17 Pound Catfish
Item Level 8A Common Held In Off-hand, item level 8.
A Common Held In Off-hand, item level 8.
On 17 Pound Catfish's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 101,325 gold36 silver over the last 30 days, ranging from 500 gold to 101,325 gold65 silver, a wide spread for a 30-day window.
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
In WoW Forever it is item level 15 and sells to vendors for 17s. In Classic Era it is item level 15 and sells to vendors for 1s. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 15 and sells to vendors for 1s. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 15 and sells to vendors for 1s. In MoP Classic it is item level 15 and sells to vendors for 1s.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 8 | Common | 3s 13c |
| WoW Forever | 15 | Common | 17s |
| Classic Era | 15 | Common | 1s |
| The Burning Crusade | 15 | Common | 1s |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 15 | Common | 1s |
| MoP Classic | 15 | Common | 1s |
The 10 items nearest to 17 Pound Catfish among Miscellaneous > Junk, all from Classic like 17 Pound Catfish.
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Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
17 Pound Catfish uses icon file 133916, which 9 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 6309 (6304 to 6314) were usually added in the same batch as 17 Pound Catfish: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
The raw ItemSparse values for item 6309 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
17 Pound Catfish is in the Classic Era game data, the era World of Warcraft: Forever is built on. Blizzard describes Forever as vanilla World of Warcraft plussed up: its story sits in year one, characters level to 60 and stay there, and it launches November 4, 2026. Blizzard has not said which vanilla items appear in Forever, so nothing here is a Forever claim; it is the Classic Era record for 17 Pound Catfish next to the live retail market on this page.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Classic Era page for 17 Pound Catfish
A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.