Highest Item Level Shoulder Armor, Level 11–20

The highest item level shoulder armor a level 11–20 character can wear on the Alliance side start with Magician's Mantle (item level 25, rare). 37 items fit the slot and band; the top 25 are ranked here by item level, then quality, not by simulation.

Rows marked (vanilla): Vanilla reference — from the 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in Forever.

#	Name	ILvl	Req.	Armor	Type	Source
1	Magician's MantleCHANGED	25	20	32	Cloth	Drops from Eroded Anubisath Warbringer (The Barrens) at 1.9% (+403 more) (vanilla)
2	Slime-encrusted PadsCHANGED	25	20	32	Cloth	Drops from Mutanus the Devourer at 33.3% (vanilla)
3	Forest Leather Mantle	25	20	64	Leather	Drops from Sever (Shadowfang Keep) at 20.0% (+548 more) (vanilla)
4	Grunt's Pauldrons	25	20	137	Mail	Drops from Humar the Pridelord (The Barrens) at 1.6% (+527 more) (vanilla)
5	Prospector's Pads	25	20	64	Leather	Drops from Humar the Pridelord (The Barrens) at 1.6% (+527 more) (vanilla)
6	Silvered Bronze Shoulders	25	20	137	Mail	Crafted: Blacksmithing
7	Rawhide Shoulderpads	25	20	58	Leather	Found in Large Iron Bound Chest (Gnomeregan) at 1.2% (+315 more) (vanilla)
8	Reinforced Woolen ShouldersCHANGED	24	19	28	Cloth	Crafted: Tailoring
9	Defender Spaulders	24	19	128	Mail	Drops from Torn Fin Tidehunter (Hillsbrad Foothills) at 35.0% (+183 more) (vanilla)
10	Feral Shoulder Pads	24	19	60	Leather	Drops from Marcus Bel (The Barrens) at 0.9% (+146 more) (vanilla)
11	Pagan Mantle	24	19	27	Cloth	Drops from Branch Snapper (Ashenvale) at 1.4% (+148 more) (vanilla)
12	Shimmering Amice	24	19	27	Cloth	Drops from Swinegart Spearhide (The Barrens) at 6.6% (+184 more) (vanilla)
13	Serpent's ShouldersCHANGED	23	18	68	Leather	Drops from Lady Anacondra (Wailing Caverns) at 33.3% (vanilla)
14	Blackrock Pauldrons	23	18	126	Mail	Drops from Blackrock Tracker (Redridge Mountains) at 3.1% (+1 more) (vanilla)
15	Outrunner's Pauldrons	23	18	126	Mail	Drops from Mist Howler (Ashenvale) at 0.5% (+126 more) (vanilla)
16	Ritual Amice	23	18	26	Cloth	Drops from Lady Vespira (Darkshore) at 0.8% (+139 more) (vanilla)
17	Scouting Spaulders	23	18	59	Leather	Drops from Jimmy the Bleeder (Alterac Mountains) at 8.6% (+177 more) (vanilla)
18	Rugged SpauldersCHANGED	22	17	67	Leather	Drops from Rethilgore (Shadowfang Keep) at 100.0% (vanilla)
19	Double-Stitched Woolen ShouldersCHANGED	22	17	27	Cloth	Crafted: Tailoring
20	Rough Bronze ShouldersCHANGED	22	17	130	Mail	Crafted: Blacksmithing
21	Bandit Shoulders	22	17	58	Leather	Drops from Taskmaster Whipfang (Stonetalon Mountains) at 7.8% (+174 more) (vanilla)
22	Buccaneer's Mantle	22	17	26	Cloth	Found in Large Iron Bound Chest (Gnomeregan) at 1.2% (+151 more) (vanilla)
23	Burnished Pauldrons	22	17	124	Mail	Found in Large Iron Bound Chest (Gnomeregan) at 1.2% (+147 more) (vanilla)
24	Mystic's Shoulder Pads	22	17	26	Cloth	Drops from Deepmoss Matriarch at 0.3% (+143 more) (vanilla)
25	War Paint Shoulder Pads	22	17	124	Mail	Drops from Windshear Vermin at 0.5% (+137 more) (vanilla)

Ranked by item level, then quality, among items with a known source: gear nothing drops, sells, rewards or makes yet (raids not yet open, the client's test items) is left out. The class filter keeps what the class can equip at level 20 (armor type, weapon skill, Dual Wield, the item's own class limit); the side filter drops items that only the other side's vendors and quests offer. Source: the best known drop first (a Forever rate at 10+ loots, else the vanilla 1.12 chance), then vendors, quest rewards and the profession that makes it.

Other slots: Head, Back, Chest, Wrist, Hands, Waist, Legs, Feet. Every slot and level.