What is Tender Crab Meat?

Tender Crab Meat is a common cooking item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Used in 2 recipes including Briny Seafood Stew and Spiced Chili Crab.

Where do you buy Tender Crab Meat?

Vendors sell it for 4s 50c and buy it back for 1s 12c. 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 Tender Crab Meat used for?

It is a reagent in 2 Forever recipes, including Briny Seafood Stew and Spiced Chili Crab.

How much does Tender Crab Meat cost on the auction house?

About 40s 49c at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 04:02 UTC. Across the 15 Forever markets with a price it runs from 2s on RP PvP Horde US to 50s on RP Alliance US.

How fast does Tender Crab Meat sell on the auction house?

Sells slowly on Normal Horde US: about 28 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 9 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.

What is the best thing to craft with Tender Crab Meat?

At the current medians on Normal Horde US, Briny Seafood Stew (Cooking) pays the most of the recipes that use it: +53s 6c a craft after the auction house cut.

Tender Crab Meat

Common cooking · item level 40 · id 12206

Normal Horde USscanned 4 min ago

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.

AlsoUsed in Briny Seafood Stew Seen in Riverglades Deals on Normal Horde US Best hours to buy and sell

Latest price · Normal Horde US

Live

Min buyout

40 47

Median

40 49

8g 9s 80c a stack of 20

Units listed

253

vs 7d median

170.7%

Auction house salesSells slowly on Normal Horde US, about 28 sold a day. The current listings clear in about 9 days.

Estimated from 20 hours of scans this week: how it works

Addon scan · 4 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 Horde US

Addon scan · 4 min ago

Price history · 7d · Normal Horde US

Addon scan · 4 min ago

Across markets

Cheapest on RP PvP Horde US at 2s (40s a stack); deepest supply on PvP Horde EU with 585 listed. Buying at 13s 98c on PvP Horde EU and selling at the PvP Alliance EU median of 30s 99c through the neutral house leaves +12s 36c a unit after its 15 percent cut (2g 47s 23c a stack).

Market	Min buyout	Median	Units	30d median
Normal Alliance US	28s	28s	114	30s 89c
Normal Horde US	40s 47c	40s 49c	253	14s 96c
PvP Alliance US	27s 99c	28s	302	25s 52c
PvP Horde US	15s	19s 75c	136	31s 56c
RP Alliance US	50s	50s	11	50s
Normal Alliance EU	20s 99c	22s	372	20s 4c
Normal Horde EU	8s	8s	66	12s 20c
PvP Alliance EU	24s	30s 99c	459	30s
PvP Horde EU	13s 98c	15s 2c	585	30s 44c
RP Horde EU	15s	15s	2	15s
Normal Alliance CN	20s	20s	20	19s 25c
Normal Horde CN	10s	10s	59	10s
PvP Horde CN	12s 99c	14s	479	14s 94c
RP PvP Horde US	2s	2s	3	2s
RP PvP Horde EU	2s	2s	4	2s

About Tender Crab Meat

Tender Crab Meat is a common cooking item in World of Warcraft: Forever. It has item level 40 and stacks to 20. Sold by vendors for 4s 50c, who buy it back for 1s 12c.

It is a reagent in 2 recipes, including Briny Seafood Stew and Spiced Chili Crab.

Quick answers

What is Tender Crab Meat?: Tender Crab Meat is a common cooking item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Used in 2 recipes including Briny Seafood Stew and Spiced Chili Crab.
Where do you buy Tender Crab Meat?: Vendors sell it for 4s 50c and buy it back for 1s 12c. 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 Tender Crab Meat used for?: It is a reagent in 2 Forever recipes, including Briny Seafood Stew and Spiced Chili Crab.
How much does Tender Crab Meat cost on the auction house?: About 40s 49c at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 04:02 UTC. Across the 15 Forever markets with a price it runs from 2s on RP PvP Horde US to 50s on RP Alliance US.
Is Tender Crab Meat different in Forever than in Classic Era?: No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.
How fast does Tender Crab Meat sell on the auction house?: Sells slowly on Normal Horde US: about 28 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 9 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.
What is the best thing to craft with Tender Crab Meat?: At the current medians on Normal Horde US, Briny Seafood Stew (Cooking) pays the most of the recipes that use it: +53s 6c a craft after the auction house cut.

Classic Era vs Forever

Unchanged from Classic Era: Tender Crab Meat 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.

Details

Class: Trade Goods
Subclass: Cooking
Quality: common
Item level: 40
Stack size: 20
Vendor sell: 1s 12c
Vendor buy: 4s 50c
Blizzard item id: 12206
Client build: 1.60.1 (build 70862)

Where it comes from

Vendors sell it for 4s 50c and buy it back for 1s 12c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
Consumed by 2 recipes, which is where its demand comes from.
Dropped by
- Sand Crawler in Riverglades (Eastwind Shore)seen 3 times
Sources are what one player running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.

Riverglades

Used in 2 recipes

Best thing to make with it right now: Briny Seafood Stew (Cooking), +53s 6c a craft at the medians on Normal Horde US. Margins below are per craft, after the auction house cut; blank means a reagent is unpriced on this market.

1×Briny Seafood StewCooking 180+53s 6c
1×Spiced Chili CrabCooking 225

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