Where do you buy Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass?

Vendors sell it for 44s and buy it back for 11s. 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 Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass cost on the auction house?

About 13s at the median on PvP Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 00:26 UTC. Across the 16 Forever markets with a price it runs from 11s on Normal Horde EU to 5g 17s on RP Horde US.

Is Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

How fast does Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass sell on the auction house?

Barely sells on PvP Horde US: under one sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 37 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.

Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass

Uncommon blacksmithing · item level 39 · id 3873

PvP Horde USscanned 14 min ago

Unchanged from Classic Era in World of Warcraft: Forever (build 1.60.1.70862): same item level, requirements, quality and vendor price. Every item changed from Classic Era.

AlsoDeals on PvP Horde US Best hours to buy and sell

Latest price · PvP Horde US

Live

Min buyout

Median

Units listed

vs 7d median

65.2%

Auction house salesBarely sells on PvP Horde US, under one sold a day. The current listings clear in about 37 days.

Estimated from 53 hours of scans this week: how it works

Addon scan · 14 min ago

Min buyout is the cheapest listing per unit; median is the middle price across all units and the one to trade on. How to read this page.

Price history · 30d · PvP Horde US

Addon scan · 14 min ago

Price history · 7d · PvP Horde US

Addon scan · 14 min ago

Across markets

Cheapest on Normal Horde EU at 11s; deepest supply on PvP Horde EU with 40 listed. Buying at 3g on RP Alliance US and selling at the RP Horde US median of 5g 17s through the neutral house leaves +1g 39s 45c a unit after its 15 percent cut.

Market	Min buyout	Median	Units	30d median
Normal Alliance US	22s	22s	13	47s 3c
Normal Horde US	15s	15s	17	84s 34c
PvP Alliance US	14s	14s	19	26s 67c
PvP Horde US	13s	13s	34	37s 32c
RP Alliance US	3g	3g 17s	3	88s 14c
RP Horde US	5g 17s	5g 17s	1	5g 17s
Normal Alliance EU	12s	12s	27	47s 62c
Normal Horde EU	11s	11s	8	34s 72c
PvP Alliance EU	13s	13s	19	30s 81c
PvP Horde EU	13s	13s	40	41s 96c
RP Alliance EU	95s	95s	1	96s 43c
Normal Alliance CN	30s	30s	9	31s 14c
Normal Horde CN	17s	17s	1	21s
PvP Horde CN	11s	11s	34	11s
RP PvP Horde US	50s	50s	4	1g 25s
RP PvP Horde EU	95s	95s	2	95s

About Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass

Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass is an uncommon blacksmithing recipe in World of Warcraft: Forever. It has item level 39 and requires Blacksmithing 170. Use: Learning. Sold by vendors for 44s, who buy it back for 11s.

The item reads: "Teaches you how to make a Golden Scale Cuirass."

Quick answers

What is Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass?: Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass is an uncommon blacksmithing recipe in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 44s.
Where do you buy Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass?: Vendors sell it for 44s and buy it back for 11s. 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 does Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass do?: Use: Learning.
How much does Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass cost on the auction house?: About 13s at the median on PvP Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 00:26 UTC. Across the 16 Forever markets with a price it runs from 11s on Normal Horde EU to 5g 17s on RP Horde US.
Is Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass different in Forever than in Classic Era?: No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.
How fast does Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass sell on the auction house?: Barely sells on PvP Horde US: under one sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 37 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.

Classic Era vs Forever

Unchanged from Classic Era: Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass keeps the same item level, requirements, stats, and vendor prices in Forever.

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

Details

Class: Recipe
Subclass: Blacksmithing
Quality: uncommon
Item level: 39
Requires skill: Blacksmithing 170
Vendor sell: 11s
Vendor buy: 44s
Blizzard item id: 3873
Client build: 1.60.1 (build 70862)

Where it comes from

Vendors sell it for 44s and buy it back for 11s. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
Dropped by
- creature 260801 in Excavation Site: Wetlands (Stalker's Thicket)1% of 110 looted
- creature 4539 in Razorfen Kraul5% of 22 looted
Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 4539 in Razorfen Kraul at 5% of 22 loot windows.
Sources are what one player running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.

Seen inside Excavation Site: Wetlands, Razorfen Kraul.

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