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 15s at the median on PvP Alliance EU, from the scan at 2026-11-08 20:19 UTC. Across the 19 Forever markets with a price it runs from 10s on Normal Horde US to 28s on RP PvP Alliance EU.

Is War Knife different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

How fast does War Knife sell on the auction house?

Sells slowly on PvP Alliance EU: about 39 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 3 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: 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
  • creature 11322 in Ragefire Chasm1% of 698 looted
  • creature 250623 in Ruins of Lordaeron (King's Alley)10% of 52 looted
  • Witchwing Slayer in The Barrens (The Dry Hills)1% of 759 looted
  • Sunscale Scytheclaw in The Barrens0% of 1,277 looted
  • Witchwing Roguefeather in The Barrens (The Dry Hills)1% of 471 looted
  and 28 more, each on its creature page.
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 250623 in Ruins of Lordaeron (King's Alley) at 10% of 52 loot windows.
• Sources are what 7 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 79c on PvP Alliance EU today. Odds below.

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

• The Barrens
• Kalimdor
• Darkshore
• Eastern Kingdoms

• Strange Dust20% of the time · 2 to 399c
• Greater Magic Essence75% of the time · 1 to 22s 71c
• Small Glimmering Shard5% of the time5s

Expected value 3s 79c per disenchant at PvP Alliance EU medians.

Selling the materials on: Strange Dust about 6,400 a day, listings clear in under a day; Greater Magic Essence about 1,000 a day, listings clear in about a day; Small Glimmering Shard about 210 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.