An Old History Book

What is An Old History Book?

An Old History Book is a common quest item in World of Warcraft: Forever. It has item level 20, requires character level 20.

Can An Old History Book 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 An Old History Book 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.

Is An Old History Book 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 An Old History Book?

Of the sources players have reported, Bone Chewer in Duskwood drops it most often: 4% of 89 loot windows.

Unchanged from Classic Era: An Old History Book 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

Quest

Subclass

Quest

Quality

common

Item level

20

Requires level

20

Binding

Binds when picked up

Max owned

1

Starts a quest

yes

Blizzard item id

2794

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70862)

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Not tradeable. It binds when picked up, so it is earned in play and never listed on the auction house.
• Dropped by
  • Skeletal Mage in Duskwood (Tranquil Gardens Cemetery)2% of 323 looted
  • Bone Chewer in Duskwood (Raven Hill Cemetery)4% of 89 looted
  • Skeletal Horror in Duskwood0% of 469 looted
  • Skeletal Warrior in Duskwood (Tranquil Gardens Cemetery)0% of 431 looted
  • Fetid Corpse in Duskwood (Manor Mistmantle)1% of 82 looted
  and 3 more, each on its creature page.
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Bone Chewer in Duskwood (Raven Hill Cemetery) at 4% of 89 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.

• Duskwood