What is Heavy Silken Thread?

Heavy Silken Thread is a common cloth item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Used in 60 recipes including Azure Gustwoven Hood and Azure Gustwoven Spaulders.

Where do you buy Heavy Silken Thread?

Vendors sell it for 20s and buy it back for 5s. 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 Heavy Silken Thread cost on the auction house?

About 37s at the median on Normal Horde, from the scan at 2026-10-06 15:43 UTC. Across the 4 Forever markets with a price it runs from 8s on PvP Alliance to 37s on Normal Horde.

How fast does Heavy Silken Thread sell on the auction house?

Sells steadily on Normal Horde: about 11 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 2 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.

Heavy Silken Thread

Common cloth · item level 40 · id 8343

Normal Hordescanned 1 h ago

Unchanged from Classic Era in World of Warcraft: Forever (beta build 1.60.1.70235): same item level, requirements, quality and vendor price. Every item changed from Classic Era.

AlsoUsed in Azure Gustwoven Hood Seen in Westfall Deals on Normal Horde

Latest price · Normal Horde

Live

Min buyout

Median

7g 40s a stack of 20

Units listed

vs 7d median

29.0%

Auction house salesSells steadily on Normal Horde, about 11 sold a day. The current listings clear in about 2 days.

Estimated from 26 hours of scans this week: how it works

Addon scan · 1 h 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 · Normal Horde

Addon scan · 1 h ago

Price history · 7d · Normal Horde

Addon scan · 1 h ago

Across markets

Cheapest on PvP Alliance at 8s (1g 60s a stack); deepest supply on PvP Horde with 104 listed. Buying at 15s on Normal Alliance and selling at the Normal Horde median of 37s through the neutral house leaves +16s 45c a unit after its 15 percent cut (3g 29s a stack).

Market	Min buyout	Median	Units	30d median
Normal Alliance	15s	15s	6	18s
Normal Horde	37s	37s	20	33s 19c
PvP Alliance	8s	8s	5	15s 95c
PvP Horde	20s	20s	104	25s 48c

About Heavy Silken Thread

Heavy Silken Thread is a common cloth item in World of Warcraft: Forever. It has item level 40 and stacks to 20. Sold by vendors for 20s, who buy it back for 5s.

It is a reagent in 60 recipes, including Azure Gustwoven Hood, Azure Gustwoven Spaulders, Azure Windraveled Cover and Azure Windraveled Drapes and 56 more.

Quick answers

What is Heavy Silken Thread?: Heavy Silken Thread is a common cloth item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Used in 60 recipes including Azure Gustwoven Hood and Azure Gustwoven Spaulders.
Where do you buy Heavy Silken Thread?: Vendors sell it for 20s and buy it back for 5s. 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 is Heavy Silken Thread used for?: It is a reagent in 60 Forever recipes, including Azure Gustwoven Hood, Azure Gustwoven Spaulders and Azure Windraveled Cover and others.
How much does Heavy Silken Thread cost on the auction house?: About 37s at the median on Normal Horde, from the scan at 2026-10-06 15:43 UTC. Across the 4 Forever markets with a price it runs from 8s on PvP Alliance to 37s on Normal Horde.
Is Heavy Silken Thread different in Forever than in Classic Era?: No. The Forever beta keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.
How fast does Heavy Silken Thread sell on the auction house?: Sells steadily on Normal Horde: about 11 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 2 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: Heavy Silken Thread keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices in the Forever beta.

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

Details

Class: Trade Goods
Subclass: Cloth
Quality: common
Item level: 40
Stack size: 20
Vendor sell: 5s
Vendor buy: 20s
Blizzard item id: 8343
Client build: 1.60.1 (build 70235)

Where it comes from

Vendors sell it for 20s and buy it back for 5s. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
Consumed by 60 recipes, which is where its demand comes from.
Sold by Christopher Hewen in Westfall (Sentinel Hill) for 18s, Danielle Zipstitch in Duskwood (Darkshire) for 18s, Edna Mullby in Stormwind City (Trade District) for 18s, Lohgan Eva in Duskwood (Darkshire) for 18s, Sheri Zipstitch in Duskwood (Darkshire) for 18s.
Sources are what one player running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.

Used in 60 recipes

1×Azure Gustwoven HoodLeatherworking 145
1×Azure Gustwoven SpauldersLeatherworking 145
1×Azure Windraveled CoverLeatherworking 145
1×Azure Windraveled DrapesLeatherworking 145
1×Cloudy Gustwoven HoodLeatherworking 145
1×Cloudy Gustwoven SpauldersLeatherworking 145
1×Cloudy Windraveled CoverLeatherworking 145
1×Cloudy Windraveled DrapesLeatherworking 145
1×Shadowskin GlovesLeatherworking 145
1×Turtle Scale GlovesLeatherworking 160
1×Turtle Scale BracersLeatherworking 165
1×Turtle Scale BreastplateLeatherworking 165
1×Big Voodoo RobeLeatherworking 170
1×Big Voodoo MaskLeatherworking 175
4×Dragonscale GauntletsLeatherworking 180
2×Mender's Mail BracersLeatherworking 180
2×Skirmisher's Mail BracersLeatherworking 180
2×Skycaller's Mail BracersLeatherworking 180
2×Stalker's Mail BracersLeatherworking 180
4×Wolfshead HelmLeatherworking 180
4×Gauntlets of the SeaLeatherworking 185
1×Turtle Scale GlovesLeatherworking 185
1×Turtle Scale HelmLeatherworking 185
2×Big Voodoo PantsLeatherworking 190
2×Nightscape BootsLeatherworking 190
1×Turtle Scale BreastplateLeatherworking 190
1×Turtle Scale LeggingsLeatherworking 190
2×Big Voodoo CloakLeatherworking 195
1×Big Voodoo RobeLeatherworking 195
2×Tough Scorpid ShouldersLeatherworking 195
and 30 more

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