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Arcane Bomb
Item Level 25Consumable
Use: Arcane Bomb
Sell price: 40 silver
Not sold on the Auction House
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
A Common Consumable, item level 25. Crafted with Arcane Bomb.
Background
| Crafted | Arcane Bomb | Recipe |
|---|
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Arcane Bomb Effects
- Use: Arcane Bomb - 5s
Drains from those in the blast radius and does 50% of the mana drained in damage to the target. Also Silences targets in the blast for 5 sec. Increased chance of failure if you are higher than level.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In WoW Forever it is item level 60. In Classic Era it is item level 60. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 60. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 60. In MoP Classic it is item level 60.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 25 | Common | 40s |
| WoW Forever | 60 | Common | 40s |
| Classic Era | 60 | Common | 40s |
| The Burning Crusade | 60 | Common | 40s |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 60 | Common | 40s |
| MoP Classic | 60 | Common | 40s |
Crafted By
The Classic Engineering recipe Arcane Bomb takes 1 Delicate Arcanite Converter, 3 Thorium Bar and 1 Runecloth.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Engineering (300)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Cost to Craft: Arcane Bomb
At the lowest EU listings, the reagents for one craft cost 138g 62s, and Delicate Arcanite Converter is the largest share at 93%. One craft makes 3 Arcane Bomb. The Classic Engineering recipe Arcane Bomb is taught by Schematic: Arcane Bomb.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Delicate Arcanite Converter | 1 | 128 gold70 silver | 128 gold70 silver |
 Thorium Bar | 3 | 2 gold99 silver | 8 gold97 silver |
 Runecloth | 1 | 95 silver | 95 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 138 gold62 silver | ||
What Else the Reagents Make
- Delicate Arcanite Converter goes into 12 other recipes in Engineering, including Replaced Servo Arm, Arcanite Dragonling, Biznicks 247x128 Accurascope and Refurbished Purifier. It is itself made by the recipe Delicate Arcanite Converter.
- Thorium Bar goes into 88 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting, Inscription, Enchanting and Alchemy, including Lionheart Helm, Axe of Sundered Bone, Gurubashi Carver and Hammer of the Titans. It is itself made by the recipe Smelt Thorium.
- Runecloth goes into 19 other recipes across Engineering, Leatherworking, Tailoring and Blacksmithing, including Runic Leather Shoulders, Runic Leather Armor, Runic Leather Pants and Runic Leather Belt.
Prices are the lowest listed prices in the latest EU Auction House snapshot, not sales. Recipes, reagents, yields and skill levels come from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Similar Items
The 3 items nearest to Arcane Bomb among Consumable > Explosives and Devices; 2 of them also come from Classic.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcane Bomb (this item) | 25 | Crafted with Classic Engineering | Not listed |
 Hi-Explosive Bomb | 20 | Crafted with Classic Engineering | 8 silver |
 Explosive Sheep | 13 | Crafted with Classic Engineering | 49 silver |
 Explosive Decoy | 30 | Crafted with Northrend Engineering | 10 silver |
The lowest listed price among them is Hi-Explosive Bomb at 8 silver in the EU Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Other Items Named Arcane Bomb
1 other item in the current build is also called Arcane Bomb. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.
- Arcane Bomb ID 119113 · Quest
Items That Share Arcane Bomb's Icon
Arcane Bomb uses icon file 136173, which 7 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:
- Goblin Chisel ID 45281 · Quest
- The Ultimate Bomb ID 48941 · Quest "The most sacred goblin artifact in existence! Said to be the prototype for something that the Trade Prince..."
- Jibbly's Gas Bomb ID 56800 · Quest
- Arcane Bomb ID 119113 · Quest
- Sur'jan's Dreadtick Gasser ID 156618 · Quest
- X-P100D ID 159745 · Quest "The latest and greatest in incendiary technology."
- Unstable Explosive Device ID 251805 · Miscellaneous "One way or another, it'll be gone within the hour."
Items Numbered Next to Arcane Bomb
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 16040 (16039 to 16045) were usually added in the same batch as Arcane Bomb: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Ta'Kierthan Songblade ID 16039 · Weapon - Two-Handed Sword · item level 28
Schematic: Thorium Grenade ID 16041 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Thorium Grenade."- Schematic: Thorium Widget ID 16042 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Thorium Widget."
Schematic: Thorium Rifle ID 16043 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Thorium Rifle."- Schematic: Lifelike Mechanical Toad ID 16044 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Lifelike Mechanical Toad."
- Schematic: Spellpower Goggles Xtreme Plus ID 16045 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Spellpower Goggles Xtreme Plus."
Arcane Bomb Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 16040 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 1 gold60 silver
- Vendor sell price
- 40 silver
- Stacks to
- 20
- Material
- Leather
- Flags
- 64 / 8192 / 0 / 16384 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Arcane Bomb in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Arcane Bomb 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 Arcane Bomb next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Arcane Bomb in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Arcane Bomb is a Classic Era item and Forever is built on vanilla World of Warcraft with its story set in year one and a level 60 cap, so this page tracks it. Forever launches November 4, 2026.
- Where do you get Arcane Bomb in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Arcane Bomb is created by Arcane Bomb.
- What level is Arcane Bomb in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Arcane Bomb is common quality, item level 60 with no level requirement.
- What does Arcane Bomb sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 40s for one Arcane Bomb in Classic Era; it stacks to 10.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Arcane Bomb
WoW Forever: what our data shows
- Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client
- Build 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
- Also in the Classic Era client
- Yes - this item is in the Classic Era client's data too
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