Hardened Iron Shortsword

• 21 - 39 Damage
• Speed 1.80 · 16.7 damage per second
• +5 Stamina
• Binds when equipped
• Durability 75 / 75

Computed from Forever's item data, the same way the game builds the tooltip. Beta values can change before launch.

What is Hardened Iron Shortsword?

Hardened Iron Shortsword is an uncommon sword one-hand weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 2g 73s 40c.

How do you get Hardened Iron Shortsword?

It is crafted by Blacksmithing at skill 120 from 6 Iron Bar, 3 Heavy Leather, 2 Lesser Moonstone, 2 Strong Flux and 1 Heavy Grinding Stone; the recipe comes from a trainer.

What are the stats on Hardened Iron Shortsword?

21 to 39 damage at 1.80 speed, 16.7 DPS; +5 Stamina.

How much does Hardened Iron Shortsword cost on the auction house?

About 4g 69s at the median on PvP Alliance, from the scan at 2026-10-06 17:28 UTC. Across the 3 Forever markets with a price it runs from 1g 83s on Normal Horde to 4g 69s on PvP Alliance.

Is Hardened Iron Shortsword different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

How fast does Hardened Iron Shortsword sell on the auction house?

Sells steadily on PvP Alliance: about 1 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 3 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: Hardened Iron Shortsword keeps the same item level, requirements, stats, and vendor prices in the Forever beta.

Era values from Blizzard's Game Data API; Forever values from Forever's game data.

Class

Weapon

Subclass

Sword

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Weapon

Item level

32

Requires level

27

Binding

Binds when equipped

Vendor sell

54s 68c

Vendor buy

2g 73s 40c

Blizzard item id

3849

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70235)

How to make gold at level 20 to 30

• Vendors sell it for 2g 73s 40c and buy it back for 54s 68c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Crafted by Blacksmithing at skill 120; the recipe comes from a trainer. Reagents below.
• It binds when equipped: tradeable until someone wears it, so each one sells once.
• Disenchants into Vision Dust, Lesser Mystic Essence, Small Glowing Shard, worth about 30s 16c on PvP Alliance today. Odds below.

• Hardened Iron Shortsword · Blacksmithing 120 · trainer
  • 6× Iron Bar
  • 3× Heavy Leather
  • 2× Lesser Moonstone
  • 2× Strong Flux
  • 1× Heavy Grinding Stone

• Vision Dust75% of the time · 1 to 224s
• Lesser Mystic Essence20% of the time · 1 to 28s 22c
• Small Glowing Shard5% of the time13s 95c

Expected value 30s 16c per disenchant at PvP Alliance medians.

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