What is Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw?

Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw is a common cooking recipe in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 4s. It has item level 15 and requires Cooking 85.

Where do you buy Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw?

Vendors sell it for 4s and buy it back for 1s. 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 Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw cost on the auction house?

About 80s at the median on PvP Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 06:13 UTC. Across the 14 Forever markets with a price it runs from 2s on Normal Alliance US to 5g on Normal Horde US.

Is Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw different in Forever than in Classic Era?

No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.

How fast does Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw sell on the auction house?

Sells slowly on PvP Horde US: about 1 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 6 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.

Where is the best place to farm Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw?

Of the sources players have reported, Thistle Bear in Darkshore drops it most often: 3% of 287 loot windows.

Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw

Common cooking · item level 15 · id 2698

PvP Horde USscanned 4 min ago

Unchanged from Classic Era in World of Warcraft: Forever (build 1.60.1.70862): same item level, requirements, quality and vendor price. Every item changed from Classic Era.

AlsoSeen in Stormwind City Deals on PvP Horde US Best hours to buy and sell

Latest price · PvP Horde US

Live

Min buyout

Median

Units listed

vs 7d median

4.0%

Auction house salesSells slowly on PvP Horde US, about 1 sold a day. The current listings clear in about 6 days.

Estimated from 57 hours of scans this week: how it works

Addon scan · 4 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 · PvP Horde US

Addon scan · 4 min ago

Price history · 7d · PvP Horde US

Addon scan · 4 min ago

Across markets

Cheapest on Normal Alliance US at 2s; deepest supply on Normal Alliance US with 159 listed. Buying at 2s on Normal Alliance US and selling at the Normal Horde US median of 5g through the neutral house leaves +4g 23s a unit after its 15 percent cut.

Market	Min buyout	Median	Units	30d median
Normal Alliance US	2s	2s	159	2s
Normal Horde US	4g 60s	5g	3	1g 38s 29c
PvP Alliance US	2s	2s	114	2s
PvP Horde US	80s	80s	7	83s 30c
RP Alliance US	3s	3s	29	5s 86c
Normal Alliance EU	2s	2s	133	2s
Normal Horde EU	1g 80s	1g 80s	2	55s
PvP Alliance EU	2s	2s	102	1s 76c
PvP Horde EU	1g	1g	1	91s 7c
RP Alliance EU	3s	4s	23	7s 56c
Normal Alliance CN	2s	2s	35	2s
PvP Horde CN	1g 99s	2g	3	2g
RP PvP Alliance US	7s	7s	19	10s
RP PvP Alliance EU	3s	3s	22	4s

About Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw

Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw is a common cooking recipe in World of Warcraft: Forever. It has item level 15 and requires Cooking 85. Use: Learning. Sold by vendors for 4s, who buy it back for 1s.

The item reads: "Teaches you how to cook a Crab Claw."

Quick answers

What is Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw?: Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw is a common cooking recipe in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 4s. It has item level 15 and requires Cooking 85.
Where do you buy Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw?: Vendors sell it for 4s and buy it back for 1s. 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 does Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw do?: Use: Learning.
How much does Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw cost on the auction house?: About 80s at the median on PvP Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 06:13 UTC. Across the 14 Forever markets with a price it runs from 2s on Normal Alliance US to 5g on Normal Horde US.
Is Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw different in Forever than in Classic Era?: No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.
How fast does Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw sell on the auction house?: Sells slowly on PvP Horde US: about 1 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 6 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.
Where is the best place to farm Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw?: Of the sources players have reported, Thistle Bear in Darkshore drops it most often: 3% of 287 loot windows.

Classic Era vs Forever

Unchanged from Classic Era: Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw 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.

Details

Class: Recipe
Subclass: Cooking
Quality: common
Item level: 15
Requires skill: Cooking 85
Vendor sell: 1s
Vendor buy: 4s
Blizzard item id: 2698
Client build: 1.60.1 (build 70862)

Where it comes from

Vendors sell it for 4s and buy it back for 1s. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
Dropped by
- Thistle Bear in Darkshore3% of 287 looted
- Defias Trapper in Westfall0% of 1,105 looted
- Murloc Coastrunner in Westfall (Longshore)1% of 504 looted
- Defias Smuggler in Westfall0% of 1,254 looted
- Murloc Hunter in Westfall (Longshore)2% of 96 looted
and 11 more, each on its creature page.
Sold by Kendor Kabonka in Stormwind City (Old Town) for 3s 42c.
Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Thistle Bear in Darkshore at 3% of 287 loot windows.
Sources are what 9 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.

Seen inside Excavation Site: Wetlands.

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