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Dark Iron Bomb
Item Level 24Consumable
Use: Dark Iron Bomb
Sell price: 12 silver50 copper
Not sold on the Auction House
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
A Common Consumable, item level 24. Crafted with Dark Iron Bomb.
Background
| Crafted | Dark Iron Bomb | Recipe |
|---|
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Dark Iron Bomb Effects
- Use: Dark Iron Bomb - 4s
Inflicts Fire damage and incapacitates targets in a 5 yard radius for 4 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 57. In Classic Era it is item level 57. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 57. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 57. In MoP Classic it is item level 57.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 24 | Common | 12s 50c |
| WoW Forever | 57 | Common | 12s 50c |
| Classic Era | 57 | Common | 12s 50c |
| The Burning Crusade | 57 | Common | 12s 50c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 57 | Common | 12s 50c |
| MoP Classic | 57 | Common | 12s 50c |
Crafted By
The Classic Engineering recipe Dark Iron Bomb takes 2 Thorium Widget, 1 Dark Iron Bar, 3 Dense Blasting Powder and 3 Runecloth.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Engineering (285)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Cost to Craft: Dark Iron Bomb
At the lowest EU listings, the reagents for one craft cost 225g 21s, and Dark Iron Bar is the largest share at 86%. One craft makes 3 Dark Iron Bomb. The Classic Engineering recipe Dark Iron Bomb is taught by Schematic: Dark Iron Bomb.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Thorium Widget | 2 | 13 gold99 silver | 27 gold98 silver |
 Dark Iron Bar | 1 | 193 gold | 193 gold |
 Dense Blasting Powder | 3 | 46 silver | 1 gold38 silver |
 Runecloth | 3 | 95 silver | 2 gold85 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 225 gold21 silver | ||
What Else the Reagents Make
- Thorium Widget goes into 13 other recipes in Engineering, including Gyrofreeze Ice Reflector, High-Powered Flashlight, Lifelike Mechanical Toad and Tranquil Mechanical Yeti. It is itself made by the recipe Thorium Widget.
- Dark Iron Bar goes into 30 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Engineering and Jewelcrafting, including Dark Iron Sunderer, Dark Iron Plate, Sulfuron Hammer and Dark Iron Destroyer. It is itself made by the recipe Smelt Dark Iron.
- Dense Blasting Powder goes into 7 other recipes in Engineering, including Powerful Seaforium Charge, Thorium Grenade, Dense Dynamite and Snake Burst Firework. It is itself made by the recipe Dense Blasting Powder.
- 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 Dark Iron Bomb among Consumable > Explosives and Devices; 2 of them also come from Classic.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Iron Bomb (this item) | 24 | 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 Dark Iron Bomb's Icon
Dark Iron Bomb uses icon file 133713, which 28 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:
- Festival Firecracker ID 21747 · Miscellaneous
- Pack of Incendiary Bombs ID 25853 · Miscellaneous
- NG-5 Explosives (Blue) ID 5695 · Quest
- NG-5 Explosives (Red) ID 5694 · Quest
- Big Bronze Bomb ID 4380 · Consumable · item level 14
- Incendiary Explosives ID 35704 · Quest
- Explosive Charges ID 39165 · Quest · item level 27
Items Numbered Next to Dark Iron Bomb
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 16005 (16000 to 16022) were usually added in the same batch as Dark Iron Bomb: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Thorium Tube ID 16000 · Trade Goods · item level 10
SI:7 Insignia (Fredo) ID 16001 · Quest- SI:7 Insignia (Turyen) ID 16002 · Quest
- SI:7 Insignia (Rutger) ID 16003 · Quest
Dark Iron Rifle ID 16004 · Weapon - Gun · item level 28
Delicate Arcanite Converter ID 16006 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Flawless Arcanite Rifle ID 16007 · Weapon - Gun · item level 29
Master Engineer's Goggles ID 16008 · Armor - Cloth · item level 28
Voice Amplification Modulator ID 16009 · Armor · item level 28
Arcanite Dragonling ID 16022 · Armor · item level 29
Dark Iron Bomb Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 16005 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 50 silver
- Vendor sell price
- 12 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.
Dark Iron Bomb in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Dark 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 Dark Iron Bomb next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Dark Iron Bomb in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Dark 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 Dark Iron Bomb in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Dark Iron Bomb is created by Dark Iron Bomb.
- What level is Dark Iron Bomb in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Dark Iron Bomb is common quality, item level 57 with no level requirement.
- What does Dark Iron Bomb sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 12s 50c for one Dark Iron 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 Dark 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