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Golden Rod
Item Level 13Trade Goods
Sell price: 5 silver
Not sold on the Auction House
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
A Poor Trade Goods, item level 13.
Background
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
In WoW Forever it is item level 30 and Common quality. In Classic Era it is item level 30 and Common quality. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 30 and Common quality. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 30 and Common quality. In MoP Classic it is item level 30.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 13 | Poor | 5s |
| WoW Forever | 30 | Common | 5s |
| Classic Era | 30 | Common | 5s |
| The Burning Crusade | 30 | Common | 5s |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 30 | Common | 5s |
| MoP Classic | 30 | Poor | 5s |
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Golden Rod among Trade Goods > Enchanting, all from Classic like Golden Rod.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Rod (this item) | 13 | Not listed | |
 Strange Dust | 10 | Used in 15 recipes (Classic Enchanting), including Runed Copper Rod and Minor Wizard Oil | 30 silver |
 Light Illusion Dust | 10 | Used in 36 recipes, including Lesser Mystic Wand and Greater Mystic Wand; Use: Rich Illusion Dust | 85 silver |
 Rich Illusion Dust | 10 | Used in 43 recipes, including Enchanted Thorium Bar and Greater Arcane Protection Potion; Use: Light Illusion Dust | 77 silver |
 Lesser Magic Essence | 10 | Used in 10 recipes (Classic Enchanting), including Runed Copper Rod and Lesser Magic Wand; Use: Greater Magic Essence | 70 silver |
 Greater Magic Essence | 10 | Used in 7 recipes (Classic Enchanting), including Greater Magic Wand; Use: Lesser Magic Essence | 95 silver |
 Lesser Eternal Essence | 10 | Used in 26 recipes (Classic Enchanting), including Lesser Mystic Wand and Greater Mystic Wand; Use: Greater Eternal Essence | 11 gold |
 Greater Eternal Essence | 10 | Used in 36 recipes, including Enchanted Leather and Enchanted Runecloth Bag; Use: Lesser Eternal Essence | 35 gold |
 Small Brilliant Shard | 10 | Used in 14 recipes (Classic Enchanting) | 51 silver |
 Large Brilliant Shard | 10 | Used in 48 recipes, including Smoking Heart of the Mountain and Bottomless Bag | 25 silver |
 Sha Crystal Fragment | 32 | Use: Create Sha Crystal | 4 gold |
The lowest listed price among them is Large Brilliant Shard at 25 silver in the EU Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Items That Share Golden Rod's Icon
Golden Rod uses icon file 135147, which 22 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
- Runed Golden Rod ID 11130 · Profession · item level 13 "Can also serve as any lesser runed enchanting rod."
- Arcane Staff ID 9514 · Weapon - Staff · item level 5
- Glowstar Rod ID 15281 · Weapon - Wand · item level 28
- Sarah's Guide ID 17004 · Weapon - Staff · item level 29
- Zum'rah's Vexing Cane ID 18082 · Weapon - Staff · item level 25
- Metal Stave ID 3784 · Weapon - Staff · item level 21
- Acrobatic Staff ID 3185 · Weapon - Staff · item level 20
- Staff of Westfall ID 2042 · Weapon - Staff · item level 15
Items Numbered Next to Golden Rod
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 11128 (11123 to 11133) were usually added in the same batch as Golden Rod: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Rainstrider Leggings ID 11123 · Armor - Cloth · item level 28
Helm of Exile ID 11124 · Armor - Mail · item level 28
Grape Manifest ID 11125 · Quest
Tablet of Kurniya ID 11126 · Quest "Runes filled with liquid fire dance across the tablet."
Scavenged Goods ID 11127 · Quest
Essence of the Elements ID 11129 · Quest- Runed Golden Rod ID 11130 · Profession · item level 13 "Can also serve as any lesser runed enchanting rod."
Hive Wall Sample ID 11131 · Quest
Unused Scraping Vial ID 11132 · Quest
Linken's Training Sword ID 11133 · Quest
Golden Rod Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 11128 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 20 silver
- Vendor sell price
- 5 silver
- Material
- Metal
- Flags
- 0 / 8192 / 0 / 16384 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Golden Rod in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Golden Rod 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 Golden Rod next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Golden Rod in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Golden Rod 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 Golden Rod in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Golden Rod is created by Golden Rod.
- What level is Golden Rod in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Golden Rod is common quality, item level 30 with no level requirement.
- What does Golden Rod sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 5s for one Golden Rod in Classic Era.
- What is Golden Rod used for in WoW Classic?
- Golden Rod is a reagent in 1 Classic Era recipe, including Runed Golden Rod.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Golden Rod
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