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Coal
Item Level 10Trade Goods
Sell price: 1 silver25 copper
Current price
3 silver
A Common Trade Goods, item level 10.
- Right now 31,293 units listed across 18 price tiers.AH scan
- Listings cluster between 5 silver and 16 silver: a 69% spread reads as a volatile market.AH scan
- Listings are up 91% from their 7 day average (31,293 vs 16,367 units).AH scan
- Today's price is cheaper than 71% of recorded snapshots.AH scan
Coal Price History
EU Region (Commodity)Supply & Availability
EU Region (Commodity)31,293Units listed
190Sellers
3 silverCheapest now
Deep supply
Coal is listed at 3 silver in the latest EU region commodity Auction House snapshot, about 62% below its typical price of 7 silver87 copper. Across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jul 2026) it has ranged from 2 silver23 copper to 41 silver17 copper. About 31,293 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 62% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 7 silver87 copper.
Background
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
- Used in 4 recipes across Blacksmithing, Enchanting, Engineering and Mining: Pandaren Signal Brazier, Intense Mogu Brazier, Halfhill Cookpot and more.crafting
In WoW Forever it is item level 30. In Classic Era it is item level 30. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 30. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 30. In MoP Classic it is item level 30.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 10 | Common | 1s 25c |
| WoW Forever | 30 | Common | 1s 25c |
| Classic Era | 30 | Common | 1s 25c |
| The Burning Crusade | 30 | Common | 1s 25c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 30 | Common | 1s 25c |
| MoP Classic | 30 | Common | 1s 25c |
Used In
The 4 recipes below use Coal, across Classic Mining (1), Pandaria Blacksmithing (1), Pandaria Enchanting (1) and Pandaria Engineering (1). The largest single use is 8 for Halfhill Cookpot.
| Creates | Recipe | Profession | Needs |
|---|---|---|---|
 Steel BarAlso takes 1 Iron Bar. | Smelt Steel | Classic Mining | 1 |
 Pandaren Signal BrazierAlso takes 13 Bamboo Lumber, 2 Living Steel and 3 Blood Spirit. | Pandaren Signal Brazier | Pandaria Blacksmithing | 4 |
 Intense Mogu BrazierAlso takes 12 Bamboo Lumber, 10 Sha Crystal and 3 Haunting Spirit. | Intense Mogu Brazier | Pandaria Enchanting | 5 |
 Halfhill CookpotAlso takes 12 Bamboo Lumber, 8 Trillium Bar, 10 Ghost Iron Bolts and 3 Spirit of Harmony. | Halfhill Cookpot | Pandaria Engineering | 8 |
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Coal among Trade Goods > Metal & Stone, all from Classic like Coal.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal (this item) | 10 | Used in 4 recipes, including Steel Bar and Pandaren Signal Brazier | 9 silver |
 Copper Ore | 10 | Used in Copper Bar and Relic of the Past I | 3 gold |
| Tin Ore | 10 | Used in Tin Bar and Relic of the Past II | 2 gold |
 Iron Ore | 10 | Used in 3 recipes, including Iron Bar and Relic of the Past III | 4 gold |
 Rough Stone | 10 | Used in 5 recipes, including Rough Sharpening Stone and Rough Weightstone | 3 silver |
 Coarse Stone | 10 | Used in 5 recipes, including Coarse Weightstone and Coarse Grinding Stone | 8 silver |
 Heavy Stone | 10 | Used in 5 recipes, including Heavy Sharpening Stone and Heavy Weightstone | 18 silver |
 Copper Bar | 10 | Crafted with Classic Mining; Used in 39 recipes, including Bronze Bar and Copper Chain Pants | 3 gold |
 Bronze Bar | 10 | Crafted with Classic Mining; Used in 42 recipes, including Rough Bronze Leggings and Rough Bronze Bracers | 2 gold |
 Rough Grinding Stone | 10 | Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing; Used in 15 recipes (Classic Blacksmithing), including Runed Copper Breastplate and Copper Battle Axe | 8 silver |
 Coarse Grinding Stone | 10 | Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing; Used in 17 recipes (Classic Blacksmithing), including Silvered Bronze Breastplate and Deadly Bronze Poniard | 1 gold |
The lowest listed price among them is Rough Stone at 3 silver in the EU Auction House.
Across Regions
Coal has a current Auction House listing in 2 regions. The lowest listed price is in Europe.
| Region | Lowest Listed Price | Listed On | Cheapest Realms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 9 silver | Region-wide | |
| United States | 15 silver | Region-wide |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Items That Share Coal's Icon
Coal uses icon file 134579, which 13 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
- Tin Ore ID 2771 · Trade Goods · item level 10
- Unidentified Ore ID 5733 · Quest
- Smoky Iron Ingot ID 7126 · Quest
- Lead Ore ID 9261 · Miscellaneous · item level 13
- Tainted Soil Sample ID 20771 · Quest
- Dark Ore Sample ID 42109 · Quest
- Chunk of Ore ID 45576 · Quest "Spherical, but pointy in parts."
- Lump of Coal ID 73797 · Miscellaneous "Teaches you how to summon this companion."
Items Numbered Next to Coal
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 3857 (3852 to 3863) were usually added in the same batch as Coal: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Golden Iron Destroyer ID 3852 · Weapon - Two-Handed Mace · item level 20
Moonsteel Broadsword ID 3853 · Weapon - Two-Handed Sword · item level 21
Frost Tiger Blade ID 3854 · Weapon - Two-Handed Sword · item level 22
Massive Iron Axe ID 3855 · Weapon - Two-Handed Axe · item level 21
Shadow Crescent Axe ID 3856 · Weapon - Two-Handed Axe · item level 22
Mithril Ore ID 3858 · Trade Goods · item level 10- Steel Bar ID 3859 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Mithril Bar ID 3860 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Aged Gorilla Sinew ID 3862 · Quest
Jungle Stalker Feather ID 3863 · Quest
Coal Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 3857 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 5 silver
- Vendor sell price
- 1 silver25 copper
- Stacks to
- 1,000
- Material
- Cloth
- Flags
- 0 / -2147475456 / 0 / 16384 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Coal in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Coal 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 Coal next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Coal in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Coal 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 Coal in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Coal is Common quality, item level 30 with no level requirement.
- What does Coal sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 1s 25c for one Coal in Classic Era; it stacks to 10.
- What is Coal used for in WoW Classic?
- Coal is a reagent in 1 Classic Era recipe, including Smelt Steel.
- How much is Coal on the auction house right now?
- 3s on the EU region auction house, on live retail servers, from the latest Blizzard auction house snapshot. Blizzard publishes no Classic Era auction house feed, and Forever has not launched, so those two have no price here yet.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Coal
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