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Gold Ore
Item Level 10Trade Goods
Sell price: 5 silver
Current price
5 gold99 silver
An Uncommon Trade Goods, item level 10. Crafted with Create Gold Ore.
- Right now 24,651 units listed across 18 price tiers.AH scan
- Listings are up 52% from their 7 day average (24,651 vs 16,247 units).AH scan
- Today's price is on the high side: only 35% of recorded snapshots were pricier.AH scan
Gold Ore Price History
EU Region (Commodity)Supply & Availability
EU Region (Commodity)24,651Units listed
133Sellers
5 gold99 silverCheapest now
Deep supply
Gold Ore is listed at 5 gold99 silver in the latest EU region commodity Auction House snapshot, about 58% below its typical price of 14 gold41 silver. Across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jul 2026) it has ranged from 6 gold70 silver to 46 gold37 silver. About 24,651 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 58% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 14 gold41 silver.
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First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
In WoW Forever it is item level 25. In Classic Era it is item level 25. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 25. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 25. In MoP Classic it is item level 25.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 10 | Uncommon | 5s |
| WoW Forever | 25 | Uncommon | 5s |
| Classic Era | 25 | Uncommon | 5s |
| The Burning Crusade | 25 | Uncommon | 5s |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 25 | Uncommon | 5s |
| MoP Classic | 25 | Uncommon | 5s |
Crafted By
Used In
The 1 recipe below uses Gold Ore, all from Classic Mining.
| Creates | Recipe | Profession | Needs |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold Bar | Smelt Gold | Classic Mining | 1 |
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Gold Ore among Trade Goods > Metal & Stone, all from Classic like Gold Ore.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Ore (this item) | 10 | Used in Gold Bar (Classic Mining) | 6 gold |
 Silver Ore | 10 | Used in Silver Bar (Classic Mining) | 14 gold |
 Silver Bar | 10 | Crafted with Classic Mining; Used in 19 recipes, including Silvered Bronze Breastplate and Thick War Axe | 13 gold |
| Gold Bar | 10 | Crafted with Classic Mining; Used in 34 recipes, including Golden Iron Destroyer and Massive Iron Axe | 7 gold |
 Truesilver Bar | 10 | Crafted with Classic Mining; Used in 68 recipes, including Mithril Shield Spike and Ornate Mithril Pants | 1 gold |
 Truesilver Ore | 10 | Used in Truesilver Bar (Classic Mining) | 1 gold |
 Arcanite Bar | 10 | Crafted with Classic Alchemy; Used in 93 recipes, including Dawnbringer Shoulders and Runic Plate Shoulders | 72 gold |
 Guardian Stone | 10 | Used in 15 recipes, including Hammer of the Titans and Cloak of Warding | 25 gold |
 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 |
The lowest listed price among them is Truesilver Ore at 1 gold in the EU Auction House.
Across Regions
Gold Ore 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 | 6 gold | Region-wide | |
| United States | 9 gold | Region-wide |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Items That Share Gold Ore's Icon
Gold Ore uses icon file 134571, which 7 other items also use. The 5 closest by item ID:
- Needles Pyrite Ore Chunk ID 56002 · Quest "Looks kind of like gold... sort of. Centaur probably can't tell the difference."
- Pallet of "Gold" ID 56006 · Quest "All of this fake gold should guarantee us winning the oil drilling rights!"
- Shiny Gold Nugget ID 138123 · Miscellaneous "It feels a little light."
- Borrowed Solenium Nugget ID 182012 · Quest
- Weight of Judgment ID 185830 · Quest "A small golden weight. It's impossibly light."
Items Numbered Next to Gold Ore
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 2776 (2771 to 2781) were usually added in the same batch as Gold Ore: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
- Tin Ore ID 2771 · Trade Goods · item level 10
- Iron Ore ID 2772 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Cracked Shortbow ID 2773 · Weapon - Bow · item level 4
Rust-Covered Blunderbuss ID 2774 · Weapon - Gun · item level 3- Silver Ore ID 2775 · Trade Goods · item level 10
- Feeble Shortbow ID 2777 · Weapon - Bow · item level 6
- Cheap Blunderbuss ID 2778 · Weapon - Gun · item level 6
Tear of Tilloa ID 2779 · Quest
Light Hunting Bow ID 2780 · Weapon - Bow · item level 11
Dirty Blunderbuss ID 2781 · Weapon - Gun · item level 11
Gold Ore Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 2776 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 20 silver
- Vendor sell price
- 5 silver
- Stacks to
- 1,000
- Material
- Wood
- Flags
- 0 / -2147475456 / 0 / 0 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Gold Ore in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Gold Ore 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 Gold Ore next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Gold Ore in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Gold Ore 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 Gold Ore in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Gold Ore is Uncommon quality, item level 25 with no level requirement.
- What does Gold Ore sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 5s for one Gold Ore in Classic Era; it stacks to 10.
- What is Gold Ore used for in WoW Classic?
- Gold Ore is a reagent in 1 Classic Era recipe, including Smelt Gold.
- How much is Gold Ore on the auction house right now?
- 5g 99s 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 Gold Ore
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