Short Bastard Sword

What is Short Bastard Sword?

Short Bastard Sword is an uncommon sword two-hand weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 24s 79c.

Where do you buy Short Bastard Sword?

Vendors sell it for 24s 79c and buy it back for 4s 95c. 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 Bastard Sword cost on the auction house?

About 5s at the median on RP Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 05:51 UTC. Across the 19 Forever markets with a price it runs from 5s on Normal Alliance US to 5s on RP PvP Horde EU.

Is Short Bastard Sword 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 Short Bastard Sword?

Of the sources players have reported, Vagash in Dun Morogh drops it most often: 8% of 61 loot windows.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Short Bastard Sword 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

Sword

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Two-Hand

Item level

12

Requires level

7

Vendor sell

4s 95c

Vendor buy

24s 79c

Blizzard item id

3192

How to make gold at level 1 to 10

• Vendors sell it for 24s 79c and buy it back for 4s 95c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Moonrage Whitescalp in Silverpine Forest1% of 412 looted
  • Swoop in Mulgore (The Rolling Plains)6% of 90 looted
  • Vagash in Dun Morogh (Amberstill Ranch)8% of 61 looted
  • Moonrage Watcher in Silverpine Forest (Pyrewood Village)3% of 122 looted
  • Greater Plainstrider in The Barrens0% of 1,113 looted
  and 30 more, each on its creature page.
• Found in Battered Chest in The Barrens (Lushwater Oasis) (2% of 104 looted).
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Vagash in Dun Morogh (Amberstill Ranch) at 8% of 61 loot windows.
• Sources are what 6 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 88c on RP Alliance US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Ragefire Chasm, Excavation Site: Wetlands.

• Silverpine Forest
• Mulgore
• Dun Morogh
• The Barrens

• Strange Dust20% of the time · 1 to 21s
• Lesser Magic Essence80% of the time · 1 to 21s 32c

Expected value 1s 88c per disenchant at RP Alliance US medians.

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