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Comment by Replica

These are one of the new "Bind to Account" items. Every level you gain, the stats on these changes.

At level 1 it gives these stats:

+1 Agility
+1 Stamina
Equip: Increases attack power by 2

And and level 80 it gives these stats:

+51 Agility
+54 Stamina
+29 Intellect
Equip: Increases attack power by 102

Comment by 169311

This Item can be used by Anyone who can wear Mail? Even a Level one newbie?

Comment by Merdink

Comment from wowinsider.com

The CM said that plate items will scale down to mail and mail items will scale down to leather for characters under 40 since all of the classes that wear that type of armor (mail/plate) use the lower armor class before 40.

Comment by 182557

The dream for a level 1 twink :P anyway

Question: how many badges will it cost? its has stats like a blue item at that level but, 10% extra xp from monsters is awesome.

Comment by 201592

Anyone know how, or if, these scale with rest experience or RAF experience?

I assume that if it did, that would scale by simple addition (that is to say, 210% XP with rest or 310% with RAF), but stranger things have happened.

Comment by 69283

No one noticed the reference :P? Herod's Shoulder

Comment by 213879

you're just being stupid =P

Comment by malystryx

If you're curious as to how this item scales down with your character's level (for purposes of twinking or general curiosity), you can use the LINK button at the top of this item page to link the item in-game: the WoW client will automatically scale the item stats down to your character's level for you. This works with all the other Heirloom items as well.

Steps in case you are unfamiliar with how to use Wowhead item links:

Click the link button above, there will be a popup window with some automatically highlighted text.
Copy the text (Windows: Ctrl-C, Mac: Cmd-C) and close the popup window.
Open (or switch to) WoW and press Enter to open up your chat dialog.
Paste the code into the box (Windows: Ctrl-V, Mac: Cmd-V) and press Enter.
A message in white text will appear in your chat log followed by an item link.
You can click this link to view the details and can Ctrl-click it to view it on your character.

Thanks goes to mynameiscoffey for creating the helpful "how to" steps, original comment found here.

Comment by kenzi

level 19
69 Armor
+5 stamina
+5 agility
+3 intellect
+10 Attack Power

level 20
71 Armor
same other stats

Comment by 113336

Gotta love the old graphic.

Comment by 1Beachcomber

L19 Warrior:

69 Armor, Mail
+5 Agility
+5 Stamina
+3 Intellect
Equip: Increases attack power by 10.

Comment by kingluciuslucre

They do Upgrade and Downgrade the armor. These will change to leather for lvl 1-39 and back to mail once you learn it if your a hunter. Hence the plate will change to mail for you warrior paladins what not.........

Comment by Alamandaros

Two quick questions.

1) Since Shamans can equip mail at 40, can they equip this earlier? (Thought I heard something about that)

2) What would be the best account binding shoulder piece for an Enhancement Shaman?

Comment by 276509

Stacks to 15% increase while rested
After looking back over My test results

Without vs with
250+125=375 without 10%
276+138=414 with 10%

276-250=26 (thats the 10% on the base xp)
138-125=13 (thats the bonus on the rested)
26+13=39

You gain 26 rep without rested
You gain 13 additional rep with rested
A total increase of 39 rep when rested instead of 26.

So using the shoulders with rested state gives you 15% increase instead of 10% when rested.

Comment by shibbidydoo

hmm, if these scale to leather if under 40, could my rogue wear them till 39?

Comment by 42107

You can enchant BoA items with enchants that require ilvl 1 item, or don't have requirements of ilvl and do not bind item after enchant (rep/profession-only "soulbounding enchants" cannot be used on BoA items).

Also 10% bonus stack with rested state:
<base xp>*<rested>*<shoulders>
or simply <base xp>*2,1

Additionaly every Heirloom item will change category with profession, for example you can buy Plate shoulders, and send them to warrior on 30 lvl, shoulders will "change" into Mails, and after reaching 40lvl again into Plate.

Comment by Lighter

Thinking of Leveling an Enhancement Shaman or Hunter in style?

Shoulder:

(PvE) Champion Herod's Shoulder - 40 Emblem of Heroism
(PvP) Prized Beastmaster's Mantle - 200 Stone Keeper's Shard

Trinkets:

(PvE) Swift Hand of Justice - 50 Emblem of Heroism
(PvP) Inherited Insignia of the Horde - 250 Stone Keeper's Shard

Weapons:

(PvE) Venerable Dal'Rend's Sacred Charge - 40 Emblem of Heroism
(PvE) Balanced Heartseeker - 40 Emblem of Heroism
(PvP) Sharpened Scarlet Kris - 200 Stone Keeper's Shard

(PvE) Charmed Ancient Bone Bow - 65 Emblem of Heroism
(PvP) Upgraded Dwarven Hand Cannon - 325 Stone Keeper's Shard

Although Mail, these items will turn into Leather when mailed to a <40 Shaman / Hunter.
The alt in question must be on the same realm realm as the character you will be buying the items with. They must also be on the same faction.

Comment by 205531

This is a joke on Blizzard's part - the actual item - Herod's Shoulder (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=7718) was useless for a hunter (only giving Strength and Stamina), and yet most hunters had one upon leaving SM simply because it was mail at a level 40 instance.

This one, however, is perfectly itemised for Hunters.

Comment by Joust

After testing Refer A Friend with the Tattered Dreadmist Mantle, I can say that the bonus 10% XP from the shoulders do in fact stack with the triple XP from RaF. My only problem is I'm dual boxing two accounts and only one of them has the shoulders, so I can't benefit from them stacking.

Comment by 143990

~~anyone know what would happen if i gave these to a Druid....would they stay leather forever or become unusable at 40?~~

I talked to a GM today...and he said that it is mainly for HUnters and Shamans only...so to answer my own question...NO

leather is what the Rogues and Druids have to stick with

Comment by 293041

Nice stuffs i want it :D

Comment by 59521

I got a 30+ shammy, but.. Can i add http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44131 on it, with my main then send it to my shammy again, and it'll be active?

Comment by 170380

Does anyone know if this item will turn to leather for rogues if they try to use it?

Comment by pewtimestwo

See Above.

Comment by karlusdavius

BoA heirloom items do not have durability, therefor do not need repairing.

Comment by Baryle

Well, I just picked these shoulders up, and when I went to use the ZG enchant I got the "Target is Too Low" error. Made me sad =/

Comment by 307621

Note that despite the fact that this is a leather item from 1-40, it CANNOT be used by a Rogue or Druid at these levels, it states that "You do not have the required proficiency for that item". However, I was able to equip these on my Paladin alt, and they were mail (she is only level 6).

Just wanted to pass this on for those out there who are cheap like myself, and trying to get the most bang for their Emblems. =)

Comment by 61113

Currently, BoA shoulders can be enchanted with Greater Inscription of the Gladiator, adding 30 stamina and 15 resilience. Unknown if this is intended (probably it's not), so hurry up before it's patched away.

Comment by 314939

Level 63 Hunter

I killed 3 level 58 starving hellboars in Hellfire Peninsula
using the new BOA shoulders and the Honor Hold Favor buff to see if the two xp increasing stats stacked. My findings are below:

1st kill: No BOA shoulders and No buff yeilded 776(rested) xp.
2nd kill: Wearing BOA shoulders and No buff yeilded 854(rested) xp.
3rd kill: BOA shoulders with buff yeilded 896(rested) xp.

Honor Hold Favors can be purchased for 5 Marks of Honor Hold from Warrant Officer Tracy Proudwell of Honor Hold

Comment by sktz85

can you transfer these items to a character on another server/faction?

Comment by 240137

ah HA! I knew my groupies were wrong when they said Herod's Shoulders weren't Hunter loot! Just look at this! It's made for Hunters!

Comment by 265206

I'd like to add

These Are counted as LEATHER if you are a Hunter , until level 40 (Mail armour prof.)

PERFECT FOR HUNTER TWINKS ! :O

Comment by NukeAlleria

I wonder if these items will work from level 80 to 90. In the next expansion, will you get a 10% experience increase as you level to 90?

Comment by dervasavred

It should also be noted that it seems all of these shoulders add 10% XP before rested AND RAF are calculated.

For normal, non-rested, it's 1.1 times XP while wearing these.
For rested XP, it's 2.2 times XP while wearing these.
For RAF, it's 3.3 times XP while wearing these.

Confirmed in ZF last night.

Comment by Samuriel

They probobly made this into a heirloom hunter item because the real item is so famous being ninja looted by hunters.

"What? I can use mail at level 40!"
"But it has strenght...."
"So?"

Comment by Kookami

Like all Bind On Account items, you'll need an 80, any 80. It doesn't need to be the one who you want to wear them.

When it comes to shoulders they'll cost either:

40 Emblem of Heroism (Northrend heroics or 10mans) OR
200 Stone Keeper's Shards (Wintergrasp dailies or any instance boss while your faction holds Wintergrasp)

Buy them on your 80 and they'll be mailable to any alt (ie your 23 Shaman) to wear and will change stats to match that char's level. As it relies on mail, you can't send them cross-faction or cross-server.

Note if you're an alt junkie it might be worthwhile to grab a good pair of Bind On Account cloth shoulders (check out the 'currency for' tab on the above links) to swap between whomever you're playing - for low levels stats aren't the be-all and end-all, so a +10% exp buff for any char you want can be more worthwhile in terms of usefulness.

Comment by 346163

If I wear this on my Feral Druid, will it scale to mail at 40 or will it still be leather as my rogue doesn't learn Mail armor?

So what I wanna ask is does it scale when you train the skill or when you get level 40.

Comment by 213151

These now also give a 10% bonus to experience gained from quest, just like the other heirloom shoulders

Comment by Mordach

Such an eyesore. Why couldn't they make Dragonstalker shoulders instead?

Comment by lock101

Are these really worth getting for my 47 hunter, does it really make that big of a difference for lvling? Also, what other class would these be good to lvl with? Thanks.

Comment by Samweller

Heirloom shoulders will now accept shoulder enchantments from aldor/scryer repuation as of 3.1.1 - I would assume all others as well. The benefit from the shoulder enchant will only activate if you meet a particular level requirement (presumably level 70 for aldor/scryer inscriptions, 80 for sons of hodir). This is really only useful if the alt you're leveling already has the ability to purchase the BC inscriptions.

Comment by perryrocks666

You actually use the Emblems of Heroism from doing heroic instances

Comment by 369304

incorect you buy them fore the NON heroic emblems

Comment by Wrestlol

XP Increase on this is pretty great, however it does not stack with recruit a friend bonus.

Comment by 329258

Can you equip more than one BOA item and does the XP bonus stack?

Comment by orunin

Using this macro should let you see this item's stats for every level (1-80):

/script for i=1,80 do DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Level "..i..": \124cffe5cc80\124Hitem:42950:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:"..i.."\124h\124h\124r") end

Comment by 266285

ah HA! I knew my groupies were wrong when they said Herod's Shoulders weren't Hunter loot! Just look at this! It's made for Hunters!

Actually, they were right.

This isn't Herod's Shoulder, this is Champion Herod's Shoulder. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW!

-coughcoughcrappysarcasmcough-

Comment by 266285

Can you equip more than one BOA item and does the XP bonus stack?

Yes, you can get more then one BoA item, as there are BoA weapons too. As for the XP, it depends on what you're asking.

If you're asking about two BoA item XP bonuses stacking, no, as the weapons do not give a bonus to XP, and obviously you cannot equip two different shoulder armors. However, in Patch 3.2 they'll put heirloom chests in the game, which will have bonus XP (and yes, it will stack with shoulders).

However, if you're asking if it scales with rested XP, well just look at some of the other comments and find out for yourself.

Comment by 286678

My favorite thing about these shoulders is that fact that the original Herod's Shoulder was not even close to being hunter loot. It had stam which is nice, but also had strength, which is unneeded by hunters. However, since so many hunters had these shoulders through the leveling process, Blizzard decided to give actual useful hunter stats on the heirloom piece.

Comment by gubugu

If you buy that item,it will be mail to ur main but.... example: if u send to a hunter it will transform to leather, and after u train the ability to use mail , it will transform in mail, same thing with shamans.

Comment by 41605

This "shoulder" is seriously lame looking. I am not sure what is worse, this single shoulder or the odd horns on the pvp version. Prized Beastmaster's Mantle

At least it helps me level faster.

Comment by 475474

Just thought I'd throw this out there...Heirloom gear can be purchased using Champion's Seals from the Tournament dailies. 60 for most gear, and 75 - 95 for most weapons from the vendor at the Argent Pavilion in Icecrown.

Also...this gear is supposedly equivalent to 'Blue' gear throughout the game, including levels 70-80.

Comment by 372366

since its BOA is it possible 2 mail 2 a character from on another server. If possible how do u mail it

Comment by 141150

I just want to know when "Arthur Job", the designer at Blizz is going to get around to finishing these.

Comment by geniusdude

Can u put Master's Inscription of the Axe on these?

Comment by 154866

The only thing I dont like about these: I only get half of the shoulder pads!

Comment by 477730

since they are only 1 shoulder pad each, I think you should be able to equip the regular blue from SM and this heirloom. It would look like the shoulder the new guards in undercity wear http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=36213#.

Comment by Irisii

Should have been named Herod's spare shoulder.

Comment by zathen

I don't think anyone has mentioned this yet, so I thought I'd point out that heirlooms CAN be mailed cross-faction now.

Comment by 526662

i'm looking to start a hunter in cataclysm, but i'm wondering which would be a better heirloom shoulder, considering the changes to hunter resources. with the class no longer using mana, is it better to get Prized Beastmaster's Mantle instead? herod's gets you better ATP and agi in the end (as of now), but will the int be enough of a waste that it's not worth it? (i'm not caught up with all the class changes; i'm hoping someone here can save me the trouble of scouring archives for a few hours this afternoon...)

Comment by 639838

imagine the stat boosts if you wore two of these

Comment by 51517

If you are worried about the HORRIBLE look of the heirloom chest, you'd like to know this matches perfectly the Scout's tabard

Comment by WDB07

Why is only the right shoulder displayed ?

Comment by SuicidalCabbage

With Cataclysm making classes focus more on major than minor stats, would the crit rating from this be inferior to the additional agility on Prized Beastmaster's Mantle

Comment by 80374

Low level Hunters and Shaman aren't able to use this item as a target for transmogrification until they're level 40.
This item always counts as mail, so you'd need another mail shoulder piece to transmogrify it into. To transmogrify anything, you need to be able to equip the item you want to take the look of. However, you can't equip mail items until level 40. Therefore, you'll need to wait until you gain the Mail skill before you can change the look of this item.

Comment by Mookosh

As of 5.2, the Level 80 Heirloom weapons and armor can be upgraded to scale up to level 85

Cost is the original item and either Darkmoon Faire Prize Tickets, JP (for heirlooms purchasable with JP) or Honor (for PvP itemized heirlooms purchased with honor)

1-H Weapons: 2175 Honor/JP or 110 Darkmoon Faire Tickets
2-H Weapons: 3500 Honor/JP or 130 Darkmoon Faire tickets
Armor: 2175 Honor/JP or 110 Darkmoon Faire tickets
Trinkets: 2725 Honor/JP or 130 Darkmoon Faire Tickets

Comment by Goodwinn

With the new heirloom upgrade system introduced in patch 6.1 this item has been replaced by Champion Herod's Shoulder.

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Champion Herod's Shoulder

Item Level 1
Binds to Warband

Shoulder	Mail

4 Armor

Regalia of Fabled Adventurers (0/7)

Heirloom Chestpiece
Heirloom Helm
Heirloom Shoulders
Heirloom Cloak
Heirloom Legs
Heirloom Necklace
Heirloom Ring

(2) Set : Rested experience consumed is reduced by 30%.
(3) Set : Increases your out-of-combat regeneration in the outdoors, normal dungeons and battlegrounds.
(5) Set : Gaining a level triggers Burst of Knowledge, dealing 2652 Holy damage to nearby enemies and granting you 40% Primary Stat for 2 min. Defeating enemies extends this effect, up to an additional 2 min.
(6) Set : Rested experience consumed is reduced by an additional 30%.

Players can win this item when selecting the following class specializations:

Hunter:
Shaman:
Evoker:

This item's source is no longer available/removed.

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This item can be purchased in Silvermoon City (2).

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