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Big Iron Bomb
Item Level 19Consumable
Use: Big Iron Bomb
Sell price: 7 silver50 copper
Not sold on the Auction House
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
A Common Consumable, item level 19. Crafted with Big Iron Bomb.
Background
| Crafted | Big Iron Bomb | Recipe |
|---|
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
- Used in 1 recipe across Engineering: Pet Bombling.crafting
Big Iron Bomb Effects
- Use: Big Iron Bomb - 3s
Inflicts Fire damage and incapacitates targets in a 5 yard radius for 3 sec. Any damage will break the effect. Unreliable against targets higher than level.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In WoW Forever it is item level 43. In Classic Era it is item level 43. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 43. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 43. In MoP Classic it is item level 43.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 19 | Common | 7s 50c |
| WoW Forever | 43 | Common | 7s 50c |
| Classic Era | 43 | Common | 7s 50c |
| The Burning Crusade | 43 | Common | 7s 50c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 43 | Common | 7s 50c |
| MoP Classic | 43 | Common | 7s 50c |
Crafted By
The Classic Engineering recipe Big Iron Bomb takes 3 Iron Bar, 3 Heavy Blasting Powder and 1 Silver Contact.
Used In
The 1 recipe below uses Big Iron Bomb, all from Classic Engineering.
| Creates | Recipe | Profession | Needs |
|---|---|---|---|
 Pet BomblingAlso takes 1 Heart of Fire, 1 Fused Wiring and 6 Mithril Bar. | Pet Bombling | Classic Engineering | 1 |
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Engineering (190)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Cost to Craft: Big Iron Bomb
At the lowest EU listings, the reagents for one craft cost 22g 86s, and Iron Bar is the largest share at 69%. One craft makes 2 Big Iron Bomb. The recipe Big Iron Bomb turns yellow at Classic Engineering skill 190 and grey at 230.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Iron Bar | 3 | 5 gold25 silver | 15 gold75 silver |
 Heavy Blasting Powder | 3 | 69 silver | 2 gold7 silver |
 Silver Contact | 1 | 5 gold4 silver | 5 gold4 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 22 gold86 silver | ||
What Else the Reagents Make
- Iron Bar goes into 34 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting, Alchemy and Mining, including Barbaric Iron Breastplate, Green Iron Hauberk, Barbaric Iron Gloves and Massive Iron Axe. It is itself made by the recipe Smelt Iron.
- Heavy Blasting Powder goes into 13 other recipes in Engineering, including Portable Bronze Mortar, Goblin Land Mine, Big Bronze Bomb and Explosive Sheep. It is itself made by the recipe Heavy Blasting Powder.
- Silver Contact goes into 3 other recipes in Engineering: Big Bronze Bomb, Large Copper Bomb and Small Bronze Bomb. It is itself made by the recipe Silver Contact.
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 Big Iron Bomb among Consumable > Explosives and Devices; 2 of them also come from Classic.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Iron Bomb (this item) | 19 | 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.
Items That Share Big Iron Bomb's Icon
Big Iron Bomb uses icon file 133709, which 16 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
- Large Copper Bomb ID 4370 · Consumable · item level 12
- Area 52 Special ID 28132 · Consumable · item level 25
- Boom's Doom ID 29429 · Quest
- Beryl Shield Detonator ID 34897 · Quest · item level 27 "Made in Dalaran."
- Seaforium Bombs ID 46847 · Consumable · item level 27
- Huge Seaforium Bombs ID 47030 · Consumable · item level 27
- Irontree Explosives ID 63516 · Quest "For use in mining operations, tree felling, and practical jokes."
- Stolen Irontree Explosives ID 64301 · Quest
Items Numbered Next to Big Iron Bomb
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 4394 (4389 to 4399) were usually added in the same batch as Big Iron Bomb: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Gyrochronatom ID 4389 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Iron Grenade ID 4390 · Consumable · item level 15
Compact Harvest Reaper Kit ID 4391 · Consumable · item level 15
Advanced Target Dummy ID 4392 · Consumable · item level 16
Craftsman's Monocle ID 4393 · Armor - Cloth · item level 21
Goblin Land Mine ID 4395 · Consumable · item level 17
Mechanical Dragonling ID 4396 · Armor · item level 22
Gnomish Cloaking Device ID 4397 · Armor · item level 22
Large Seaforium Charge ID 4398 · Consumable · item level 17
Wooden Stock ID 4399 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Big Iron Bomb Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 4394 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 30 silver
- Vendor sell price
- 7 silver50 copper
- 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.
Big Iron Bomb in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Big Iron 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 Big Iron Bomb next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Big Iron Bomb in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Big Iron 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 Big Iron Bomb in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Big Iron Bomb is created by Big Iron Bomb.
- What level is Big Iron Bomb in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Big Iron Bomb is common quality, item level 43 with no level requirement.
- What does Big Iron Bomb sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 7s 50c for one Big Iron Bomb in Classic Era; it stacks to 10.
- What is Big Iron Bomb used for in WoW Classic?
- Big Iron Bomb is a reagent in 2 Classic Era recipes, including Pet Bombling and Replace Supplies.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Big Iron 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