Ancestral Orb

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 6s at the median on PvP Alliance EU, from the scan at 2026-11-09 08:30 UTC. Across the 19 Forever markets with a price it runs from 6s on Normal Alliance US to 9s on RP PvP Alliance 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.

How fast does Ancestral Orb sell on the auction house?

Sells steadily on PvP Alliance EU: about 24 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about a day. AHledger estimates it from consecutive scans of the auction house; a cancelled listing can look like a sale, so the figure is a guide.

Where is the best place to farm Ancestral Orb?

Of the sources players have reported, Razormane Water Seeker in The Barrens drops it most often: 2% of 448 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 70862)

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
  • Razormane Water Seeker in The Barrens (Thorn Hill)2% of 448 looted
  • Hungry Bandit in Zephras Isle (Windfield Orchard)1% of 270 looted
  • Vile Sprite in Darkshore (Bashal'Aran)0% of 519 looted
  • Al'Aketh Brawler in Zephras Isle (Gustberry Lowlands)0% of 358 looted
  • Fleeting Plainstrider in The Barrens (The Forgotten Pools)0% of 634 looted
  and 11 more, each on its creature page.
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Razormane Water Seeker in The Barrens (Thorn Hill) at 2% of 448 loot windows.
• Sources are what 8 players 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, worth about 1s 37c on PvP Alliance EU today. Odds below.

Seen inside Excavation Site: Wetlands.

• The Barrens
• Zephras Isle
• Darkshore
• Durotar

• Strange Dust80% of the time · 1 to 290c
• Lesser Magic Essence20% of the time · 1 to 299c

Expected value 1s 37c per disenchant at PvP Alliance EU medians.

Selling the materials on: Strange Dust about 7,600 a day, listings clear in under a day; Lesser Magic Essence about 4,000 a day, listings clear in under a day.

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