Players' addons saw the Royal Frostmane Girdle get a little weaker in game
· ForeverDB
On 14 October two players' ForeverDB addons saw a low-level belt, the Royal Frostmane Girdle, drop from 73 Armor to 69 and lose its +2 Intellect in the game. The beta client files still list the old values, and Blizzard hasn't posted about it.
Player reports, not confirmed by Blizzard.
The Royal Frostmane Girdle is an early leveling belt (waist armor, item level 13, usable from level 8) that drops in and around Dun Morogh. On 14 October two players' ForeverDB addons saw its values change in the game. This looks like a small server-side hotfix: the beta client's own files still list the older, higher values.
What the client files have
In the WoW Forever beta client, item record 2546, the Royal Frostmane Girdle, is a Forever item (not in Classic Era) with:
- 73 Armor
- +2 Intellect
- Uncommon quality, item level 13, required level 8, sells for 55 copper.
What players' addons saw in the game
Players' ForeverDB addons reported two changes to the same belt in game, both on 14 October:
- Armor was 73 in the client, now 69 in game: seen by 2 players (1 with an account) across 2 uploads.
- Intellect was 2 in the client, now 0 in game: seen by 2 players (1 with an account) across 2 uploads.
These values are what players' addons saw in the game, not the client data and not a Blizzard post. They are a small sample, and we haven't confirmed them against a new client build or any announcement.
Speculation. The belt losing its +2 Intellect and 4 Armor looks like a minor tuning pass on a low-level green, perhaps to bring it in line with similar belts of its level. Blizzard hasn't said why, or whether it changed at all, so this is only our reading of the player reports.
What it means for players
Little, in practice. This is a single early-game belt, and the change is tiny: 4 less Armor and the loss of a small Intellect bonus that mattered only to a caster passing through those levels. We're noting it because our data separates what the client files hold from what players see live, and here the two no longer match. We'll update this page if a new client build or a Blizzard post settles the belt's final values. Everything our addons see change in game feeds our item pages.