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?

On Normal Alliance the median buyout was 25s as of 2026-10-04 02:33 UTC. Other markets are listed on this page.

Is Steel Bar different in Forever than in Classic Era?

No. The Forever beta 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, Golden Scale Shoulders (Blacksmithing) pays the most of the recipes that use it: +5g 93s 40c a craft after the auction house cut. 2 of its 41 recipes pay at the median right now.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Steel Bar keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices in the Forever beta.

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 70205)

• 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