What is Captain's Key?

Captain's Key is an uncommon key item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 62s 15c. It is unique.

Where do you buy Captain's Key?

Vendors sell it for 62s 15c and buy it back for 15s 53c. 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 Captain's Key cost on the auction house?

About 2g 20s at the median on Normal Alliance CN, from the scan at 2026-11-09 03:38 UTC. Across the 9 Forever markets with a price it runs from 24s on PvP Horde US to 4g on PvP Alliance EU.

Is Captain's Key different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

Captain's Key

Uncommon key · item level 1 · id 9249

Normal Alliance CNscanned 17 min ago

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 · Normal Alliance CN

Live

Min buyout

2 20

Median

2 20

Units listed

vs 7d median

n/a

Addon scan · 17 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 · Normal Alliance CN

Addon scan · 17 min ago

Price history · 7d · Normal Alliance CN

Addon scan · 17 min ago

Across markets

Cheapest on PvP Horde US at 24s; deepest supply on PvP Horde CN with 33 listed. Buying at 99s on PvP Horde EU and selling at the PvP Alliance EU median of 4g through the neutral house leaves +2g 41s a unit after its 15 percent cut.

Market	Min buyout	Median	Units	30d median
Normal Alliance US	2g	2g	2	4g 62s 50c
Normal Horde US	2g 24s	2g 24s	1	5g 74s
PvP Horde US	24s	24s	1	24s
Normal Alliance EU	1g 30s	2g 24s	5	2g 19s 84c
Normal Horde EU	95s	95s	4	2g 19s 16c
PvP Alliance EU	4g	4g	2	4g 33s 33c
PvP Horde EU	99s	1g	3	92s 22c
Normal Alliance CN	2g 20s	2g 20s	2	2g 71s 14c
PvP Horde CN	2g	2g 99s	33	3g 71s 25c

About Captain's Key

Captain's Key is an uncommon key item in World of Warcraft: Forever. It is unique. Use: Opening Chest. Sold by vendors for 62s 15c, who buy it back for 15s 53c.

Quick answers

What is Captain's Key?: Captain's Key is an uncommon key item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 62s 15c. It is unique.
Where do you buy Captain's Key?: Vendors sell it for 62s 15c and buy it back for 15s 53c. 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 Captain's Key do?: Use: Opening Chest.
How much does Captain's Key cost on the auction house?: About 2g 20s at the median on Normal Alliance CN, from the scan at 2026-11-09 03:38 UTC. Across the 9 Forever markets with a price it runs from 24s on PvP Horde US to 4g on PvP Alliance EU.
Is Captain's Key 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: Captain's Key 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: Key
Subclass: Key
Quality: uncommon
Item level: 1
Max owned: 1
Vendor sell: 15s 53c
Vendor buy: 62s 15c
Blizzard item id: 9249
Client build: 1.60.1 (build 70862)

Where it comes from

Vendors sell it for 62s 15c and buy it back for 15s 53c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.

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