Dense Shortbow

What is Dense Shortbow?

Dense Shortbow is an uncommon bow ranged weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 2g 58s 14c.

Where do you buy Dense Shortbow?

Vendors sell it for 2g 58s 14c and buy it back for 51s 62c. It can also be listed on the auction house, and the vendors and zones players have seen it at are listed on this page as they are reported.

What are the stats on Dense Shortbow?

19 to 35 damage at 1.90 speed, 14.2 DPS; +3 Defense Rating.

How much does Dense Shortbow cost on the auction house?

About 2g 11s at the median on PvP Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 07:06 UTC. Across the 6 Forever markets with a price it runs from 1g 25s on RP Alliance US to 2g 50s on PvP Horde CN.

Is Dense Shortbow different in Forever than in Classic Era?

No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.

How fast does Dense Shortbow sell on the auction house?

Sells steadily on PvP Horde US: about 1 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 2 days. AHledger estimates it from consecutive scans of the auction house; a cancelled listing can look like a sale, so the figure is a guide.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Dense Shortbow keeps the same item level, requirements, stats, and vendor prices in Forever.

Era values from Blizzard's Game Data API; Forever values from Forever's game data.

Class

Weapon

Subclass

Bow

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Ranged

Item level

35

Requires level

30

Binding

Binds when equipped

Vendor sell

51s 62c

Vendor buy

2g 58s 14c

Blizzard item id

11305

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70862)

How to make gold at level 20 to 30

• Vendors sell it for 2g 58s 14c and buy it back for 51s 62c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Sold by Mu'uta in Arathi Highlands (Hammerfall) for 2g 32s 33c, Starn in Thousand Needles (Freewind Post) for 2g 32s 33c, Bhaldaran Ravenshade in Ashenvale (Silverwind Refuge) for 2g 32s 33c, vendor 2839 for 2g 58s 14c.
• Sources are what 6 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
• It binds when equipped: tradeable until someone wears it, so each one sells once.
• Disenchants into Soul Dust, Lesser Mystic Essence, Small Glowing Shard, worth about 12s 77c on PvP Horde US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Excavation Site: Wetlands.

• Arathi Highlands
• Thousand Needles
• Ashenvale
• Stranglethorn Vale

• Soul Dust20% of the time · 2 to 54s 85c
• Lesser Mystic Essence75% of the time · 1 to 27s 70c
• Small Glowing Shard5% of the time14s 34c

Expected value 12s 77c per disenchant at PvP Horde US medians.

Selling the materials on: Soul Dust about 1,200 a day, listings clear in under a day; Lesser Mystic Essence about 130 a day, listings clear in about 3 days; Small Glowing Shard about 85 a day, listings clear in about 3 days. Expect to wait about 3 days for the Lesser Mystic Essence to move.

Vanilla disenchant tables by quality and item level; the same estimate the addon shows in tooltips.