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 9s at the median on PvP Horde CN, from the scan at 2026-11-09 07:22 UTC. Across the 19 Forever markets with a price it runs from 9s on Normal Alliance US to 11s on RP 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.

Where is the best place to farm Raider Shortsword?

Of the sources players have reported, Moonrage Elder in Silverpine Forest drops it most often: 3% of 79 loot windows.

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
  • Ornery Plainstrider in The Barrens1% of 708 looted
  • Witchwing Slayer in The Barrens (The Dry Hills)1% of 804 looted
  • creature 263396 in The Hall of Thanes (Dark Iron Ingress)1% of 489 looted
  • Redridge Mongrel in Redridge Mountains (Three Corners)1% of 509 looted
  • Reef Crawler in Darkshore (Twilight Shore)2% of 302 looted
  and 31 more, each on its creature page.
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Moonrage Elder in Silverpine Forest (Pyrewood Village) at 3% of 79 loot windows.
• Sources are what 9 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 5s 68c on PvP Horde CN today. Odds below.

Seen inside The Hall of Thanes, Ragefire Chasm, Ruins of Lordaeron, Excavation Site: Wetlands.

• The Barrens
• Redridge Mountains
• Darkshore
• Kalimdor

• Strange Dust20% of the time · 2 to 31s 15c
• Greater Magic Essence75% of the time · 1 to 24s 32c
• Small Glimmering Shard5% of the time5s 8c

Expected value 5s 68c per disenchant at PvP Horde CN medians.

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