Fortified Gauntlets
Fortified Gauntlets is an Uncommon Mail Hands armor piece (item level 25, requires level 20) in the WoW Forever client. Where it comes from: Drops from Blackrock Champion (seen in WoW Forever); Drops from Son of Arugal (seen in WoW Forever).
- Item level 25
- Binds when equipped
- Slot: Hands (Mail)
- 114 Armor
- Requires level 20
- Sells to vendors for 8s 25c
Revealed 18 September 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): 10s on CAMWOW US1 Realm 10 RP (Alliance), 9 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-13; 8s 99c on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 7 PvE (Alliance), 60 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-12; 9s on CAMWOW EU4 Realm 7 PvE (Alliance), 55 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-12; 13s 50c on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 1 PvE (Horde), 42 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-12; 8s on CAMWOW US2 Realm 2 PvP (Horde), 32 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-12; 9s on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 3 PvE (Horde), 17 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-12. Price over time on CAMWOW EU4 Realm 7 PvE (Alliance): 56s on 2026-11-05, 9s on 2026-11-12 (the median, else the lowest buyout; 7 days with scans). All auction house prices
Where to get it
- Drops from Blackrock Champion (seen in WoW Forever)
- Drops from Son of Arugal (seen in WoW Forever)
- World drop from level 20–28 creatures (Classic data)
- Drops from Targorr the Dread (boss) in Stormwind Stockade, 0.01% (Classic data)
- Drops from Hamhock (boss) in Stormwind Stockade, 0.01% (Classic data)
- Drops from Dextren Ward (boss) in Stormwind Stockade, 0.01% (Classic data)
- Found in Large Iron Bound Chest, 0.5% (Classic data)
- Inside Ornate Bronze Lockbox (Classic data)
- Inside Minor Darkmoon Prize (Classic data)
- Inside Ahn'Qiraj War Effort Supplies (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)
- Strange Dust: 75%, 4-6
- Lesser Astral Essence: 15%, 1-2
- Small Glimmering Shard: 10%, 1
Data from the WoW Forever client, build 1.60.1.70888, extracted .