Ancestral Orb

• +1 Intellect
• Binds when equipped

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

What is Ancestral Orb?

Ancestral Orb is an uncommon miscellaneous held in off-hand armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 20s 51c.

Where do you buy Ancestral Orb?

Vendors sell it for 20s 51c and buy it back for 5s 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 are the stats on Ancestral Orb?

+1 Intellect.

How much does Ancestral Orb cost on the auction house?

About 58s at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-10-22 21:01 UTC. Across the 3 Forever markets with a price it runs from 50s on Normal Alliance US to 70s on PvP Horde US.

Is Ancestral Orb 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 Ancestral Orb?

Of the sources players have reported, Lightning Hide in Durotar drops it most often: 1% of 84 loot windows.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Ancestral Orb 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.

Class

Armor

Subclass

Miscellaneous

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Held In Off-hand

Item level

12

Requires level

7

Binding

Binds when equipped

Vendor sell

5s 12c

Vendor buy

20s 51c

Blizzard item id

15944

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70707)

How to make gold at level 1 to 10

• Vendors sell it for 20s 51c and buy it back for 5s 12c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Al'Aketh Brawler in Zephras Isle (Gustberry Lowlands)1% of 87 looted
  • Lightning Hide in Durotar (Thunder Ridge)1% of 84 looted
  • Southsea Brigand in The Barrens (The Merchant Coast)1% of 150 looted
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Lightning Hide in Durotar (Thunder Ridge) at 1% of 84 loot windows.
• Sources are what one player running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
• It binds when equipped: tradeable until someone wears it, so each one sells once.
• Disenchants into Strange Dust, Lesser Magic Essence. Odds below.

• Zephras Isle
• Durotar
• The Barrens

• Strange Dust80% of the time · 1 to 2no price yet
• Lesser Magic Essence20% of the time · 1 to 2no price yet

Needs Enchanting. The materials are not priced on Normal Horde US yet, so no value is given.

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