Firestarter

What is Firestarter?

Firestarter is an uncommon wand ranged weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 1g 47s 37c.

Where do you buy Firestarter?

Vendors sell it for 1g 47s 37c and buy it back for 29s 47c. 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 Firestarter cost on the auction house?

About 32s at the median on PvP Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 06:13 UTC. Across the 17 Forever markets with a price it runs from 30s on PvP Alliance US to 54s on RP PvP Horde EU.

Is Firestarter different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

How fast does Firestarter sell on the auction house?

Sells steadily on PvP Horde US: about 19 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: Firestarter 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

Wand

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Ranged

Item level

29

Requires level

24

Vendor sell

29s 47c

Vendor buy

1g 47s 37c

Blizzard item id

8184

How to make gold at level 20 to 30

• Vendors sell it for 1g 47s 37c and buy it back for 29s 47c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • Gloomrise Soldier in Mulgore (Gloomrise)3% of 72 looted
  • Nightbane Dark Runner in Duskwood (Brightwood Grove)1% of 174 looted
  • creature 271732 in Excavation Site: Wetlands (Stalker's Thicket)seen 2 times
  • creature 4814 in Blackfathom Deeps (Moonshrine Sanctum)3% of 67 looted
  • Xavian Rogue in Ashenvale (Xavian)1% of 145 looted
  and 3 more, each on its creature page.
• Found in Large Iron Bound Chest in Razorfen Kraul (seen 1 time).
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 4814 in Blackfathom Deeps (Moonshrine Sanctum) at 3% of 67 loot windows.
• Sources are what 2 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
• Disenchants into Soul Dust, Greater Astral Essence, Large Glimmering Shard, worth about 21s 64c on PvP Horde US today. Odds below.

Seen inside Excavation Site: Wetlands, Blackfathom Deeps, Razorfen Kraul, City of Dalaran.

• Mulgore
• Duskwood
• Ashenvale

• Soul Dust20% of the time · 1 to 24s 84c
• Greater Astral Essence75% of the time · 1 to 216s 75c
• Large Glimmering Shard5% of the time27s

Expected value 21s 64c per disenchant at PvP Horde US medians.

Selling the materials on: Soul Dust about 1,100 a day, listings clear in under a day; Greater Astral Essence about 180 a day, listings clear in about 2 days; Large Glimmering Shard about 140 a day, listings clear in about 3 days. Expect to wait about 3 days for the Large Glimmering Shard to move.

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