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Plans: Blackguard
Item Level 27Binds when picked up
Recipe
Use: Learning
Effect: Blackguard
“Teaches you how to make Blackguard.”
Sell price: 3 gold
Not sold on the Auction House
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Plans: Blackguard Effects
- Use: Learning
- Effect: Blackguard
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Plans: Blackguard is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no live market price. Its first-party game data (identity, effects and sources) is read from the official World of Warcraft client build.
Teaches
Creates 
Blackguard Epic One-Handed Sword One-Hand, item level 29
Using Plans: Blackguard teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Blackguard takes 6 Lava Core, 6 Fiery Core, 10 Arcanite Bar, 6 Dark Iron Bar and 12 Guardian Stone.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (300)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
What One Craft Returns: Blackguard
Plans: Blackguard teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Blackguard, which makes Blackguard. At the lowest EU listings, the reagents for one craft cost 2,194g 46s, and Dark Iron Bar is the largest share at 53%.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Lava Core | 6 | 36 silver | 2 gold16 silver |
 Fiery Core | 6 | 75 silver | 4 gold50 silver |
 Arcanite Bar | 10 | 72 gold98 silver | 729 gold80 silver |
 Dark Iron Bar | 6 | 193 gold | 1,158 gold |
 Guardian Stone | 12 | 25 gold | 300 gold |
| Reagents for one craft | 2,194 gold46 silver | ||
What Else the Reagents Make
- Lava Core goes into 26 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, Tailoring, Engineering and Jewelcrafting, including Dark Iron Destroyer, Sulfuron Hammer, Nightfall and Dark Iron Leggings.
- Fiery Core goes into 27 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, Tailoring, Enchanting, Engineering and Mining, including Dark Iron Reaver, Sulfuron Hammer, Ebon Hand and Black Amnesty.
- Arcanite Bar goes into 93 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Engineering, Inscription, Alchemy, Mining, Leatherworking and Tailoring, including Sulfuron Hammer, Invulnerable Mail, Warblades of the Hakkari, Reborn and Arcanite Reaper. It is itself made by the recipe Transmute: Arcanite.
- Dark Iron Bar goes into 30 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Engineering and Jewelcrafting, including Dark Iron Sunderer, Dark Iron Plate, Steel Ironforge Emblem and Sulfuron Hammer. It is itself made by the recipe Smelt Dark Iron.
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 10 recipes nearest to Plans: Blackguard in required skill among Recipe > Blacksmithing, all from Classic like Plans: Blackguard.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plans: Blackguard (this item) | 300 | Not listed | |
| Plans: Runic Plate Shoulders |  Runic Plate Shoulders | 300 | Not listed |
| Plans: Runic Plate Boots |  Runic Plate Boots | 300 | Not listed |
| Plans: Runic Plate Leggings |  Runic Plate Leggings | 300 | Not listed |
 Plans: Thorium Leggings | Thorium Leggings | 300 | Not listed |
| Plans: Radiant Leggings |  Radiant Leggings | 300 | Not listed |
| Plans: Hammer of the Titans |  Hammer of the Titans | 300 | Not listed |
| Plans: Annihilator |  Annihilator | 300 | Not listed |
| Plans: Frostguard |  Frostguard | 300 | Not listed |
| Plans: Arcanite Reaper |  Arcanite Reaper | 300 | Not listed |
| Plans: Heartseeker |  Heartseeker | 300 | Not listed |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Plans: Blackguard in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Plans: Blackguard 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 Plans: Blackguard next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Plans: Blackguard in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Plans: Blackguard 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 Plans: Blackguard in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Plans: Blackguard is common quality, item level 70 with no level requirement.
- What does Plans: Blackguard sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 3g for one Plans: Blackguard in Classic Era.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Plans: Blackguard