Where do you buy Staff of the Shade?

Vendors sell it for 2g 50s 82c and buy it back for 50s 16c. 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 Staff of the Shade cost on the auction house?

About 5g at the median on Normal Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 02:57 UTC. Across the 12 Forever markets with a price it runs from 1g 50s on Normal Horde EU to 7g 25s on PvP Alliance US.

How fast does Staff of the Shade sell on the auction house?

Sells slowly on Normal Alliance US: under one sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 14 days. AHledger estimates it from consecutive scans of the auction house; a cancelled listing can look like a sale, so the figure is a guide.

Staff of the Shade

Rare staff two-hand weapon · item level 27 · requires 22 · id 2549

Normal Alliance USscanned 14 min ago

In the Classic Era catalog but not in World of Warcraft: Forever.

AlsoDeals on Normal Alliance US Best hours to buy and sell

Latest price · Normal Alliance US

Live

Min buyout

3 50

Median

Units listed

vs 7d median

37.5%

Auction house salesSells slowly on Normal Alliance US, under one sold a day. The current listings clear in about 14 days.

Estimated from 23 hours of scans this week: how it works

Addon scan · 14 min ago

Min buyout is the cheapest listing per unit; median is the middle price across all units and the one to trade on. How to read this page.

Price history · 30d · Normal Alliance US

Addon scan · 14 min ago

Price history · 7d · Normal Alliance US

Addon scan · 14 min ago

Across markets

Cheapest on PvP Horde CN at 1g 30s; deepest supply on PvP Horde CN with 31 listed. Buying at 1g 45s on PvP Horde US and selling at the PvP Alliance US median of 7g 25s through the neutral house leaves +4g 71s 25c a unit after its 15 percent cut.

Market	Min buyout	Median	Units	30d median
Normal Alliance US	3g 50s	5g	7	8g
Normal Horde US	1g 75s	2g 35s	19	3g 2s 68c
PvP Alliance US	6g 55s	7g 25s	10	11g 45s
PvP Horde US	1g 45s	1g 90s	25	3g 46s 26c
Normal Alliance EU	3g	3g	9	5g 58s 30c
Normal Horde EU	1g 50s	1g 50s	6	5g 21s 33c
PvP Alliance EU	3g 80s	4g 55s	13	4g 69s 67c
PvP Horde EU	2g 25s	3g 50s	11	3g 41s 25c
RP Alliance EU	-	-	0	1g 98s
Normal Alliance CN	2g	2g	2	2g 93s 75c
Normal Horde CN	3g 88s	4g 10s	7	5g 55s
PvP Horde CN	1g 30s	1g 69s	31	1g 69s 75c
RP PvP Horde US	1g 76s	1g 76s	1	1g 76s

About Staff of the Shade

Staff of the Shade is a rare staff two-hand weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. It has item level 27 and requires character level 22. Sold by vendors for 2g 50s 82c, who buy it back for 50s 16c.

Quick answers

What is Staff of the Shade?: Staff of the Shade is a rare staff two-hand weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 2g 50s 82c.
Where do you buy Staff of the Shade?: Vendors sell it for 2g 50s 82c and buy it back for 50s 16c. 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 Staff of the Shade cost on the auction house?: About 5g at the median on Normal Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 02:57 UTC. Across the 12 Forever markets with a price it runs from 1g 50s on Normal Horde EU to 7g 25s on PvP Alliance US.
Is Staff of the Shade different in Forever than in Classic Era?: No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.
How fast does Staff of the Shade sell on the auction house?: Sells slowly on Normal Alliance US: under one sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 14 days. AHledger estimates it from consecutive scans of the auction house; a cancelled listing can look like a sale, so the figure is a guide.

Classic Era vs Forever

Unchanged from Classic Era: Staff of the Shade 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.

Details

Class: Weapon
Subclass: Staff
Quality: rare
Slot: Two-Hand
Item level: 27
Requires level: 22
Vendor sell: 50s 16c
Vendor buy: 2g 50s 82c
Blizzard item id: 2549

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Where it comes from

Vendors sell it for 2g 50s 82c and buy it back for 50s 16c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
Disenchants into Large Glimmering Shard, worth about 18s 44c on Normal Alliance US today. Odds below.

Disenchants into

Large Glimmering Shardalways18s 44c

Expected value 18s 44c per disenchant at Normal Alliance US medians.

Selling the materials on: Large Glimmering Shard about 48 a day, listings clear in about 3 days. Expect to wait about 3 days for the Large Glimmering Shard to move.

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

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