What is Thick Scaly Tail?

Thick Scaly Tail is a poor-quality junk item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 6s 20c. It stacks to 5.

Where do you buy Thick Scaly Tail?

Vendors sell it for 6s 20c and buy it back for 1s 55c. 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 Thick Scaly Tail cost on the auction house?

About 1s 55c at the median on PvP Horde CN, from the scan at 2026-11-09 08:49 UTC. Across the 15 Forever markets with a price it runs from 1s 55c on Normal Horde US to 5s 25c on Normal Alliance US.

Where is the best place to farm Thick Scaly Tail?

Of the sources players have reported, Sparkleshell Borer in Thousand Needles drops it most often: 25% of 36 loot windows. A stack of 5 takes about 20 kills at that rate, and sells for 7s 75c at the median on PvP Horde CN.

Thick Scaly Tail

Poor-quality junk · item level 1 · id 4555

PvP Horde CNscanned 9 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.

AlsoSeen in The Barrens Deals on PvP Horde CN Best hours to buy and sell

Latest price · PvP Horde CN

Live

Min buyout

1 55

Median

1 55

7s 75c a stack of 5

Units listed

216

vs 7d median

n/a

Addon scan · 9 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 CN

Addon scan · 9 min ago

Price history · 7d · PvP Horde CN

Addon scan · 9 min ago

Across markets

Cheapest on PvP Horde US at 1s 54c (7s 70c a stack); deepest supply on PvP Horde CN with 216 listed. Buying at 1s 55c on Normal Horde US and selling at the Normal Alliance US median of 5s 25c through the neutral house leaves +2s 91c a unit after its 15 percent cut (14s 56c a stack).

Market	Min buyout	Median	Units	30d median
Normal Alliance US	4s 44c	5s 25c	190	23s 66c
Normal Horde US	1s 55c	1s 55c	116	1s 87c
PvP Alliance US	2s 70c	2s 76c	35	3s
PvP Horde US	1s 54c	1s 55c	115	1s 92c
RP Alliance US	3s	3s	1	3s
RP Horde US	3s	3s	4	3s
Normal Alliance EU	2s 88c	2s 88c	22	2s 91c
Normal Horde EU	1s 55c	1s 55c	64	1s 73c
PvP Alliance EU	2s 77c	2s 77c	48	2s 96c
PvP Horde EU	2s 55c	2s 55c	13	1s 69c
RP Horde EU	3s	3s	2	3s
Normal Alliance CN	2s	2s	12	2s 22c
Normal Horde CN	1s 90c	1s 90c	87	2s 14c
PvP Horde CN	1s 55c	1s 55c	216	1s 55c
RP PvP Horde US	3s	3s	18	3s

About Thick Scaly Tail

Thick Scaly Tail is a poor-quality junk item in World of Warcraft: Forever. It stacks to 5. Sold by vendors for 6s 20c, who buy it back for 1s 55c.

Quick answers

What is Thick Scaly Tail?: Thick Scaly Tail is a poor-quality junk item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 6s 20c. It stacks to 5.
Where do you buy Thick Scaly Tail?: Vendors sell it for 6s 20c and buy it back for 1s 55c. 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 Thick Scaly Tail cost on the auction house?: About 1s 55c at the median on PvP Horde CN, from the scan at 2026-11-09 08:49 UTC. Across the 15 Forever markets with a price it runs from 1s 55c on Normal Horde US to 5s 25c on Normal Alliance US.
Is Thick Scaly Tail different in Forever than in Classic Era?: No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.
Where is the best place to farm Thick Scaly Tail?: Of the sources players have reported, Sparkleshell Borer in Thousand Needles drops it most often: 25% of 36 loot windows. A stack of 5 takes about 20 kills at that rate, and sells for 7s 75c at the median on PvP Horde CN.

Classic Era vs Forever

Unchanged from Classic Era: Thick Scaly Tail 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.

Details

Class: Miscellaneous
Subclass: Junk
Quality: poor
Item level: 1
Stack size: 5
Vendor sell: 1s 55c
Vendor buy: 6s 20c
Blizzard item id: 4555
Client build: 1.60.1 (build 70862)

Where it comes from

Vendors sell it for 6s 20c and buy it back for 1s 55c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
Dropped by
- Oasis Snapjaw in The Barrens (Lushwater Oasis)23% of 676 looted
- Snapjaw in Alterac Mountains (Chillwind Point)20% of 183 looted
- Sparkleshell Snapper in Thousand Needles (The Shimmering Flats)18% of 137 looted
- Snapjaw in Hillsbrad Foothills14% of 111 looted
- creature 3653 in Wailing Caverns (Crag of the Everliving)7% of 130 looted
and 6 more, each on its creature page.
Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Sparkleshell Borer in Thousand Needles (Mirage Raceway) at 25% of 36 loot windows, about 20 kills for a stack of 5. A stack sells for 7s 75c at the median on PvP Horde CN.
Sources are what 65 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.

Seen inside Wailing Caverns, Blackfathom Deeps, Excavation Site: Wetlands.

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