3 days; Small Glowing Shard about 85 a day, listings clear in about 3 days. Expect to wait about 3 days for the Lesser Mystic Essence to move.

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