Ancient Defender
Ancient Defender is an Uncommon Off Hand Shield (item level 46, requires level 41) in the WoW Forever client. Where it comes from: World drop from level 40–48 creatures (Classic data).
- Item level 46
- Binds when equipped
- Slot: Off Hand (Shield)
- 1436 Armor
- Requires level 41
- Sells to vendors for 1g 11s 58c
Revealed 7 November 2026: one of the items Blizzard hid from dataminers until a player found it (hidden items). Changed in the live client (build 70862) since beta build 70450: Appearance: null → 63407. Auction house (lowest buyout each, from players' ForeverDB addon scans): 2g 32s on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 3 PvE (Alliance), 3 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-14; 1g 68s on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 3 PvE (Neutral), 1 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-14; 4g on CAMWOW EU4 Realm 7 PvE (Alliance), 4 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-12; 4g on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 7 PvE (Alliance), 4 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-12; 2g 50s on CAMWOW US1 Realm 2 PvP (Horde), 3 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-12; 3g 50s on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 1 PvE (Horde), 2 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-12. Price over time on CAMWOW US2 Realm 2 PvP (Horde): 3g 42s on 2026-11-10, 4g 68s on 2026-11-12 (the median, else the lowest buyout; 3 days with scans). All auction house prices
Where to get it
- World drop from level 40–48 creatures (Classic data)
Drops, quest rewards and vendors marked Classic data come from Classic (CMaNGOS classic-db) until someone sees them in Forever.
Disenchanting
Disenchants into: (Classic data)
- Greater Nether Essence: 75%, 1-2
- Dream Dust: 20%, 1-2
- Large Radiant Shard: 5%, 1
Data from the WoW Forever client, build 1.60.1.70938, extracted .