Raider Shortsword

What is Raider Shortsword?

Raider Shortsword is an uncommon sword one-hand weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 41s 28c.

Where do you buy Raider Shortsword?

Vendors sell it for 41s 28c and buy it back for 8s 25c. 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.

How much does Raider Shortsword cost on the auction house?

About 19s at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-10-23 16:18 UTC. Across the 4 Forever markets with a price it runs from 19s on Normal Horde US to 1g on PvP Alliance US.

Is Raider Shortsword different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

Unchanged from Classic Era: Raider Shortsword 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

Weapon

Subclass

Sword

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Weapon

Item level

16

Requires level

11

Vendor sell

8s 25c

Vendor buy

41s 28c

Blizzard item id

15210

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 41s 28c and buy it back for 8s 25c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • creature 250622 in Ruins of Lordaeron (Lordaeron Graveyard)7% of 30 looted
  • creature 263466 in The Hall of Thanes (Reliquary of Kings)seen 2 times
  • Witchwing Harpy in The Barrens (The Dry Hills)1% of 192 looted
  • Reef Crawler in Darkshore (Twilight Shore)2% of 61 looted
  • creature 263396 in The Hall of Thanes (Dark Iron Ingress)1% of 81 looted
  and 2 more, each on its creature page.
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 250622 in Ruins of Lordaeron (Lordaeron Graveyard) at 7% of 30 loot windows.
• Sources are what 2 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
• Disenchants into Strange Dust, Greater Magic Essence, Small Glimmering Shard, worth about 85s 35c on Normal Horde US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Ruins of Lordaeron, The Hall of Thanes.

• The Barrens
• Darkshore

• Strange Dust20% of the time · 2 to 3no price yet
• Greater Magic Essence75% of the time · 1 to 275s 87c
• Small Glimmering Shard5% of the timeno price yet

Expected value 85s 35c per disenchant at Normal Horde US medians, counting only the priced materials. That is above the item's own median of 19s, so an enchanter can buy it to shard.

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