Shoulder Enchants; An Exhaustive List (Archived)

Updates5.4 Update:Tiger Claw Inscriptionhttps://www.wowhead.com/forums&topic=220293*Remember, some older enchants will stop benefiting a leveling user once it reaches it maximum target level. Generally speaking, the newer the enchant, the better off you are at reaching it's maximum benefit for leveling a character in heirloom shoulders.*

Wowhead has added the ability to see what the stats are on a shoulder enchant before you test it on your own. If you noticed, there is a new bar below the description of the enchant with a slide on it. Grab the slider and test what the limits are.

4.3.4 Update:** At the end of May, 2012 there was an announcement that there will no longer be head enchants.** (see Ghostclawlers Post here)

That said, MoP will introduce a new way of enchanting your shoulders. Scribes

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Comment by Padsoldier

Didn't you forget WotLK and Inscription ones?

Comment by SquireKel

By this search of the database for item enhancements (permanent) + shoulder filter, I came up with 75 results, so this guide currently falls short. Given that there is no WotLK tab displayed, it's possible that those are the ones missing, though I didn't go through to compare. If you (Zoeteklem) put in WotLK content and expected to see a WotLK tab, it's probably a typo (forgetting a [, for instance) that's making it hidden.

Comment by FatalHeaven

Quick thing: On the Outland tab I believe you meant the required reputation to be Honored, but it is currently a typo. Got to watch grammar on guides.

And as the others above me have mentioned, enchants are definitely missing.

Other than that, I like your set up. Very direct, clean and to the point. Not bad for a first guide, just needs to be updated with the rest of the enchants.

Comment by SquireKel

Hey, I see you've updated to include the enchants we'll see in MoP too! That's great, and I'm glad you're staying on top of things! Just a quick note with regards to that section - the enchants are showing up as the code, not the actual name of the enchant. You'll need to throw somewhere into your guide (just at the start should be fine) so the site knows to pull the information from the MoP database rather than the live database. All the older content from Cata down to Classic is still in the MoP database, so you shouldn't run into any other problems. :)

Comment by lunamoonraker

As of Patch 5.4, all Enchants now scale to level (that is, scale down. Low level enchants do not scale above their intended level) Therefore you will see differing stats dependant on level. For example for the Agility shoulder enchant;

Tiger Claw Inscription

At Level 85 you will see the following stats on the Tooltip rather than the 120 Agility and 80 Critical Strike shown;

Permanently adds 30 Agility and 20 critical strike to a shoulder slot item.

This can be confusing if you are on a Level 85 character checking these in the Auction House expecting the full effect, especially as it is useable at Level 85.

You can check what the stats are at which level by checking the Spell effect here on Wowhead by clicking the Use in the tooltip. For example:

Tiger Claw Inscription

Then use the slider below the Tooltip to adjust the stats to the required level.

For this enchant the stats are the same as the rare quality shoulder enchant from Cataclysm at Level 85, Lesser Inscription of Shattered Crystal.

As soon as you hit Level 86 it scales directly to the full effect with no scaling from 86 > 90.

Comment by LunasPerson

Question: will Bind on Pick Up Shoulder Inscriptions turn into BoA inscriptions and scale to level if added to a shoulder heirloom item and then sent to an alt? or will i simply lose the enchant?

Comment by codered81

Great guide. You should do a guide for every enchant slot, or expand this guide to include as much.

Shoulder Enchants; An Exhaustive List (Archived)

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