What is Grime-Encrusted Object?

Grime-Encrusted Object is a common quest item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 1s 52c. It stacks to 20.

Where do you buy Grime-Encrusted Object?

Vendors sell it for 1s 52c and buy it back for 38c. 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 Grime-Encrusted Object cost on the auction house?

About 75c at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 04:02 UTC. Across the 17 Forever markets with a price it runs from 38c on Normal Alliance EU to 7s on RP PvP Horde EU.

How fast does Grime-Encrusted Object sell on the auction house?

Sells slowly on Normal Horde US: about 86 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 5 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.

Grime-Encrusted Object

Common quest · item level 1 · id 9308

Normal Horde USscanned 3 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 Horde US

Live

Min buyout

Median

15s a stack of 20

Units listed

448

vs 7d median

21.9%

Auction house salesSells slowly on Normal Horde US, about 86 sold a day. The current listings clear in about 5 days.

Estimated from 20 hours of scans this week: how it works

Addon scan · 3 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 Horde US

Addon scan · 3 min ago

Price history · 7d · Normal Horde US

Addon scan · 3 min ago

Across markets

Cheapest on Normal Alliance EU at 38c (7s 60c a stack); deepest supply on PvP Alliance US with 1,538 listed. Buying at 95c on RP PvP Alliance EU and selling at the RP PvP Horde EU median of 7s through the neutral house leaves +5s a unit after its 15 percent cut (1g a stack).

Market	Min buyout	Median	Units	30d median
Normal Alliance US	69c	75c	1,521	92c
Normal Horde US	65c	75c	448	96c
PvP Alliance US	40c	51c	1,538	1s 84c
PvP Horde US	49c	77c	966	2s 60c
RP Alliance US	5s	5s	229	5s 97c
Normal Alliance EU	38c	38c	593	80c
Normal Horde EU	55c	1s	973	4s 49c
PvP Alliance EU	39c	40c	1,491	3s 16c
PvP Horde EU	50c	75c	228	1s 90c
RP Alliance EU	1s	1s	40	1s
RP Horde EU	1s	1s	2	1s
Normal Alliance CN	50c	50c	255	62c
Normal Horde CN	1s 20c	1s 20c	101	1s 50c
PvP Horde CN	49c	64c	1,166	66c
RP PvP Horde US	3s 4c	3s 5c	55	5s 24c
RP PvP Alliance EU	95c	1s 99c	73	1s 50c
RP PvP Horde EU	7s	7s	52	12s 33c

About Grime-Encrusted Object

Grime-Encrusted Object is a common quest item in World of Warcraft: Forever. It stacks to 20. Sold by vendors for 1s 52c, who buy it back for 38c.

The item reads: "Caked grime obscures the true identity of this object."

Quick answers

What is Grime-Encrusted Object?: Grime-Encrusted Object is a common quest item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 1s 52c. It stacks to 20.
Where do you buy Grime-Encrusted Object?: Vendors sell it for 1s 52c and buy it back for 38c. 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 Grime-Encrusted Object cost on the auction house?: About 75c at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 04:02 UTC. Across the 17 Forever markets with a price it runs from 38c on Normal Alliance EU to 7s on RP PvP Horde EU.
Is Grime-Encrusted Object different in Forever than in Classic Era?: No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.
How fast does Grime-Encrusted Object sell on the auction house?: Sells slowly on Normal Horde US: about 86 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 5 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: Grime-Encrusted Object 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: Quest
Subclass: Quest
Quality: common
Item level: 1
Stack size: 20
Vendor sell: 38c
Vendor buy: 1s 52c
Blizzard item id: 9308
Client build: 1.60.1 (build 70862)

Where it comes from

Vendors sell it for 1s 52c and buy it back for 38c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
Dropped by
- creature 6329 in Gnomeregan (The Hall of Gears)29% of 52 looted
- creature 6207 in Gnomeregan20% of 69 looted
- creature 6206 in Gnomeregan (The Dormitory)31% of 36 looted
- creature 6224 in Gnomeregan (Engineering Labs)38% of 24 looted
- creature 6211 in Gnomeregan (The Dormitory)seen 6 times
and 9 more, each on its creature page.
Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 6224 in Gnomeregan (Engineering Labs) at 38% of 24 loot windows, about 54 kills for a stack of 20. A stack sells for 15s at the median on Normal Horde US.
Sources are what 9 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.

Seen inside Gnomeregan, Excavation Site: Wetlands.

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