Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword
Common blacksmithing · item level 32 · id 12162
Normal Alliance EUscanned
Unchanged from Classic Era in World of Warcraft: Forever (build 1.60.1.70862): same item level, requirements, quality and vendor price. Every item changed from Classic Era.
Latest price · Normal Alliance EU
LiveAuction house salesSells fast on Normal Alliance EU, about 3 sold a day. The current listings clear in under a day.
Addon scan · 11 min ago
Min buyout is the cheapest listing per unit; median is the middle price across all units and the one to trade on. How to read this page.
Price history · 30d · Normal Alliance EU
Addon scan · 11 min ago
Price history · 7d · Normal Alliance EU
Addon scan · 11 min ago
Across markets
Cheapest on RP Alliance US at 30s; deepest supply on Normal Horde US with 9 listed. Buying at 45s on Normal Alliance EU and selling at the Normal Horde EU median of 90s through the neutral house leaves +31s 50c a unit after its 15 percent cut.
| Market | Min buyout | Median | Units | 30d median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal Alliance US | 55s | 55s | 3 | 55s |
| Normal Horde US | 66s | 66s | 9 | 88s 53c |
| PvP Alliance US | 42s | 42s | 2 | 60s 96c |
| PvP Horde US | - | - | 0 | 30s |
| RP Alliance US | 30s | 30s | 1 | 52s 50c |
| Normal Alliance EU | 45s | 45s | 2 | 64s |
| Normal Horde EU | 90s | 90s | 9 | 92s 32c |
| PvP Alliance EU | - | - | 0 | 74s 50c |
| PvP Horde EU | 44s | 44s | 4 | 46s 41c |
| RP Alliance EU | - | - | 0 | 40s |
| RP Horde EU | - | - | 0 | 40s |
| Normal Alliance CN | 88s | 88s | 1 | 1g |
| PvP Horde CN | 50s | 50s | 3 | 73s 50c |
| RP PvP Horde US | 80s | 80s | 1 | 80s |
| RP PvP Horde EU | - | - | 0 | 1g 7s 66c |
About Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword
Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword is a common blacksmithing recipe in World of Warcraft: Forever. It has item level 32 and requires Blacksmithing 135. Use: Learning. Sold by vendors for 30s, who buy it back for 7s 50c.
The item reads: "Teaches you how to make a Hardened Iron Shortsword."
Quick answers
- What is Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword?
- Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword is a common blacksmithing recipe in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 30s.
- Where do you buy Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword?
- Vendors sell it for 30s and buy it back for 7s 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 does Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword do?
- Use: Learning.
- How much does Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword cost on the auction house?
- About 45s at the median on Normal Alliance EU, from the scan at 2026-11-09 09:22 UTC. Across the 10 Forever markets with a price it runs from 30s on RP Alliance US to 90s on Normal Horde EU.
- Is Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword different in Forever than in Classic Era?
- No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.
- How fast does Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword sell on the auction house?
- Sells fast on Normal Alliance EU: about 3 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.
Classic Era vs Forever
Unchanged from Classic Era: Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword 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.
Details
- Class
- Recipe
- Subclass
- Blacksmithing
- Quality
- common
- Item level
- 32
- Requires skill
- Blacksmithing 135
- Vendor sell
- 7s 50c
- Vendor buy
- 30s
- Blizzard item id
- 12162
- Client build
- 1.60.1 (build 70862)
Where it comes from
- Vendors sell it for 30s and buy it back for 7s 50c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
- Sold by Kaita Deepforge in Stormwind City (Dwarven District) for 24s 30c, Jutak in Stranglethorn Vale (Booty Bay) for 27s, Sumi in Orgrimmar (Valley of Honor) for 30s.
- Sources are what 17 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
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