Heavy Shortbow

What is Heavy Shortbow?

Heavy Shortbow is an uncommon bow ranged weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 25s 78c.

Where do you buy Heavy Shortbow?

Vendors sell it for 25s 78c and buy it back for 5s 15c. 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 Heavy Shortbow cost on the auction house?

About 6s at the median on PvP Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 07:40 UTC. Across the 19 Forever markets with a price it runs from 6s on Normal Alliance US to 8s on Normal Horde CN.

Is Heavy Shortbow different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

How fast does Heavy Shortbow sell on the auction house?

Sells steadily on PvP Horde US: about 110 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 2 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 Heavy Shortbow?

Of the sources players have reported, Deviate Stalker in Kalimdor drops it most often: 6% of 107 loot windows.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Heavy Shortbow 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

Bow

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Ranged

Item level

15

Requires level

10

Vendor sell

5s 15c

Vendor buy

25s 78c

Blizzard item id

3036

How to make gold at level 1 to 10

• Vendors sell it for 25s 78c and buy it back for 5s 15c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • creature 11323 in Ragefire Chasm2% of 500 looted
  • Rabid Thistle Bear in Darkshore1% of 1,056 looted
  • creature 11322 in Ragefire Chasm1% of 730 looted
  • Deviate Stalker in Kalimdor (Wailing Caverns)6% of 107 looted
  • creature 250626 in Ruins of Lordaeron (Market Street)1% of 483 looted
  and 35 more, each on its creature page.
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Deviate Stalker in Kalimdor (Wailing Caverns) at 6% of 107 loot windows.
• Sources are what 11 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
• Disenchants into Strange Dust, Lesser Magic Essence, worth about 1s 51c on PvP Horde US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Ragefire Chasm, Ruins of Lordaeron, The Hall of Thanes, Excavation Site: Wetlands.

• Darkshore
• Kalimdor
• Westfall
• Stonetalon Mountains

• Strange Dust20% of the time · 1 to 294c
• Lesser Magic Essence80% of the time · 1 to 21s 3c

Expected value 1s 51c per disenchant at PvP Horde US medians.

Selling the materials on: Strange Dust about 8,500 a day, listings clear in under a day; Lesser Magic Essence about 3,200 a day, listings clear in under a day.

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