Can Plans: Protector's Chain Helm be bought on the auction house?

No. It binds when picked up, so it is earned as a drop, quest reward, or vendor purchase and cannot be traded or listed.

How much does Plans: Protector's Chain Helm cost on the auction house?

Normal Alliance US is scanned, but no scan has caught a listing of it there yet. The price appears here after the first scan that does; vendors pay 5s.

Is Plans: Protector's Chain Helm new in WoW Forever?

Yes. It exists in Forever and has no entry in the Classic Era catalog, so it is a Forever addition.

Plans: Protector's Chain Helm

Rare blacksmithing · item level 30 · id 251352 · new in Forever

Normal Alliance USscanned 1 h ago

New in World of Warcraft: Forever: this item is not in Classic Era and first appears in Forever (build 1.60.1.70862). Added in pre-launch patch 1.60.1 (build 70755) on 2026-11-03.

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The floor and the ceiling until the auction house opens: no one lists below the vendor price for long, and nothing crafted sells under its reagents. Auction prices for Normal Alliance US appear on this page the moment a scan catches a listing.

Latest price · Normal Alliance US

Normal Alliance US is scanned, but no scan has caught a listing of Plans: Protector's Chain Helm there yet. Its price appears here after the first scan that does. Have the addon and you can check the house yourself.

About Plans: Protector's Chain Helm

Plans: Protector's Chain Helm is a rare blacksmithing recipe new in World of Warcraft: Forever: it exists in Forever and was not part of Classic Era. It has item level 30, requires Blacksmithing 125 and binds when picked up. Use: Learning. Its item level places it 87th of 195 new blacksmithing items in Forever. Sold by vendors for 25s, who buy it back for 5s.

The item reads: "Teaches you how to craft Protector's Chain Helm."

Quick answers

What is Plans: Protector's Chain Helm?: Plans: Protector's Chain Helm is a rare blacksmithing recipe new in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 25s.
Can Plans: Protector's Chain Helm be bought on the auction house?: No. It binds when picked up, so it is earned as a drop, quest reward, or vendor purchase and cannot be traded or listed.
What does Plans: Protector's Chain Helm do?: Use: Learning.
How much does Plans: Protector's Chain Helm cost on the auction house?: Normal Alliance US is scanned, but no scan has caught a listing of it there yet. The price appears here after the first scan that does; vendors pay 5s.
Is Plans: Protector's Chain Helm new in WoW Forever?: Yes. It exists in Forever and has no entry in the Classic Era catalog, so it is a Forever addition.

Details

Class: Recipe
Subclass: Blacksmithing
Quality: rare
Item level: 30
Requires skill: Blacksmithing 125
Binding: Binds when picked up
Vendor sell: 5s
Vendor buy: 25s
Blizzard item id: 251352
Catalog status: New in WoW Forever (absent from Classic Era)
Client build: 1.60.1 (build 70862)

Where it comes from

Not tradeable. It binds when picked up, so it is earned in play and never listed on the auction house.
Vendors sell it for 25s and buy it back for 5s. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
Dropped by
- creature 4829 in Blackfathom Deeps (Aku'mai's Lair)3% of 64 looted
Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 4829 in Blackfathom Deeps (Aku'mai's Lair) at 3% of 64 loot windows.
Sources are what 2 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.

Seen inside Blackfathom Deeps.