Runic Stave

• +2 Stamina
• +2 Spirit
• 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 Runic Stave?

Runic Stave is an uncommon miscellaneous held in off-hand armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 33s 51c.

Where do you buy Runic Stave?

Vendors sell it for 33s 51c and buy it back for 8s 37c. 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 Runic Stave?

+2 Stamina and +2 Spirit.

How much does Runic Stave cost on the auction house?

About 13s at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-10-23 16:18 UTC. Across the 2 Forever markets with a price it runs from 13s on Normal Horde US to 1g 4s on PvP Horde US.

Is Runic Stave 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: Runic Stave 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

18

Requires level

13

Binding

Binds when equipped

Vendor sell

8s 37c

Vendor buy

33s 51c

Blizzard item id

15945

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70685)

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 33s 51c and buy it back for 8s 37c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Grimtotem Ruffian in Stonetalon Mountains (Greatwood Vale)1% of 72 looted
  • Ornery Plainstrider in The Barrens1% of 137 looted
  • creature 11318 in Ragefire Chasm2% of 58 looted
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 11318 in Ragefire Chasm at 2% of 58 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, Greater Magic Essence, Small Glimmering Shard, worth about 22s 76c on Normal Horde US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Ragefire Chasm.

• Stonetalon Mountains
• The Barrens

• Strange Dust75% of the time · 2 to 3no price yet
• Greater Magic Essence20% of the time · 1 to 275s 87c
• Small Glimmering Shard5% of the timeno price yet

Expected value 22s 76c per disenchant at Normal Horde US medians, counting only the priced materials. That is above the item's own median of 13s, so an enchanter can buy it to shard.

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