Items / General's Silk Handguards Item · Armor · Item Level 71 changed
General's Silk Handguards
General's Silk Handguards was changed in WoW Forever: gains +40 Bonus Armor, Equip bonus now a +27 Spell Power stat, leaves its item set. Now item level 71 Epic Hands armor, requires level 60, +22 Stamina, +12 Intellect, +5 Spirit, +40 Bonus Armor, +27 Spell Power. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.
General's Silk Handguards tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever
The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.
Classic Era Oct 27, 2026
General's Silk Handguards
Item Level 71
Binds when picked up
Hands · Cloth
+22 Stamina
+12 Intellect
+5 Spirit
Durability 35 / 35
Requires Level 60
Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 27.
Sell Price: 1g 12s 65c
Forever Oct 22, 2026
General's Silk Handguards
Item Level 71
Binds when picked up
Hands · Cloth
+22 Stamina
+12 Intellect
+5 Spirit
Added in Forever: +40 Bonus Armor
Added in Forever: +27 Spell Power
Forever amounts are computed from Blizzard's item budget tables, the way the game client
computes them (this engine ships no flat amounts).
How we check them.
Requires Level 60
Removed in Forever: Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 27.
Sell Price: 1g 12s 65c
changed value added in Forever removed in Forever
Also changed behind the tooltip: setId
(not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for
both values side by side.
Raw field diff every changed column
| Field | Classic Era | Forever |
| effects | [
{
"categoryCooldownMs": -1,
"charges": 0,
"cooldownMs": -1,
"spellId": 14054,
"spellName": "Increase Spell Dam 27",
"trigger": 1
},
{
"categoryCooldownMs": -1,
"charges": 0,
"cooldownMs": -1,
"spellId": 23037,
"spellName": "Mana Shield Absorb Increase",
"trigger": 1
}
] | [
{
"categoryCooldownMs": -1,
"charges": 0,
"cooldownMs": -1,
"spellId": 23037,
"spellName": "Mana Shield Absorb Increase",
"trigger": 1
}
] |
| setId | 387 | none |
| stats | [
{
"amount": 22,
"stat": 7
},
{
"amount": 12,
"stat": 5
},
{
"amount": 5,
"stat": 6
}
] | [
{
"amount": 22,
"percentEditor": 5789,
"stat": 7
},
{
"amount": 12,
"percentEditor": 3158,
"stat": 5
},
{
"amount": 5,
"percentEditor": 1316,
"stat": 6
},
{
"amount": 40,
"percentEditor": 10526,
"stat": 50
},
{
"amount": 27,
"percentEditor": 7105,
"stat": 45
}
] |
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Questions about General's Silk Handguards
Was General's Silk Handguards nerfed in WoW Forever?
General's Silk Handguards is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no cast time, cost, cooldown, range, durability or bag size moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: gains +40 Bonus Armor, Equip bonus now a +27 Spell Power stat, leaves its item set.
What changed for General's Silk Handguards in WoW Forever?
Gains +40 Bonus Armor, Equip bonus now a +27 Spell Power stat, leaves its item set. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.