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Short Ash Bow

Uncommon bow ranged weapon · item level 23 · requires 18 · id 3039

PvP Horde USscanned

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

Latest price · PvP Horde US

Live
Min buyout
18s
Median
18s
Units listed
46
vs 7d median
down 9.4%

Auction house salesSells steadily on PvP Horde US, about 27 sold a day. The current listings clear in about 2 days.

Estimated from 58 hours of scans this week: how it works

Addon scan · 3 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 · 3 min ago

Price history · 7d · PvP Horde US

Addon scan · 3 min ago

Across markets

Cheapest on PvP Horde CN at 17s; deepest supply on Normal Horde US with 49 listed. Buying at 24s on Normal Alliance CN and selling at the Normal Horde CN median of 65s through the neutral house leaves +31s 25c a unit after its 15 percent cut.

MarketMin buyoutMedianUnits
Normal Alliance US23s25s39
Normal Horde US19s25s49
PvP Alliance US19s20s43
PvP Horde US18s18s46
RP Alliance US30s30s22
RP Horde US35s35s6
Normal Alliance EU23s30s29
Normal Horde EU21s21s43
PvP Alliance EU18s19s16
PvP Horde EU18s19s21
RP Alliance EU47s48s11
RP Horde EU25s25s3
Normal Alliance CN24s24s18
Normal Horde CN30s65s23
PvP Horde CN17s18s45
RP PvP Alliance US--0
RP PvP Horde US24s25s25
RP PvP Alliance EU23s25s11
RP PvP Horde EU25s25s1

About Short Ash Bow

Short Ash Bow is an uncommon bow ranged weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. It has item level 23 and requires character level 18. Sold by vendors for 80s 52c, who buy it back for 16s 10c.

Quick answers

What is Short Ash Bow?
Short Ash Bow is an uncommon bow ranged weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 80s 52c.
Where do you buy Short Ash Bow?
Vendors sell it for 80s 52c and buy it back for 16s 10c. 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 Short Ash Bow cost on the auction house?
About 18s at the median on PvP Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 07:06 UTC. Across the 18 Forever markets with a price it runs from 18s on PvP Horde US to 65s on Normal Horde CN.
Is Short Ash Bow different in Forever than in Classic Era?
No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.
How fast does Short Ash Bow sell on the auction house?
Sells steadily on PvP Horde US: about 27 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 Short Ash Bow?
Of the sources players have reported, Fallenroot Rogue in Kalimdor drops it most often: 5% of 20 loot windows.

Classic Era vs Forever

Unchanged from Classic Era: Short Ash Bow 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
Bow
Quality
uncommon
Slot
Ranged
Item level
23
Requires level
18
Vendor sell
16s 10c
Vendor buy
80s 52c
Blizzard item id
3039

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

Where it comes from

  • Vendors sell it for 80s 52c and buy it back for 16s 10c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
  • Dropped byand 2 more, each on its creature page.
  • Found in Solid Chest in Wetlands (Thelgen Rock) (8% of 24 looted).
  • Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Fallenroot Rogue in Kalimdor (Blackfathom Deeps) at 5% of 20 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.
  • Disenchants into Strange Dust, Lesser Astral Essence, Small Glimmering Shard, worth about 8s 5c on PvP Horde US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Wailing Caverns, Blackfathom Deeps, Shadowfang Keep, Stormwind Stockade.

Disenchants into

Expected value 8s 5c 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 Astral Essence about 220 a day, listings clear in about 4 days; Small Glimmering Shard about 500 a day, listings clear in about 2 days. Expect to wait about 4 days for the Lesser Astral Essence to move.

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

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