War Knife

What is War Knife?

War Knife is an uncommon dagger one-hand weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 48s 96c.

Where do you buy War Knife?

Vendors sell it for 48s 96c and buy it back for 9s 79c. 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 War Knife cost on the auction house?

About 25s at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-10-23 16:18 UTC. Across the 4 Forever markets with a price it runs from 15s on Normal Alliance US to 1g 95s on PvP Horde US.

Is War Knife different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

Unchanged from Classic Era: War Knife 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

Dagger

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Weapon

Item level

17

Requires level

12

Vendor sell

9s 79c

Vendor buy

48s 96c

Blizzard item id

4571

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 48s 96c and buy it back for 9s 79c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Devouring Ectoplasm in Kalimdor (Cavern of Mists)seen 1 time
  • Redridge Poacher in Redridge Mountains (Lakeridge Highway)2% of 57 looted
  • Venture Co. Mercenary in The Barrens (The Sludge Fen)2% of 54 looted
  • Wrathtail Wave Rider in Ashenvale (The Zoram Strand)2% of 62 looted
  • creature 641 in Deadmines (The Deadmines)4% of 28 looted
  and 4 more, each on its creature page.
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 641 in Deadmines (The Deadmines) at 4% of 28 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.
• Disenchants into Strange Dust, Greater Magic Essence, Small Glimmering Shard, worth about 85s 35c on Normal Horde US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Deadmines, Excavation Site: Wetlands, Wailing Caverns, The Hall of Thanes.

• Kalimdor
• Redridge Mountains
• The Barrens
• Ashenvale

• Strange Dust20% of the time · 2 to 3no price yet
• Greater Magic Essence75% of the time · 1 to 275s 87c
• Small Glimmering Shard5% of the timeno price yet

Expected value 85s 35c per disenchant at Normal Horde US medians, counting only the priced materials. That is above the item's own median of 25s, so an enchanter can buy it to shard.

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