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Carving Knife

Item Level 5
Binds when equipped
One-HandWeapon
1 - 2 DamageSpeed 1.80
(0.8 damage per second)
+1 Agility
+1 Stamina
Requires Level 3
Sell price: 3 silver23 copper
Current price See chart
No recent dataawaiting next scan
30D typical 75 gold23 silver
Flat over 7 days
Realm Auction House Weapon

An Uncommon Dagger One-Hand, item level 5, requires level 3, binds when equipped.

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  • Today's price is on the high side: only 20% of recorded snapshots were pricier.AH scan

Carving Knife Price History

Realm Auction House

On Carving Knife's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 75 gold23 silver over the last 30 days, ranging from 40 gold34 silver to 124 gold10 silver, a wide spread for a 30-day window.

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Build history

First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).

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Across game versions

In WoW Forever it is item level 11 and requires level 6. In Classic Era it is item level 11 and requires level 6. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 11 and requires level 6. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 11 and requires level 6. In MoP Classic it is item level 11 and requires level 6.

VersionItem levelRequired levelQualityBindingSells for
Retail (Midnight)53UncommonBinds when equipped3s 23c
WoW Forever116UncommonBinds when equipped3s 23c
Classic Era116UncommonBinds when equipped3s 23c
The Burning Crusade116UncommonBinds when equipped3s 23c
Wrath of the Lich King116UncommonBinds when equipped3s 23c
MoP Classic116UncommonBinds when equipped3s 23c
Carving Knife Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Carving Knife is listed as World Drop. Appearance ID: 691. 3 other items wear the same appearance:

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Carving Knife Compares

Who It Suits

In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name daggers among their preferred weapons:

  • Survival Hunter: Polearm, Staff, Axe, Dagger, Sword
  • Assassination Rogue: Daggers
  • Subtlety Rogue: Daggers
  • Discipline Priest: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Mace
  • Holy Priest: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Mace
  • Shadow Priest: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Mace
  • Elemental Shaman: Mace, Dagger, and Shield
  • Restoration Shaman: Mace, Dagger, and Shield
  • Arcane Mage: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Fire Mage: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Frost Mage: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Affliction Warlock: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Demonology Warlock: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Destruction Warlock: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Balance Druid: Staff, Dagger, Mace
  • Restoration Druid: Staff, Dagger, Mace
  • Devourer Demon Hunter: Warglaives, Swords, Axes, Fist Weapons, Daggers
  • Devastation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace
  • Preservation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace
  • Augmentation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace

Similar Items

The 10 items nearest to Carving Knife (item level 5) in item level among Weapon > Dagger, from item level 1 to 5.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
Carving Knife (this item)530.8 DPS, +1 Agility, +1 Stamina. World DropNot listed
Copper Dagger530.6 DPS. Crafted with Classic BlacksmithingNot listed
Twilight Ritualist's Stiletto10.6 DPS. World DropNot listed
Cultist's Sacrificial Kris10.6 DPS. World DropNot listed
Daggerspine Trident Tine10.6 DPS. World DropNot listed
Glistening Sin'dorei Twinblade10.6 DPS. World DropNot listed
Frostdeep Spider's Fang10.6 DPS. World DropNot listed
Forest Tiki Twinblade10.6 DPS. World DropNot listed
Adherent's Wriggling Backstabber10.6 DPS. World DropNot listed
Twilight Scout's Sticher10.6 DPS. World DropNot listed
Hal'hadar Shadowripper's Blade10.6 DPS. World DropNot listed

Next item levels up from Carving Knife among Weapon > Dagger: Doomspike (item level 16), Claw of the Shadowmancer (item level 19), Tigerbane (item level 21), The Ziggler (item level 22) and Stonevault Shiv (item level 22).

Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Where Carving Knife Fits

Items That Share Carving Knife's Icon

Carving Knife uses icon file 135637, which 51 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Carving Knife

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 2140 (2134 to 2145) were usually added in the same batch as Carving Knife: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Carving Knife Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 2140 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
16 silver16 copper
Vendor sell price
3 silver23 copper
Material
Metal
Equip slot
One-Hand
Flags
0 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.

Carving Knife in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever

Carving Knife 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 Carving Knife next to the live retail market on this page.

Is Carving Knife in World of Warcraft: Forever?
Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Carving Knife 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.
What level is Carving Knife in WoW Classic?
In Classic Era, Carving Knife is Uncommon quality, item level 11 and requires level 6.
What does Carving Knife sell for to a vendor in Classic?
A vendor pays 3s 23c for one Carving Knife in Classic Era.
What slot is Carving Knife in WoW Classic?
Carving Knife is a One-Hand Dagger in Classic Era; it binds when equipped.

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
Appearances in the beta client
1 recorded look

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.