Steel Bar

What is Steel Bar?

Steel Bar is a common metal & stone item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Used in 41 recipes including Hard Gold Cuirass and Golden Scale Shoulders.

How do you get Steel Bar?

It is crafted by Mining at skill 125 from 1 Coal and 1 Iron Bar; the recipe comes from a trainer.

What is Steel Bar used for?

It is a reagent in 41 Forever recipes, including Hard Gold Cuirass, Golden Scale Shoulders and Hard Gold Boots and others.

How much does Steel Bar cost on the auction house?

About 29s at the median on Normal Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-10-22 17:44 UTC. Across the 2 Forever markets with a price it runs from 29s on Normal Alliance US to 35s 95c on PvP Horde US.

Is Steel Bar different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

What is the best thing to craft with Steel Bar?

At the current medians on Normal Alliance US, Golden Scale Shoulders (Blacksmithing) pays the most of the recipes that use it: +43s 7c a craft after the auction house cut.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Steel Bar 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

Metal & Stone

Quality

common

Item level

35

Stack size

20

Vendor sell

60c

Vendor buy

2s 40c

Blizzard item id

3859

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70707)

• Vendors sell it for 2s 40c and buy it back for 60c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Crafted by Mining at skill 125; the recipe comes from a trainer. Reagents below.
• Consumed by 41 recipes, which is where its demand comes from.

• Smelt Steel · Mining 125 · trainer
  • 1× Coal
  • 1× Iron Bar