Northern Shortsword

What is Northern Shortsword?

Northern Shortsword is an uncommon sword one-hand weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 53s 50c.

Where do you buy Northern Shortsword?

Vendors sell it for 53s 50c and buy it back for 10s 70c. 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 Northern Shortsword cost on the auction house?

About 69s at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-10-23 16:18 UTC. Across the 4 Forever markets with a price it runs from 45s on PvP Horde US to 77s on PvP Alliance US.

Is Northern Shortsword 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: Northern Shortsword 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

Weapon

Subclass

Sword

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Weapon

Item level

18

Requires level

13

Vendor sell

10s 70c

Vendor buy

53s 50c

Blizzard item id

2078

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 53s 50c and buy it back for 10s 70c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • creature 3636 in Wailing Caverns (Screaming Gully)3% of 76 looted
  • Grimtotem Brute in Stonetalon Mountains (Grimtotem Post)2% of 64 looted
  • creature 3840 in Wailing Caverns (Crag of the Everliving)1% of 140 looted
  • creature 263397 in The Hall of Thanes (Dark Iron Ingress)seen 1 time
  • creature 250627 in Ruins of Lordaeron (Lordaeron Graveyard)4% of 26 looted
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 250627 in Ruins of Lordaeron (Lordaeron Graveyard) at 4% of 26 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.
• Disenchants into Strange Dust, Greater Magic Essence, Small Glimmering Shard, worth about 85s 35c on Normal Horde US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Wailing Caverns, The Hall of Thanes, Ruins of Lordaeron.

• Stonetalon Mountains

• Strange Dust20% of the time · 2 to 3no price yet
• Greater Magic Essence75% of the time · 1 to 275s 87c
• Small Glimmering Shard5% of the timeno price yet

Expected value 85s 35c per disenchant at Normal Horde US medians, counting only the priced materials. That is above the item's own median of 69s, so an enchanter can buy it to shard.

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