Silken Thread

What is Silken Thread?

Silken Thread is a common cloth item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Used in 60 recipes including Dusky Bracers and Guardian Cloak. Sold by vendors for 5s.

Where do you buy Silken Thread?

Vendors sell it for 5s and buy it back for 1s 25c. 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 is Silken Thread used for?

It is a reagent in 60 Forever recipes, including Dusky Bracers, Guardian Cloak and Gloves of the Greatfather and others.

How much does Silken Thread cost on the auction house?

On Normal Alliance the median buyout was 5s 24c as of 2026-10-06 15:28 UTC. Other markets are listed on this page.

Is Silken Thread 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 Silken Thread sell on the auction house?

Sells steadily on Normal Alliance: about 70 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about a day. AHledger estimates it from consecutive scans of the auction house; a cancelled listing can look like a sale, so the figure is a guide.

What is the best thing to craft with Silken Thread?

At the current medians on Normal Alliance, Shadow Hood (Tailoring) pays the most of the recipes that use it: +2g 4s 91c a craft after the auction house cut. 5 of its 60 recipes pay at the median right now.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Silken Thread 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

Cloth

Quality

common

Item level

30

Stack size

20

Vendor sell

1s 25c

Vendor buy

5s

Blizzard item id

4291

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70205)

• Vendors sell it for 5s and buy it back for 1s 25c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Consumed by 60 recipes, which is where its demand comes from.
• Sold by Christopher Hewen in Westfall (Sentinel Hill) for 4s 50c, Danielle Zipstitch in Duskwood (Darkshire) for 4s 50c, Gunder Thornbush in Duskwood for 4s 50c, Lohgan Eva in Duskwood (Darkshire) for 4s 50c, Sheri Zipstitch in Duskwood (Darkshire) for 4s 50c.
• Sources are what one player running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.

• Westfall
• Duskwood