Highest Item Level Shoulder Armor, Level 21–30

The highest item level shoulder armor a level 21–30 character can wear start with Azure Gustwoven Spaulders (item level 35, uncommon). 80 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	Azure Gustwoven SpauldersFOREVER	35	30	76	Leather	Crafted: Leatherworking
2	Azure Skyforged PauldronsFOREVER	35	30	160	Mail	Crafted: Blacksmithing
3	Azure Stormsewn EpauletsFOREVER	35	30	35	Cloth	Crafted: Tailoring
4	Azure Windraveled DrapesFOREVER	35	30	76	Leather	Crafted: Leatherworking
5	Barbaric ShouldersCHANGED	35	30	76	Leather	Crafted: Leatherworking
6	Cloudy Gustwoven SpauldersFOREVER	35	30	76	Leather	Crafted: Leatherworking
7	Cloudy Skyforged PauldronsFOREVER	35	30	160	Mail	Crafted: Blacksmithing
8	Cloudy Stormsewn EpauletsFOREVER	35	30	35	Cloth	Crafted: Tailoring
9	Cloudy Windraveled DrapesFOREVER	35	30	76	Leather	Crafted: Leatherworking
10	Golden Scale ShouldersCHANGED	35	30	160	Mail	Crafted: Blacksmithing
11	Headhunter's Spaulders	35	30	76	Leather	Drops from Vile Sting (Thousand Needles) at 1.1% (+404 more) (vanilla)
12	Insignia Mantle	35	30	76	Leather	Drops from Vile Sting (Thousand Needles) at 1.1% (+418 more) (vanilla)
13	Mail Combat Spaulders	35	30	160	Mail	Drops from Vile Sting (Thousand Needles) at 1.1% (+418 more) (vanilla)
14	Nightsky Mantle	35	30	35	Cloth	Drops from Vile Sting (Thousand Needles) at 1.1% (+418 more) (vanilla)
15	Vital Shoulders	35	30	35	Cloth	Drops from Vile Sting (Thousand Needles) at 1.1% (+404 more) (vanilla)
16	Interlaced Shoulderpads	35	30	31	Cloth	Found in Armor Crate (Scarlet Monastery) at 1.9% (+456 more) (vanilla)
17	Cutthroat's Mantle	34	29	75	Leather	Drops from Vile Sting (Thousand Needles) at 1.1% (+404 more) (vanilla)
18	Thick Scale Shoulder Pads	34	29	158	Mail	Drops from Vile Sting (Thousand Needles) at 1.1% (+404 more) (vanilla)
19	Thistlefur Mantle	34	29	34	Cloth	Drops from Vile Sting (Thousand Needles) at 1.1% (+404 more) (vanilla)
20	Elder's Mantle	33	28	34	Cloth	Drops from Heartrazor (Thousand Needles) at 1.1% (+385 more) (vanilla)
21	Infiltrator Shoulders	33	28	74	Leather	Drops from Heartrazor (Thousand Needles) at 1.1% (+385 more) (vanilla)
22	Phalanx Spaulders	33	28	155	Mail	Drops from Heartrazor (Thousand Needles) at 1.1% (+385 more) (vanilla)
23	Death Speaker MantleCHANGED	32	27	37	Cloth	Drops from Death Speaker Jargba (Razorfen Kraul) at 33.3% (vanilla)
24	Watchman Pauldrons	32	27	80	Leather	Drops from Scarlet Tracking Hound (Scarlet Monastery) at 0.1% (+29 more) (vanilla)
25	Banded Pauldrons	32	27	153	Mail	Drops from Heartrazor (Thousand Needles) at 1.1% (+385 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 30 (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.