18 Pound Salmon
Item Level 28A Common Held In Off-hand, item level 28.
A Common Held In Off-hand, item level 28.
On 18 Pound Salmon's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 56,700 gold1 silver over the last 30 days, ranging from 300 gold to 200,000 gold1 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 55 and sells to vendors for 18s. In Classic Era it is item level 55 and sells to vendors for 25c. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 55 and sells to vendors for 25c. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 55 and sells to vendors for 25c. In MoP Classic it is item level 55 and sells to vendors for 25c.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 28 | Common | 1g 48s 33c |
| WoW Forever | 55 | Common | 18s |
| Classic Era | 55 | Common | 25c |
| The Burning Crusade | 55 | Common | 25c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 55 | Common | 25c |
| MoP Classic | 55 | Common | 25c |
18 Pound Salmon uses icon file 133888, which 31 other items also use. The 5 closest by item ID:
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 13902 (13897 to 13907) were usually added in the same batch as 18 Pound Salmon: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
The raw ItemSparse values for item 13902 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
18 Pound Salmon 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 18 Pound Salmon next to the live retail market on this page.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Classic Era page for 18 Pound Salmon
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.