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Plans: Iron Counterweight

Uncommon blacksmithing · item level 33 · id 6045

PvP Horde CNscanned

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.

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Latest price · PvP Horde CN

Live
Min buyout
8s
Median
8s
Units listed
48
vs 7d median
n/a

Addon scan · 4 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 · 4 min ago

Price history · 7d · PvP Horde CN

Addon scan · 4 min ago

Across markets

Cheapest on Normal Alliance EU at 8s; deepest supply on PvP Horde US with 58 listed. Buying at 40s on RP Alliance US and selling at the RP Horde US median of 3g 9s through the neutral house leaves +2g 22s 65c a unit after its 15 percent cut.

MarketMin buyoutMedianUnits
Normal Alliance US14s14s9
Normal Horde US16s16s22
PvP Alliance US9s10s34
PvP Horde US18s50s58
RP Alliance US40s40s1
RP Horde US3g 9s3g 9s2
Normal Alliance EU8s9s6
Normal Horde EU50s50s5
PvP Alliance EU--0
PvP Horde EU10s10s11
RP Alliance EU85s85s4
RP Horde EU1g 60s1g 60s2
Normal Alliance CN10s10s5
Normal Horde CN10s16s21
PvP Horde CN8s8s48
RP PvP Horde US50s80s9
RP PvP Alliance EU25s25s2
RP PvP Horde EU89s89s2

About Plans: Iron Counterweight

Plans: Iron Counterweight is an uncommon blacksmithing recipe in World of Warcraft: Forever. It has item level 33 and requires Blacksmithing 140. Use: Learning. Sold by vendors for 26s, who buy it back for 6s 50c.

The item reads: "Teaches you how to make an Iron Counterweight to help balance a two-handed weapon."

Quick answers

What is Plans: Iron Counterweight?
Plans: Iron Counterweight is an uncommon blacksmithing recipe in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 26s.
Where do you buy Plans: Iron Counterweight?
Vendors sell it for 26s and buy it back for 6s 50c. 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 does Plans: Iron Counterweight do?
Use: Learning.
How much does Plans: Iron Counterweight cost on the auction house?
About 8s at the median on PvP Horde CN, from the scan at 2026-11-09 09:11 UTC. Across the 17 Forever markets with a price it runs from 8s on PvP Horde CN to 3g 9s on RP Horde US.
Is Plans: Iron Counterweight different in Forever than in Classic Era?
No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.

Classic Era vs Forever

Unchanged from Classic Era: Plans: Iron Counterweight keeps the same item level, requirements, stats, and vendor prices in Forever.

Era values from Blizzard's Game Data API; Forever values from Forever's game data.

Details

Class
Recipe
Subclass
Blacksmithing
Quality
uncommon
Item level
33
Requires skill
Blacksmithing 140
Vendor sell
6s 50c
Vendor buy
26s
Blizzard item id
6045
Client build
1.60.1 (build 70862)

Where it comes from

  • Vendors sell it for 26s and buy it back for 6s 50c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
  • Dropped by
    • creature 260799 in Excavation Site: Wetlands (Stalker's Thicket)1% of 79 looted
  • Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 260799 in Excavation Site: Wetlands (Stalker's Thicket) at 1% of 79 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.

Seen inside Excavation Site: Wetlands.

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