Stock Shortsword

• 7 - 14 Damage
• Speed 1.80 · 5.8 damage per second
• Durability 55 / 55

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

What is Stock Shortsword?

Stock Shortsword is a poor-quality sword main-hand weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 25s 7c.

Where do you buy Stock Shortsword?

Vendors sell it for 25s 7c and buy it back for 5s 1c. 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 Stock Shortsword?

7 to 14 damage at 1.80 speed, 5.8 DPS.

How much does Stock Shortsword cost on the auction house?

About 6s at the median on Normal Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-10-23 12:33 UTC. Across the 3 Forever markets with a price it runs from 6s on Normal Alliance US to 10s on PvP Horde US.

Is Stock Shortsword 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 Stock Shortsword?

Of the sources players have reported, Redridge Basher in Redridge Mountains drops it most often: 5% of 111 loot windows.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Stock Shortsword 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

Weapon

Subclass

Sword

Quality

poor

Slot

Main Hand

Item level

19

Requires level

14

Vendor sell

5s 1c

Vendor buy

25s 7c

Blizzard item id

1817

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70707)

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 25s 7c and buy it back for 5s 1c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Redridge Basher in Redridge Mountains (Redridge Canyons)5% of 111 looted
  • creature 3840 in Wailing Caverns (Pit of Fangs)4% of 140 looted
  • Blackrock Outrunner in Redridge Mountains (Render's Valley)1% of 225 looted
  • Cracked Golem in Darkshore (Remtravel's Excavation)3% of 40 looted
  • Dalaran Watcher in Silverpine Forest (Ambermill)2% of 51 looted
  and 10 more, each on its creature page.
• Found in Large Battered Chest in Shadowfang Keep (Shadowfang Keep) (seen 1 time).
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Redridge Basher in Redridge Mountains (Redridge Canyons) at 5% of 111 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.

Seen inside Wailing Caverns, Shadowfang Keep, Ruins of Lordaeron, Deadmines.

• Redridge Mountains
• Darkshore
• Silverpine Forest
• Ashenvale