Merc Sword

What is Merc Sword?

Merc Sword is an uncommon sword two-hand weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 52s 47c.

Where do you buy Merc Sword?

Vendors sell it for 52s 47c and buy it back for 10s 49c. 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 Merc Sword cost on the auction house?

About 11s at the median on PvP Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 04:22 UTC. Across the 19 Forever markets with a price it runs from 11s on Normal Alliance US to 12s on RP PvP Alliance US.

Is Merc Sword different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

How fast does Merc Sword sell on the auction house?

Sells slowly on PvP Horde US: about 140 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 4 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.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Merc Sword 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

Weapon

Subclass

Sword

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Two-Hand

Item level

16

Requires level

11

Vendor sell

10s 49c

Vendor buy

52s 47c

Blizzard item id

4567

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 52s 47c and buy it back for 10s 49c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • creature 250626 in Ruins of Lordaeron (Market Street)2% of 458 looted
  • creature 113181% of 660 looted
  • Deviate Stinglash in Kalimdor (Cavern of Mists)3% of 146 looted
  • creature 250618 in Ruins of Lordaeron (Lordamere Overlook)1% of 615 looted
  • creature 250622 in Ruins of Lordaeron (Lordaeron Graveyard)1% of 355 looted
  and 29 more, each on its creature page.
• Found in Copper Vein in Deadmines (Ironclad Cove) (4% of 112 looted).
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 250623 in Ruins of Lordaeron (King's Alley) at 3% of 58 loot windows.
• Sources are what 8 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
• Disenchants into Strange Dust, Greater Magic Essence, Small Glimmering Shard, worth about 3s 95c on PvP Horde US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Ruins of Lordaeron, Excavation Site: Wetlands, Deadmines, Ragefire Chasm.

• Kalimdor
• Darkshore
• Stonetalon Mountains
• Silverpine Forest

• Strange Dust20% of the time · 2 to 31s
• Greater Magic Essence75% of the time · 1 to 22s 88c
• Small Glimmering Shard5% of the time4s 24c

Expected value 3s 95c per disenchant at PvP Horde US medians.

Selling the materials on: Strange Dust about 8,100 a day, listings clear in under a day; Greater Magic Essence about 1,300 a day, listings clear in under a day; Small Glimmering Shard about 400 a day, listings clear in about 2 days. Expect to wait about 2 days for the Small Glimmering Shard to move.

Vanilla disenchant tables by quality and item level; the same estimate the addon shows in tooltips.