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Classic Era item

Polished Shortbow

Item 2505 on Classic Era (Classic Era, Hardcore and Anniversary realms), client 1.15.9.70576

  • Item Level 4
  • RangedBow
  • 2 - 5 DamageSpeed 2.00
  • (1.8 damage per second)
  • Durability 20 / 20
  • Sell Price: 12 copper

About Polished Shortbow

Polished Shortbow is a common ranged bow on Classic Era at item level 4. It hits for 2 to 5 damage every 2.00 seconds, 1.8 damage per second. A vendor pays 12 copper for it.

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Ranged bow items near item level 4

Our Classic Era item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 4 other ranged bow items between item level 2 and 8; 0 of them carry fixed stats.

  • Its 1.8 damage per second ranks 4th of 5 ranged bow items in this group; Hornwood Recurve Bow (item level 8, requires level 3) has the most, 2.4.
  • Attack speeds among the 5 ranged bow items in this group run from 2.00 seconds (Cadet's Bow) to 2.30 seconds (Worn Shortbow); it swings every 2.00 seconds.
  • Other weapon types for the ranged slot within 2 item levels of 4: gun (2): Solid Blunderbuss, Old Blunderbuss.
ItemItem levelRequiresDPSFixed statsLowest listed
Worn Shortbow2-1.5 (2.30s)none-
Polished Shortbow4-1.8 (2.00s)none-
Cadet's Bow6-2.2 (2.00s)none-
Cracked Shortbow832.0 (2.30s)none-
Hornwood Recurve Bow832.4 (2.10s)none-
Appearance

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Thistlewood Bow.

Where Polished Shortbow Fits

Items That Share Polished Shortbow's Icon

Polished Shortbow uses the same icon art, which 7 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Polished Shortbow

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 2505 (2492 to 2510) were usually added in the same batch as Polished Shortbow: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Built from Blizzard's Game Data API item documents for this game version and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Across game versions
Item 2505Classic EraMoP ClassicRetail (Midnight)
Item level442
Damage2 - 54 - 93 - 6
Speed2.002.002.00
Damage per second1.83.22.2
Sell price12 copper25 copper12 copper
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Connected realms with a listing in the latest Classic Era scan: EU 0 of 26, US 0 of 23.

Item data: Blizzard's Classic Era Game Data API (static data 1.15.9.68185). Prices: per-unit buyouts from Auction House scans made in game by players with the TheWoWDB addon, one scan per realm per hour at most; Blizzard publishes no auction data for Classic Era, so a price is only as fresh as the latest scan. Retail column: the retail client datamine.