Beaded Orb

What is Beaded Orb?

Beaded Orb is an uncommon miscellaneous held in off-hand armor piece in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 17s.

Where do you buy Beaded Orb?

Vendors sell it for 17s and buy it back for 4s 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 Beaded Orb cost on the auction house?

About 5s at the median on PvP Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-11-10 08:51 UTC. Across the 18 Forever markets with a price it runs from 5s on Normal Alliance US to 40s on PvP Alliance EU.

Is Beaded 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 Beaded Orb sell on the auction house?

Sells fast on PvP Alliance US: about 22 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in under 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 Beaded Orb?

Of the sources players have reported, Razormane Defender in The Barrens drops it most often: 1% of 525 loot windows.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Beaded Orb 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

Armor

Subclass

Miscellaneous

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Held In Off-hand

Item level

10

Requires level

5

Binding

Binds when equipped

Vendor sell

4s 25c

Vendor buy

17s

Blizzard item id

15969

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70862)

How to make gold at level 1 to 10

• Vendors sell it for 17s and buy it back for 4s 25c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Razormane Defender in The Barrens (Thorn Hill)1% of 525 looted
  • Al'Aketh Brawler in Zephras Isle (Gustberry Lowlands)0% of 401 looted
  • Greater Plainstrider in The Barrens (Thorn Hill)0% of 1,335 looted
  • Razormane Hunter in The Barrens (Thorn Hill)0% of 246 looted
  • Venomtail Scorpid in Durotar (Thunder Ridge)0% of 313 looted
  and 3 more, each on its creature page.
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Razormane Defender in The Barrens (Thorn Hill) at 1% of 525 loot windows.
• Sources are what 5 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 46c on PvP Alliance US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Excavation Site: Wetlands.

• The Barrens
• Zephras Isle
• Durotar
• Mulgore

• Strange Dust80% of the time · 1 to 297c
• Lesser Magic Essence20% of the time · 1 to 21s 1c

Expected value 1s 46c per disenchant at PvP Alliance US medians.

Selling the materials on: Strange Dust about 7,300 a day, listings clear in under a day; Lesser Magic Essence about 2,700 a day, listings clear in about a day.

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