Items / Highlander's Cloth Girdle Item · Armor · Item Level 53 changed
Highlander's Cloth Girdle
Highlander's Cloth Girdle was changed in WoW Forever: gains +70 Bonus Armor, gains +14 Critical Strike Rating, Equip bonus now a +9 Spell Power stat, loses Equip: Improves your chance to get a critical strike with spells by 1%. Now item level 53 Rare Waist armor, requires level 48, +6 Stamina, +5 Intellect, +70 Bonus Armor, +14 Critical Strike Rating, +9 Spell Power. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.
Highlander's Cloth Girdle 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
Highlander's Cloth Girdle
Item Level 53
Binds when picked up
Waist · Cloth
Durability 30 / 30
Requires Level 48
Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 9.
Sell Price: 67s 23c
Forever Oct 22, 2026
Highlander's Cloth Girdle
Item Level 53
Binds when picked up
Waist · Cloth
+6 Stamina
+5 Intellect
Added in Forever: +70 Bonus Armor
Added in Forever: +14 Critical Strike Rating
Added in Forever: +9 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 48
Removed in Forever: Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 9.
Sell Price: 67s 23c
changed value added in Forever removed in Forever
Raw field diff every changed column
| Field | Classic Era | Forever |
| effects | [
{
"categoryCooldownMs": -1,
"charges": 0,
"cooldownMs": -1,
"spellId": 9415,
"spellName": "Increase Spell Dam 9",
"trigger": 1
},
{
"categoryCooldownMs": -1,
"charges": 0,
"cooldownMs": -1,
"spellId": 18384,
"spellName": "Increased Critical Spell",
"trigger": 1
}
] | [] |
| stats | [
{
"amount": 6,
"stat": 7
},
{
"amount": 5,
"stat": 5
}
] | [
{
"amount": 6,
"percentEditor": 2609,
"stat": 7
},
{
"amount": 5,
"percentEditor": 2174,
"stat": 5
},
{
"amount": 70,
"percentEditor": 30435,
"stat": 50
},
{
"amount": 14,
"percentEditor": 6087,
"stat": 32
},
{
"amount": 9,
"percentEditor": 3913,
"stat": 45
}
] |
Highlander's Cloth Girdle changes between Forever builds
See every changed record in the Oct 22, 2026 build
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Questions about Highlander's Cloth Girdle
Was Highlander's Cloth Girdle nerfed in WoW Forever?
Highlander's Cloth Girdle 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 +70 Bonus Armor, gains +14 Critical Strike Rating, Equip bonus now a +9 Spell Power stat, loses Equip: Improves your chance to get a critical strike with spells by 1%.
What changed for Highlander's Cloth Girdle in WoW Forever?
Gains +70 Bonus Armor, gains +14 Critical Strike Rating, Equip bonus now a +9 Spell Power stat, loses Equip: Improves your chance to get a critical strike with spells by 1%. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.