Golden Skeleton Key

• Use: Allows opening of standard locks. The skeleton key is consumed in the process.

Computed from Forever's item data, the same way the game builds the tooltip. Beta values can change before launch.

What is Golden Skeleton Key?

Golden Skeleton Key is an uncommon consumable item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 12s.

How do you get Golden Skeleton Key?

It is crafted by Blacksmithing at skill 85 from 1 Gold Bar and 1 Heavy Grinding Stone; the recipe comes from a trainer.

What does Golden Skeleton Key do?

Use: Allows opening of standard locks. The skeleton key is consumed in the process..

How much does Golden Skeleton Key cost on the auction house?

On PvP Alliance the median buyout was 49s as of 2026-10-04 02:00 UTC. Other markets are listed on this page.

Is Golden Skeleton Key different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

Unchanged from Classic Era: Golden Skeleton Key keeps the same item level, requirements, stats, and vendor prices in the Forever beta.

Era values from Blizzard's Game Data API; Forever values from Forever's game data.

Class

Consumable

Subclass

Other

Quality

uncommon

Item level

30

Requires skill

Blacksmithing 125

Stack size

20

Vendor sell

3s

Vendor buy

12s

Blizzard item id

15870

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70205)

• Vendors sell it for 12s and buy it back for 3s. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Crafted by Blacksmithing at skill 85; the recipe comes from a trainer. Reagents below.

• Golden Skeleton Key · Blacksmithing 85 · makes 2 · trainer
  • 1× Gold Bar
  • 1× Heavy Grinding Stone