Big Bear Meat

What is Big Bear Meat?

Big Bear Meat is a common cooking item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Used in 3 recipes including Big Bear Steak and Bear Brisket.

Where do you buy Big Bear Meat?

Vendors sell it for 1s 80c and buy it back for 45c. 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 is Big Bear Meat used for?

It is a reagent in 3 Forever recipes, including Big Bear Steak, Bear Brisket and Bear Bruscitti.

How much does Big Bear Meat cost on the auction house?

About 1s 40c at the median on PvP Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 06:13 UTC. Across the 18 Forever markets with a price it runs from 76c on Normal Alliance CN to 3s 50c on RP Alliance US.

Is Big Bear Meat different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

How fast does Big Bear Meat sell on the auction house?

Sells steadily on PvP Horde US: about 1,900 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 Big Bear Meat?

Of the sources players have reported, Ashenvale Bear in Ashenvale drops it most often: 31% of 197 loot windows. A stack of 20 takes about 64 kills at that rate, and sells for 28s at the median on PvP Horde US.

What is the best thing to craft with Big Bear Meat?

At the current medians on PvP Horde US, Bear Brisket (Cooking) pays the most of the recipes that use it: +99c a craft after the auction house cut.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Big Bear Meat 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

Trade Goods

Subclass

Cooking

Quality

common

Item level

21

Stack size

20

Vendor sell

45c

Vendor buy

1s 80c

Blizzard item id

3730

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70862)

• Vendors sell it for 1s 80c and buy it back for 45c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Consumed by 3 recipes, which is where its demand comes from.
• Dropped by
  • Vicious Gray Bear in Hillsbrad Foothills (Darrow Hill)28% of 751 looted
  • Gray Bear in Hillsbrad Foothills (Tarren Mill)30% of 453 looted
  • Ashenvale Bear in Ashenvale (Iris Lake)31% of 197 looted
  • Elder Gray Bear in Hillsbrad Foothills (Hillsbrad Fields)29% of 189 looted
  • Maddened Rotclaw in Wetlands (The Green Belt)14% of 44 looted
  and 5 more, each on its creature page.
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Ashenvale Bear in Ashenvale (Iris Lake) at 31% of 197 loot windows, about 64 kills for a stack of 20. A stack sells for 28s at the median on PvP Horde US.
• Sources are what 41 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.

• Hillsbrad Foothills
• Ashenvale
• Wetlands
• Alterac Mountains