Is Mechanical Squirrel Box in World of Warcraft: Forever?

Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Mechanical Squirrel Box 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 Mechanical Squirrel Box in WoW Classic?

In Classic Era, Mechanical Squirrel Box is created by Mechanical Squirrel.

What level is Mechanical Squirrel Box in WoW Classic?

In Classic Era, Mechanical Squirrel Box is common quality, item level 15 with no level requirement.

What does Mechanical Squirrel Box sell for to a vendor in Classic?

A vendor pays 1s for one Mechanical Squirrel Box in Classic Era.

Mechanical Squirrel Box - WoW Classic and Forever Item Sources

Teaches the battle pet Mechanical Squirrel.collections

An Uncommon Miscellaneous, item level 1. Crafted with Mechanical Squirrel Box.

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Mechanical Squirrel Box	Recipe

Sold By the Trading Post

The game's Trading Post catalog lists Mechanical Squirrel Box for 111 Trader's Tender in the Pets category.

Price and category come from the client's Perks vendor tables (PerksVendorItem). The monthly rotation is not in the client data.

Build history

First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).

Trading Post item (Pets): 111 Trader's Tender.trading post

Mechanical Squirrel Box Effects

Use: Learning
Effect: Mechanical Squirrel - Infinite
Creates a Mechanical Squirrel that follows you around. Right Click to summon and dismiss your Squirrel.

Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.

Other versions

Across game versions

In WoW Forever it is item level 15 and Common quality. In Classic Era it is item level 15, Common quality and binds when used. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 15, Common quality and binds when used. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 15 and Common quality. In MoP Classic it is item level 15 and Common quality.

Version	Item level	Quality	Binding	Sells for
Retail (Midnight)	1	Uncommon	-	1s
WoW Forever	15	Common	-	1s
Classic Era	15	Common	Binds when used	1s
The Burning Crusade	15	Common	Binds when used	1s
Wrath of the Lich King	15	Common	-	1s
MoP Classic	15	Common	-	1s

Mechanical Squirrel Box Game Data

Crafted By

Mechanical Squirrel Box Classic Engineering

The Classic Engineering recipe Mechanical Squirrel Box takes 1 Handful of Copper Bolts, 1 Copper Bar and 2 Malachite.

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Mechanical Squirrel Box Crafting Costs

Cost to Craft: Mechanical Squirrel Box

At the lowest EU listings, the reagents for one craft cost 7g 21s, and Copper Bar is the largest share at 43%. The Classic Engineering recipe Mechanical Squirrel Box is taught by Schematic: Mechanical Squirrel Box. It turns yellow at Classic Engineering skill 105 and grey at 135.

Reagent	Needed	Lowest listed	Cost
Handful of Copper Bolts	1	2 gold5 silver	2 gold5 silver
Copper Bar	1	3 gold12 silver	3 gold12 silver
Malachite	2	1 gold2 silver	2 gold4 silver
Reagents for one craft			7 gold21 silver

What Else the Reagents Make

Handful of Copper Bolts goes into 4 other recipes in Engineering: Rough Boomstick, Lovingly Crafted Boomstick, Crude Scope and Rough Copper Bomb. It is itself made by the recipe Handful of Copper Bolts.
Copper Bar goes into 38 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting, Mining and Leatherworking, including Ironforge Breastplate, Heavy Copper Broadsword, Copper Battle Axe and Heavy Copper Maul. It is itself made by the recipe Smelt Copper.
Malachite goes into 9 other recipes across Engineering, Jewelcrafting and Blacksmithing, including Deepdive Helmet, Crude Scope, Bronze Band of Force and Copper Battle Axe.

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.

Where Mechanical Squirrel Box Fits

Items That Share Mechanical Squirrel Box's Icon

Mechanical Squirrel Box uses icon file 132761, which 99 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Supply Crate ID 4629 · Quest
Tomes of Alterac ID 3660 · Quest
Shipment of Iron ID 3564 · Quest
Crate of Lightforge Ingots ID 2712 · Quest
Secure Crate ID 6462 · Quest
Jordan's Refined Ore Shipment ID 6993 · Quest
Chest of Containment Coffers ID 7247 · Quest
Crate of Horseshoes ID 1284 · Quest "There's a note attached to this crate."

Items Numbered Next to Mechanical Squirrel Box

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 4401 (4396 to 4406) were usually added in the same batch as Mechanical Squirrel Box: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Mechanical Dragonling ID 4396 · Armor · item level 22
Gnomish Cloaking Device ID 4397 · Armor · item level 22
Large Seaforium Charge ID 4398 · Consumable · item level 17
Wooden Stock ID 4399 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Heavy Stock ID 4400 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Small Flame Sac ID 4402 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Portable Bronze Mortar ID 4403 · Consumable · item level 14
Silver Contact ID 4404 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Crude Scope ID 4405 · Consumable · item level 6
Standard Scope ID 4406 · Consumable · item level 10

Mechanical Squirrel Box Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 4401 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price: 4 silver
Vendor sell price: 1 silver
Material: Leather
Content tuning ID: 373
Flags: 64 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0

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

Mechanical Squirrel Box in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever

Mechanical Squirrel Box 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 Mechanical Squirrel Box next to the live retail market on this page.

Is Mechanical Squirrel Box in World of Warcraft: Forever?: Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Mechanical Squirrel Box 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 Mechanical Squirrel Box in WoW Classic?: In Classic Era, Mechanical Squirrel Box is created by Mechanical Squirrel.
What level is Mechanical Squirrel Box in WoW Classic?: In Classic Era, Mechanical Squirrel Box is common quality, item level 15 with no level requirement.
What does Mechanical Squirrel Box sell for to a vendor in Classic?: A vendor pays 1s for one Mechanical Squirrel Box in Classic Era.

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