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Comment by 15833

With all the respect to those roleplayers out there who actually have use for this, this has to be in the "top 5 most useless items in game" while discussing PVE and PVP realms.

Comment by 87444

This dress has an extremely low spawn rate on the NPC. Some people speculate it could be as high as 2 months, making it one of the rarest "common" items around. Because of this, it can sell VERY well on the AH, especially on RP servers.

Comment by Impatiens

I was lucky enough to pick this up today. The respawn rate on it is very low. However, if you have an alt that you can just park in front of the NPC and check it before you log on with your main and after you log out, you'll get it about as quickly as possible. The only time there are many people in Moonglade is during the lunar festival, so you are unlikely to have much competition for this.

It is very expensive for what it is, but it is also very unique. You aren't likely to see anyone else with one on.

Comment by 43530

AFAIK, there are four robes that DO NOT bind on pickup/equip, have NO level requirement, and are item level 35+.

-Simple Black Dress crafted by Tailoring, roughly 2-5G in mats.
-Royal Dangui sold by vendors in UC, SWC, and Moonglade, ~29G.
-Green Wedding Hanbok limited supply sold by Geenia Sunshadow, somewhat rare, ~14G.
-Formal Dangui limited supply sold by Geenia Sunshadow, VERY rare, ~51G.
-Haliscan Jacket Added in patch 2.4.3, Tailor Pattern bought from Hauty Modiste in Tanaris.

This is useful to note because it allows you to apply one of the newer Burning Crusade enchants, such as Exceptional Stats, Exceptional Health, Resilience, Restore Mana Prime, etc., making them real powerful chestpieces.

They become so powerful that really, your best alternatives are to acquire the mats for +4 Stats and apply to superior chests in the 15-19 level range. But one important feature here would be lost... and that is the superiour chests would be soulbound, and therefore not reusable.

TLDR version: You get to make a resellable chest that's real good for leveling lowbies from 1-20+.

Comment by 73924

This is the ONLY chest usable by lvl 19 twinks to which you can apply the BC resistance kits (like Frost Armor Kit) http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29486

Comment by 91357

Just got this item today, March 7, 2008 on Zangermarsh. It still exists although it took me over a week of camping.

Comment by Tiforix

Lucky for me I'm a Druid, so every time I hearthed back home, I'd teleport to Moonglade first and check the vendor. After about 2 months of doing that I finally got one. I now have the best-dressed banker alt in Stormwind. :)

Comment by 150055

just got this today after a month and a half of camping on my 57 horde side druid, may 7th, at 6:15 server time (eastern) Skullcrusher

hope that helps you out, gl, however I must warn you... I bought mine for 45 gold (and not the cited 50 and some change), i dont know what that is all about but i can assure you it was to Formal Dangui. very pretty ( is gonna look great on a lvl 10 twink)

Comment by 129511

I bet the 45g deal is a Cenarion Circle rep just like high rep makes mounts / training cost less it may affect this as well

Comment by 157506

I can confirm that the respawn rate is indeed just over 2 months. I started camping the vendor the day patch 2.4 went live, March 25th(I assumed this would reset the timer on the vendor). I was finally able to buy this dress on June 1st.

Comment by Urden

Its completely possible that this will become the single greatest twink item in the 19 and 29 bracket with WoTLK.

A +6 all stats plus an added socket from the new blacksmithing patterns, would make all current twink items obsolete.

Comment by Dvalin

I was fortunate enough to have picked up the flight path to moonglade on my mage alt (because of the lunar festival) and parked him at the vendor to see how long it would take. 2 weeks later I have my Formals dangui as well as 2 Red Traditional Hanboks and 2 Green Wedding hanboks. Since I didnt find out when the one prior to mine was sold I may send my little gnome back to see how long it takes for it to respawn.

Comment by iNteRn

New and sad update to all you out there: You cannot put WotLK enchants on this thing.
Seems like the new enchants requiers that the gear has a proficience, cloth, leather, and so on.

Comment by 206375

has anyone just camped this to figure out its exact spawn rate?

Comment by 226474

There are a few complicating factors.

(1) Extremely low spawn rate would exaggerate any flaws in data gathering.

(2) High item desireability increases the chance that even if you do camp the dress maker, someone else may also be doing so, will see and buy the dress before you do, and you will never register the spawning.

(3) There is a chance that the dress despawns if it is not bought within a cerain window of availability. Depending on how small the window is, the dress may spawn and be gone even without any other players getting in your way.

(4) Spawn rates are not necessarily constant. Nor do they have to be tied to a simple timer. It could be affected by character flow through Moonglade, season (Lunar Festival!), how quickly the previous one was bought, or be a totally random very small likelihood every day. It can be based on anything that can be measured, or maybe no measure at all.

Just thinking in terms of a game designer or computer programmer, there is all sorts of space to have fun making a highly desireable item be a real "find" when it does show up.

Add those factors together and there is really very little value to camping the dressmaker unless you can monitor her 24/7 for months, I'm guessing.

Comment by chop360

Sorry if someone has already mentioned this but can u enchant this with Super Health (275)? It's tooltip says it only requires a level 60 item.

(Sorry that I don't know how to link items)

Comment by 255604

No, you can't, the item level is 35 or 40, I don't remember, but anyone can wear it, Super health, (+275 health) requires an item w/ an item level of 60.

Comment by 230992

They changed it so this item isn't on a spawn timer anymore. The dress maker in Moonglade always sells it, along with two other dresses.

Comment by 98540

I'm not sure the spawn rate is so low... or maybe I'm just very, very lucky. Today I was in Moonglade picking up some 'chanting recipes, thought I'd see if it had spawned... Wasn't there, sent in an alt, checked an hour later... Formal Dangui had spawned. And yes, I've double checked its the Formal Dangui and not one of the other chest pieces- checked the name, compared the picture, paid 50g for it.
Have they changed the spawn rates?

Comment by 432679

its realy good lvl 1 twink gear :D

i want : /

Comment by 439001

Due to the rarity of this dress, many people who know about it will spend quite a bit of money on it. I sold one on the US server Sisters of Elune (RP) for 3500 gold, and heard that a few months before, someone else sold one for around 4000 gold.

And just for the sake of showing off, I'll usually wear this around town with my Hyacinth Macaw.

Comment by h1ghh0o

tryed to get one for 10 days or more.
now i got 2 formal danguis

one yesterday
one today :)

so no specific cooldown or what ever. completly random and rare

Comment by Levelten

It seems that the Orphan Matron Aria, in dalaran, is wearing one of this fancy robes. So, if you want a good look at what you might be camping, by all means, stare at her.

As for the cool-down, last I heard it was 2 months... So unless blizzard changed it...

Comment by 318970

I attempted to put http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=60692 on this robe and it would not work. Any ideas?

I also tried http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=60692 and http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=47900 on the same robe. Neither worked.

Comment by Guanyin

I don't know what's the problem, at last I got the dangui, just bought it from a druid friend.
I used the http://www.wowhead.com/?item=39005#comments:id=835191 scroll on it and
nothing is wrong. I am wearing it and it's the best purchase I have done so far for my level 1.
So either I am wearing something impossible (glitch) or you are doing something wrong.
Honestly, I don't care, I am set for good. 453 hp is pretty nice for a level 1,
perhaps I'll get 2 http://www.wowhead.com/?item=19024 to boost up even more.

Comment by ziddy1232

Why don't people read the comments before making their own? Just one comment above yours, and in several other comments it clearly states that you cannot use Wrath of the Lich King enchants on this.

Although it has been said that this is the only item in the game that can be enchanted with Wrath of the Lich King enchants it cannot be. The WotLK enchants require an armor type ie. cloth, mail, etc. this item has no such armor type. Burning Crusade enchants do work on this item as its item level is 60 and BC enchants have no such restriction.

Comment by 462704

Just got this item on Wildhammer-US Horde. Just happened to log onto my druid and bought this item. I am the king of level one twinks on Wildhammer!

-Twinkedlol

Comment by Virsuoso

Just found one on the vendor.
Hope it will sell :/

Comment by Grunge

Tried to put 250 mana on this chest the other day with my level 1 twink, and it worked! i was quite surprised because sofar no other wrath chants have been working.

Comment by Garan

5 mins ago bought one of these from the vendor, haven't been so excited over an pixelated item before. :-P Have been checking the vendor on three different druids for about a year and half. Almost always before hs'ing I went to Moonglade first and checked the vendor. Not that I so passionately wanted the item, it just came a habit. Then at the moment I least expect, there it is, only 50g or so for this priceless item, for me at least. :-)

Comment by 352798

Have anyone tested other enchants than 10 stats, 275 hp (does not work) or 250 mana (which works)?.

There are also enchants like:
200 hp, 8 stats, 20 def rating, 20 resil, 10 mp5. Some of these would really rock and be a huge upgrade for a lvl 1 twink.

Comment by 197078

I got my first dress about a month ago after checking several times daily for 5-6 weeks. Recently, I decided to try to get another one to give as a gift. After checking only a few times, I found another dress 25 days after my first one. Then I checked the next day out of habit and got a THIRD dress.

I tested out the following enchants:

Works
Greater Defense: +22 def
Exceptional Mana: +250 mana

Does Not Work:
Powerful Stats: +10 stats
Super Stats: +8 stats
Exceptional Resilience: +20 res
Super Health: +275 hp
Mighty Health: +200 hp
Greater Mana Restoration: +10 mp5

Comment by Sallara

Wait, so i've bought a very rare item and sold it to a vendor?
Oh for fu-

Comment by 642800

In passing I used the npc for a repair and spotted this dress for sale. I went onto Wowhead to check if it was any good, by the time I changed windows the room was full of players and the dress was gone. Bummer!

Comment by cronomega

Formal Dangui is now iLvl 50.

Comment by cronomega

Sorry; Found my goof.

I bought the i50 Royal, not the Formal.

UGHHHHH D:

Comment by 718349

This dress doesn't seem to be obtainable anymore? Correct me if I'm wrong.
Most databases seem to show that Geenia Sunshadow no longer sells this dress, and that the dress is unobtainable.

Comment by 744313

OMG I have been checking on this dress for what seems like forever (year++) and have stocked up on the Green and Red variety in doing so, but today.. FINALLY.. the formal dangui was there. I could NOT believe my eyes, I was starting to doubt its very existence. Such a great day! Good luck everyone!

Comment by 753380

All I Have to Say is That if Your Looking To Make A Twink, This is Your Kind of Item.
If You Don't Know Why it's Because of the Item Level Which So You Can Enchant it With Something like +20 Agility.

Comment by 422399

I just sold one of these for 10,000 gold. After the transaction was over the guy gave me a hug and whispered, "I can't believe I just did that!"

The funny thing is, I can. It took me six weeks of camping Geenia checking 5-10 times each day before I saw my first one. In fact, that was all I wanted. But I was in the habit of checking and so I stuck with it and to my surprise I got another one two weeks later. I gave one to my main and stuck the other in the bank.

I didn't even try to sell it. I figured that sooner or later someone would come along who understood the value of the item and then I could name my price. It took six months but that is exactly what happened. Some guy was spamming Trade looking for it and I knew that was my call.

People don't get that this is one of the rarest items in the game. It's the equivalent of something like Mimron's Head or Tyrel's Pet. If the estimate that she makes six a year is correct, and having farmed it for a long time I believe it, that means that at most as of today's date there are 36 of these on each server. That's not worth 10K; it's really worth more like 50K.

I honestly think at 10K he got a steal. But the most important thing to me wasn't the gold; it was the hug. I was glad I could give the item to some who actually understood it's value and not some drooler.

Comment by 785200

Confirmed it still exists as of today I bought one, my first one in all the years I've been looking for them, on the Kilrogg server.

Comment by 794996

is it posible to put Scroll of Enchant Chest - Exceptional Resilience on it ? some ppl say wotlk enchants need to be on an item that confirms that it is a cloth - leather - mail - plate is that true ?

btw sry for bad spelling have dislexia

Comment by bankbeauty

Since I couldn't find any information about it on this page, here's some:

All TBC Chest enchant Works on this dress (such as Mana enchant/Hp enchant/+6 Stats enchant/+15 Resil, Just to name those)
Few Wotlk Chest enchant works on it too! Not all but some works, I know by experience that some of them doesn't work such as the Wotlk Resil enchant and +10 Stats, but I do know and I can show you, that +22Dodge, +250 Mana works on this. My low level character might have it on, with +22Dodge on it

Plus, the best use of this robe, is simply because you put on Greater Rune of Warding on it. Simply Mail the robe to a main character, put the Rune of warding on it, Mail it to your low level alt, and you'll have the effect of the rune on a low level (even works on a level 1). If you ask me, This is pretty intense!

=D, Have fun farming it. Btw, best way to get this, make a druid level it to 15, Teleport Moonglade, send 50g to your toon (there's few Mailboxes around Moonglade) and camp the vendor Geenia Sunshadow . Everytime you log on your WoW account, just quickly log over to see if the robe is over there!
Tips: If you're playing on several server, do this on every server so you'll increase your chance of getting it, and then simply Server transfer to send it to your toon!

Comment by 449721

Still obtainable! I got it today!

Comment by deidelin

Sadly:( this has been nerfed in 4.1, same with all the other white ilvl 35+. this is big to 1-10 twinks but we wont die:P Many enchants isnt usuable for lvl 1-10 twinks and 19 twinks, cuz it req. LEVEL 25 to use (not ilvl). Will miss it. No point of gettin this anymore cuz its pretty much useless.

Comment by 729230

As of 4.1, this item (and all similar ones) are now just item level 1, and any enchants that you would have put on them probably won't be active until level 25.

On the other hand, it's still beautiful, and very seldom seen (the spawn rate, whatever it actually is, but seems to be 2-3 months on average, is rare enough that I had to check with a GM to see if it was actually still obtainable. It is: but "you'll need the luck of Elune to get it").

Comment by 839668

I can confirm this item still exists in-game......just found one on a toon I had parked there. Surprised the hell out of me too, was so startled I bought it without taking a sceenshot.

Comment by lunamoonraker

Update for 4.1. Current price is 73 gold (with no faction discount) just so you have enough on your alt when it pops up.

Confirmed as Item Level 1.

Comment by Langemede

Finally found one of these last week. Giving it away to someone who asked me for it, maybe I'll keep the next one.

Comment by 866718

I paid 15k for one of these a few months ago, and even at that price the seller was reluctant. The nerf sucks, but it is still one of the ultimate bank gear items. I still have an alt parked at the vendor (that I checked over many months prior to purchasing), but the odds aren't great of seeing one for sure, hence the high price.

Comment by Siigari

I JUST GOT MINE! I AM SO EXCITED!

Months -- YEARS of visiting this NPC. FINALLY! Submitting screenshot!

Comment by 880506

This used to be my favourite armor for my lvl 19, i had +6 stats and a lesser rune of warding (25% damage absorb)

now its item level 1 ... so the rune doesnt work ..

+6 stats remains on it dispite the item level, but bad compared to random twink gear without the rune :(

Comment by Orcbum

I've achieved not one, but two of these rare beauties within a span of half a year. The trick? Just check the dress vendor every time you visit Moonglade.

In fact, I got my second one out of a stroke of luck on my leveling alt. Passing to Winterspring, I thought to myself I mind as well spend 1-2 minutes checking if the rare dress was there - and there it was, sitting there in all its rather expensive glory.

Anyhow, that's the only thing really. You can park a toon there for kicks, checking every so hour, but I find that things seem to come to you when you're least expecting it. Happy hunting on this rather cute dress. :)!

Comment by 901407

It exists! After months of checking on 3 different servers.....4am Horde side alt on Coilfang. And on my birthday too. Yes!

Comment by Leilanis

Just got this today on server Korialstrasz. If you are trying to get this DON'T GIVE UP!
It will be yours with consistently checking everyday. Best of luck in your search!

Comment by Merkilan

I have discovered this is the perfect Worgen gown, really compliments them! Camped a character in Moonglade for this lovely dress and bought the other 'rares' as they showed. I don't know if that helped or not, but after 2 weeks this was the 4th 'rare' dress to spawn.

Posted screenshots of this dress on a female Worgen. LOVE it on her! Also, the sleeve detail is amazing!

Comment by Erwinna

My boyfriend surprised me with this, it's so pretty! I love it :) def worth the farming and wait!

<3 you Phailadin!

Comment by Skoot34

Finally bought it after trying almost daily for 5 or 6 weeks :)

Comment by 422399

As of Patch 5.04 the spawn location for this item has changed. It no longer spawns at the end of the row of dresses but at the beginning of the row of dresses. In other words, it used to spawn at the bottom right of the vendor window and now it spawns at the top left. Make sure you look in the right place for it.

Comment by 778037

Just got this on Darkspear US, and Jumbodog is right. It no longer spawns at the end of the row of dresses but at the beginning of the row of dresses on the top left.

Comment by Soleris

Just got this on Draka today, patchday 5.1. Camped the vendor for 2 days with only a few logins to check on it. :)

Comment by Safrienaer

Since there's no mention of who to actually buy this from, it's sold by Geenia Sunshadow.

Comment by 355492

After CRZ I was sure I would never find one again. Almost every time I logged on there was someone from another server at the vendor. Then by sheer luck one day I logged on and there it was! I now have 4 (one on each server I have a toon on)

Comment by 877724

just found it from Geenia Sunshadow, costs 65g 70s 30c @ Neutral (gone mad and killed her a couple of times)

Comment by Tallicagladiator

I don't seem to find a 'spawner" on this one, or is it completly random?

A tad like Time-lost, a 'lost" case?....

Comment by Deceptia

I'm no longer seeing this listed on Wowhead as sold by Geenia Sunshadow. Is it still available in game? I don't see anything stating that it is no longer available, just wandered why she is no longer listed as the vendor for it and it does not show up on her page as an item she sells. Pretty impossible to confirm myself with the terrible spawn rate of the dress so hoping someone else can confirm that all is well in the World of Warcraft 5.4.2. ty!

Comment by giantgrape

6 months is the spawn rate, btw.

Comment by fungchehwuchi

pandas get a poop-hole? O_o

Comment by sharktopus

I walked up to the dressmaker for the second time ever, and got this. Best luck ever.

Comment by shadowsonic32

What is an amazing discovery worth if there is no one to know how amazing it is?

Comment by ChubaChuba

I have one of these to sell on Aggramar-EU.

Comment by 1390625

i'm at the lady and she doesn't sell the (1) dresses anymore... Where else can i get them?

Comment by gagfinder

yet another reason to keep ~80-100g on all characters at all times
you never know when you end up in moonglade and lose it to that level 42 random, because you had to log over to send those cursed 73g from your bank alt to your toon
PS never happened to me but I can visualise the mind shattering rage one would experience should the above happen

Comment by Kammeyer25

I have just picked this beautiful Dangui up yesterday.

A tip for you guys: get the addon Cross Realm assist, and just keep one toon standing next to Geenia Sunshadow. I logged into the toon once every day, and hopped all realms available.
It took me about 3-4 weeks to get it.

Happy hunting!

Comment by RedSquirrel

Here's a tip for all trying to buy this dress ... do not mistake it for the Royal Dangui. The names are surprisingly similar, if you don't pay close attention. The Royal one is half the price of the Formal one.
Don't be like me and not realize there's two, and buy the wrong one, being all non-nonchalant about it. ... and then come here, not able to figure out why everyone's talking about how rare it is, and think Blizzard must've nerfed it.
...
Guess I'm camping the vendor, now. :D

Comment by giantgrape

6 month respawn.

Comment by blind667

Hello.

I have an obsession with rare items, so i decided to go and hunt down some of them and video the part of me geting them.
Here is the video of me getting the Formal Dangui. (29.08.2017): https://youtu.be/AUlzhlDxqbw

:)

Comment by Adamovix

I think we should be able to use it as a transmog. With the amout of time and luck it gets to buy one, (not to mention the unique look and prestige), I would love to show it off.

Comment by Christhina

I just wanted to stop by to make a note - some folks may be thinking with all the recent changes to WoW, that this item may no longer spawn (I was a bit doubtful myself).

As of 14th December 2017, I can confirm it still does, having had the incredible luck and joy of picking one of these up from the vendor this evening.

I had an alt parked for perhaps 4-5 weeks, checking a few times a day.

Best of luck to those who still may be searching for one!

Comment by PieceOfPanic

But... Can it be transmogged ? :O

Comment by akke

There are so many items I wish were transmog'able; this being one of them... http://www.wowhead.com/outfit=147764/nightborne-battlemage#outfits

Comment by akke

Matches surprisingly well with "Interlaced Cowl" (Interlaced Cowl#comments)

Comment by Ogait

I just managed to get my hands on this Robe today (12-12-2018) @ Aggra-Português Realm.

Image: https://i.imgur.com/0inDEoT.png

Comment by GreyMouser

Obtained this today 3-7-2019 at about 2:05 pm cst.

Comment by Moondana

Just got one today 4/22/19 6:03pm cst

Took four months to finally get, in that time I got three red hanboks, and two green ones. Checked in most days, and more often than not multiple times a day. So don't get discouraged if it doesn't show.

Comment by NeonDisease

After many months of leaving a toon parked at the vendor, I bought this item just now on US-Stormreaver.

Comment by Jturnero

Can anyone verify whether this is still in game and whether it is sold by Geenia Sunshadow. The "sold by" tab is no longer listed on this page.

Comment by EverGuardian

Transmoggable in 10.0

Comment by killertofu

You will be able to transmog this in the 10.0.5 patch! Hopefully they are cosmetic and useable by any armor type or class :)

Comment by Zanasis

now worth a million gold....glad i farmed these years ago. still have 2 left on Bleeding Hollow NA

Comment by Netcownt

ATT shows this as collectible still. I wonder if anyone have gotten this after the White Cosmetics patch 10.0.5.
(Formal Dangui, Green Wedding Hanbok, Red Traditional Hanbok).
I'll notify when/if I get it, checking daily.

Comment by WoWGirl305

has anyone server hopped to find any of the rare cosmetic dresses from the vendor or is continent only? (like all the realms on US shares while EU realms shares their own?)

Comment by Melesmelda

I was able to buy one this morning; I've never heard concrete proof that server resets affect spawn times for anything, but this was about 48 hours after a server reset.

I'm fairly sure the dangui spawned in the top right corner of the vendor window but was too excited to confirm with a screenshot.

Comment by weltallica

Finally appeared after maybe a month of daily checking.

To be honest, after a week of camping I considered just buying one off the AH, only to see it sold for 1 million. Seriously?

When it finally appeared and I grabbed it, I considered selling it myself (I've never had that much)... but no; gold is just gold, and all I ever wanted was the appearance.

I'll admit, it was fun logging in only to see other people's alts also afk in front of her.

One journey is over. Another begins.

Comment by Nadalya

I just bought this tonight after about 4 months of checking daily across a number of characters/servers. I just wanted to add that phasing like Chromie Time and War Mode do impact what's available on the vendor. In my case, I had two toons on the same low pop server with WM on and off and found it up with WM on. I was so surprised because I've gotten used to seeing the red and green hanboks up instead and it took me a second to actually process that this was finally it lol.

Comment by Yhoundey

after ca 5 month of camping and spottchecking, it spawned today on blackrock EU.

Comment by shaych03

spawned today on Thorium Brotherhood.

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Formal Dangui

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Item Level 1
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Use: Add this appearance to your Warband collection.

Sell Price: 1 42 50

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This item can be purchased in Moonglade .

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