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 70c at the median on Normal Horde, from the scan at 2026-10-06 18:08 UTC. Across the 4 Forever markets with a price it runs from 2s 70c on PvP Alliance to 3s 70c on Normal Horde.

Is Shadowgem different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

How fast does Shadowgem sell on the auction house?

Sells fast on Normal Horde: about 400 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in under a day. AHledger estimates it from consecutive scans of the auction house; a cancelled listing can look like a sale, so the figure is a guide.

Where is the best place to farm Shadowgem?

Of the sources players have reported, Twilight Disciple in Darkshore drops it most often: 9% of 22 loot windows. A stack of 20 takes about 220 kills at that rate, and sells for 74s at the median on Normal Horde.

What is the best thing to craft with Shadowgem?

At the current medians on Normal Horde, Goblin Jumper Cables (Engineering) pays the most of the recipes that use it: +8g 38s 36c a craft after the auction house cut. 3 of its 43 recipes pay at the median right now.

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

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 70235)

• 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
  • Blackrock Grunt in Redridge Mountains (Render's Valley)3% of 126 looted
  • Syndicate Watchman in Hillsbrad Foothills (Durnholde Keep)3% of 112 looted
  • Venture Co. Logger in Stonetalon Mountains (Windshear Crag)3% of 78 looted
  • Twilight Disciple in Darkshore (The Master's Glaive)9% of 22 looted
  • Redridge Basher in Redridge Mountains (Redridge Canyons)1% of 100 looted
  and 3 more, each on its creature page.
• Found in Tin Vein in Wetlands (Thelgen Rock) (seen 1 time), an object in Tirisfal Glades (3% of 29 looted), Plaguefang (seen 1 time).
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Twilight Disciple in Darkshore (The Master's Glaive) at 9% of 22 loot windows, about 220 kills for a stack of 20. A stack sells for 74s at the median on Normal Horde.
• Sources are what 4 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.

• Redridge Mountains
• Hillsbrad Foothills
• Stonetalon Mountains
• Darkshore