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Tainted Pierce

Rare sword one-hand weapon · item level 36 · requires 31 · id 8225

PvP Horde USscanned

In the Classic Era catalog but not in World of Warcraft: Forever.

Latest price · PvP Horde US

Live
Min buyout
6g 4s
Median
6g 5s
Units listed
10
vs 7d median
down 11.8%

Auction house salesSells slowly on PvP Horde US, about 2 sold a day. The current listings clear in about 6 days.

Estimated from 58 hours of scans this week: how it works

Addon scan · 10 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 US

Addon scan · 10 min ago

Price history · 7d · PvP Horde US

Addon scan · 10 min ago

Across markets

Cheapest on PvP Horde US at 6g 4s; deepest supply on PvP Horde US with 10 listed. Buying at 6g 4s on PvP Horde US and selling at the PvP Alliance US median of 12g 44s through the neutral house leaves +4g 53s 40c a unit after its 15 percent cut.

MarketMin buyoutMedianUnits
Normal Alliance US--0
Normal Horde US11g11g6
PvP Alliance US12g 44s12g 44s2
PvP Horde US6g 4s6g 5s10
Normal Alliance EU--0
Normal Horde EU7g7g2
PvP Alliance EU9g 99s9g 99s2
PvP Horde EU--0
Normal Alliance CN12g12g1
Normal Horde CN15g15g1
PvP Horde CN8g9g9
RP PvP Horde US9g10g3

About Tainted Pierce

Tainted Pierce is a rare sword one-hand weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. It has item level 36 and requires character level 31. Sold by vendors for 4g 61s 11c, who buy it back for 92s 22c.

Quick answers

What is Tainted Pierce?
Tainted Pierce is a rare sword one-hand weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 4g 61s 11c.
Where do you buy Tainted Pierce?
Vendors sell it for 4g 61s 11c and buy it back for 92s 22c. 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 Tainted Pierce cost on the auction house?
About 6g 5s at the median on PvP Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 08:51 UTC. Across the 9 Forever markets with a price it runs from 6g 5s on PvP Horde US to 15g on Normal Horde CN.
Is Tainted Pierce different in Forever than in Classic Era?
No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.
How fast does Tainted Pierce sell on the auction house?
Sells slowly on PvP Horde US: about 2 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 6 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.

Classic Era vs Forever

Unchanged from Classic Era: Tainted Pierce 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.

Details

Class
Weapon
Subclass
Sword
Quality
rare
Slot
Weapon
Item level
36
Requires level
31
Vendor sell
92s 22c
Vendor buy
4g 61s 11c
Blizzard item id
8225

How to make gold at level 30 to 40

Where it comes from

  • Vendors sell it for 4g 61s 11c and buy it back for 92s 22c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
  • Disenchants into Large Glowing Shard, worth about 38s 90c on PvP Horde US today. Odds below.

Disenchants into

Expected value 38s 90c per disenchant at PvP Horde US medians.

Selling the materials on: Large Glowing Shard about 21 a day, listings clear in about 2 days. Expect to wait about 2 days for the Large Glowing Shard to move.

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

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