Decapitating Sword

What is Decapitating Sword?

Decapitating Sword is an uncommon sword main-hand weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 1g 22s 62c.

Where do you buy Decapitating Sword?

Vendors sell it for 1g 22s 62c and buy it back for 24s 52c. 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 Decapitating Sword cost on the auction house?

About 25s at the median on PvP Alliance EU, from the scan at 2026-11-09 08:30 UTC. Across the 17 Forever markets with a price it runs from 25s on Normal Horde US to 50s on Normal Alliance US.

Is Decapitating Sword different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

How fast does Decapitating Sword sell on the auction house?

Sells slowly on PvP Alliance EU: about 13 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 4 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.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Decapitating 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

Main Hand

Item level

24

Requires level

19

Vendor sell

24s 52c

Vendor buy

1g 22s 62c

Blizzard item id

3740

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 1g 22s 62c and buy it back for 24s 52c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Syndicate Rogue in Hillsbrad Foothills (Durnholde Keep)2% of 193 looted
  • creature 4805 in Blackfathom Deeps1% of 237 looted
  • creature 1706 in Stormwind Stockade (Stormwind Stockade)1% of 246 looted
  • Blackrock Champion in Redridge Mountains (Render's Camp)1% of 291 looted
  • Shadowhide Warrior in Redridge Mountains (Galardell Valley)1% of 203 looted
  and 13 more, each on its creature page.
• Found in Large Iron Bound Chest in Stormwind Stockade (Stormwind Stockade) (seen 3 times).
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 4815 in Blackfathom Deeps (The Drowned Sacellum) at 2% of 48 loot windows.
• Sources are what 3 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 6s 67c on PvP Alliance EU today. Odds below.

Seen inside Stormwind Stockade, Blackfathom Deeps, Excavation Site: Wetlands, Razorfen Kraul.

• Hillsbrad Foothills
• Redridge Mountains
• Ashenvale
• Duskwood

• Strange Dust15% of the time · 4 to 690c
• Lesser Astral Essence75% of the time · 1 to 24s 94c
• Small Glimmering Shard10% of the time4s 38c

Expected value 6s 67c per disenchant at PvP Alliance EU medians.

Selling the materials on: Strange Dust about 7,600 a day, listings clear in under a day; Lesser Astral Essence about 310 a day, listings clear in under a day; Small Glimmering Shard about 480 a day, listings clear in about a day.

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