Shadowgem

What is Shadowgem?

Shadowgem is an uncommon trade goods item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Used in 43 recipes including Guard's Chain Belt and Guard's Chain Shirt.

Where do you buy Shadowgem?

Vendors sell it for 10s and buy it back for 2s 50c. 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 is Shadowgem used for?

It is a reagent in 43 Forever recipes, including Guard's Chain Belt, Guard's Chain Shirt and Guard's Chain Leggings and others.

How much does Shadowgem cost on the auction house?

About 3s 19c at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-10-22 21:01 UTC. Across the 3 Forever markets with a price it runs from 2s 64c on Normal Alliance US to 3s 97c on PvP Horde US.

Is Shadowgem different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

What is the best thing to craft with Shadowgem?

At the current medians on Normal Horde US, Rough Bronze Shoulders (Blacksmithing) pays the most of the recipes that use it: -45s 94c a craft after the auction house cut.

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

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

Class

Trade Goods

Subclass

Other

Quality

uncommon

Item level

20

Stack size

20

Vendor sell

2s 50c

Vendor buy

10s

Blizzard item id

1210

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70707)

• Vendors sell it for 10s and buy it back for 2s 50c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Consumed by 43 recipes, which is where its demand comes from.
• Dropped by
  • creature 3840 in Wailing Caverns (Pit of Fangs)6% of 140 looted
  • Blackrock Grunt in Redridge Mountains (Render's Valley)2% of 198 looted
  • Stormscale Sorceress in Darkshore (Ruins of Mathystra)7% of 54 looted
  • creature 641 in Deadmines (Mast Room)14% of 28 looted
  • Kolkar Marauder in The Barrens6% of 54 looted
  and 21 more, each on its creature page.
• Found in Copper Vein in Elwynn Forest (Stone Cairn Lake) (2% of 161 looted), Battered Chest in Darkshore (Remtravel's Excavation) (seen 2 times), Copper Vein in The Barrens (Agama'gor) (4% of 50 looted), Copper Vein in Westfall (seen 1 time), Tin Vein in Wetlands (Thelgen Rock) (3% of 37 looted), Bloated Oily Blackmouth (70% of 27 looted).
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 641 in Deadmines (Mast Room) at 14% of 28 loot windows, about 140 kills for a stack of 20. A stack sells for 63s 80c at the median on Normal Horde US.
• Sources are what 6 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.

Seen inside Wailing Caverns, Deadmines, Ruins of Lordaeron.

• The Barrens
• Redridge Mountains
• Darkshore
• Elwynn Forest