Elder's Hat
Elder's Hat is an Uncommon Cloth Head armor piece (item level 34, requires level 29) in the WoW Forever client. Where it comes from: Drops from Mekgineer Thermaplugg (boss) in Gnomeregan, 0.43% (Classic drop rate) (seen in WoW Forever).
- Item level 34
- Binds when equipped
- Slot: Head (Cloth)
- 37 Armor
- Requires level 29
- Sells to vendors for 18s 75c
Revealed 4 November 2026: one of the items Blizzard hid from dataminers until a player found it (hidden items). Auction house (lowest buyout each, from players' ForeverDB addon scans): 25s on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 3 PvE (Alliance), 34 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-14; 35s on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 3 PvE (Neutral), 7 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-14; 40s on CAMWOW US2 Realm 11 RP (Horde), 3 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-14; 21s 50c on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 3 PvE (Horde), 44 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-13; 39s on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 7 PvE (Neutral), 5 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-13; 44s on CAMWOW US1 Realm 10 RP (Alliance), 5 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-13. Price over time on CAMWOW US2 Realm 2 PvP (Horde): 2g 49s on 2026-11-07, 97s on 2026-11-12 (the median, else the lowest buyout; 6 days with scans). All auction house prices
Where to get it
- Drops from Mekgineer Thermaplugg (boss) in Gnomeregan, 0.43% (Classic drop rate) (seen in WoW Forever)
- World drop from level 29–36 creatures (Classic data)
- Drops from Grubbis (boss) in Gnomeregan, 0.39% (Classic data)
- Drops from Crowd Pummeler 9-60 (boss) in Gnomeregan, 0.01% (Classic data)
- Inside Iron Lockbox (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)
- Soul Dust: 75%, 2-5
- Lesser Mystic Essence: 20%, 1-2
- Small Glowing Shard: 5%, 1
Data from the WoW Forever client, build 1.60.1.70938, extracted .