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Plans: Helm of the Great Chief
Item Level 1Recipe
Use: Learning
Effect: Helm of the Great Chief
“Teaches you how to make a Helm of the Great Chief.”
Sell price: 1 gold50 silver
Current price
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Plans: Helm of the Great Chief Price History
Realm Auction HouseSupply & Availability
Not currently listedWe track this item - no active Auction House listings in the latest scan. Prices appear here as soon as one is posted (scans run every 15 minutes).
On Plans: Helm of the Great Chief's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 34,644 gold85 silver over the last 30 days, ranging from 24,000 gold16 silver to 155,695 gold48 silver, a wide spread for a 30-day window.
Plans: Helm of the Great Chief Effects
- Use: Learning
- Effect: Helm of the Great Chief
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Teaches
Creates 
Helm of the Great Chief Rare Mail Head, item level 29
Using Plans: Helm of the Great Chief teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Helm of the Great Chief takes 40 Thorium Bar, 4 Enchanted Thorium Bar, 6 Large Opal and 2 Huge Emerald.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (300)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
What One Craft Returns: Helm of the Great Chief
Plans: Helm of the Great Chief teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Helm of the Great Chief, which makes Helm of the Great Chief. At the lowest EU listings, the reagents for one craft cost 190g 12s, and Thorium Bar is the largest share at 63%.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Thorium Bar | 40 | 2 gold99 silver | 119 gold60 silver |
 Enchanted Thorium Bar | 4 | 5 gold85 silver | 23 gold40 silver |
 Large Opal | 6 | 6 gold90 silver | 41 gold40 silver |
 Huge Emerald | 2 | 2 gold86 silver | 5 gold72 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 190 gold12 silver | ||
What Else the Reagents Make
- Thorium Bar goes into 88 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting, Inscription, Enchanting and Alchemy, including Lionheart Helm, Axe of Sundered Bone, Gurubashi Carver and Hammer of the Titans. It is itself made by the recipe Smelt Thorium.
- Enchanted Thorium Bar goes into 44 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, Enchanting and Engineering, including Midnight's Graze, Fiery Vengeance, Gurubashi Poker and Blade of the Fallen Seraph. It is itself made by the recipe Enchanted Thorium Bar.
- Large Opal goes into 26 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Engineering and Inscription, including Stygian Shield, Axe of Sundered Bone, Edict of the Redeemed Crusader and Gem of the Nerubians.
- Huge Emerald goes into 30 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Leatherworking, Inscription, Tailoring and Engineering, including Death's Gamble, Edict of the Redeemed Crusader, Annihilator and Masterwork Stormhammer.
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: Helm of the Great Chief in required skill among Recipe > Blacksmithing, all from Classic like Plans: Helm of the Great Chief.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plans: Helm of the Great Chief (this item) | 300 | Not listed | |
| Plans: Hammer of the Titans |  Hammer of the Titans | 300 | Not listed |
| Plans: Annihilator |  Annihilator | 300 | Not listed |
| Plans: Arcanite Reaper |  Arcanite Reaper | 300 | Not listed |
| Plans: Heartseeker |  Heartseeker | 300 | Not listed |
 Plans: Darkrune Breastplate |  Darkrune Breastplate | 300 | Not listed |
| Plans: Black Grasp of the Destroyer |  Black Grasp of the Destroyer | 300 | Not listed |
| Plans: Thick Obsidian Breastplate |  Thick Obsidian Breastplate | 300 | Not listed |
 Plans: Thorium Leggings |  Thorium Leggings | 300 | Not listed |
| Plans: Radiant Leggings |  Radiant Leggings | 300 | Not listed |
| Plans: Sulfuron Hammer |  Sulfuron Hammer | 300 | Not listed |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Items That Share Plans: Helm of the Great Chief's Icon
Plans: Helm of the Great Chief uses icon file 134939, which 1,738 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
- Plans: Imperial Plate Leggings ID 12715 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Imperial Plate Leggings."
- Plans: Runic Plate Helm ID 12714 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Runic Plate Helm."
- Plans: Runic Breastplate ID 12718 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Runic Breastplate."
- Plans: Runic Plate Leggings ID 12719 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Runic Plate Leggings."
- Plans: Stronghold Gauntlets ID 12720 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Stronghold Gauntlets."
- Plans: Whitesoul Helm ID 12711 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to make a Whitesoul Helm."
- Plans: Runic Plate Boots ID 12707 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to make Runic Plate Boots."
- Plans: Runic Plate Shoulders ID 12706 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to make Runic Plate Shoulders."
Items Numbered Next to Plans: Helm of the Great Chief
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 12716 (12711 to 12721) were usually added in the same batch as Plans: Helm of the Great Chief: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
- Plans: Whitesoul Helm ID 12711 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to make a Whitesoul Helm."
Warosh's Mojo ID 12712 · Consumable- Plans: Radiant Leggings ID 12713 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Radiant Leggings."
- Plans: Runic Plate Helm ID 12714 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Runic Plate Helm."
- Plans: Imperial Plate Leggings ID 12715 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Imperial Plate Leggings."
- Plans: Lionheart Helm ID 12717 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Lionheart Helm."
- Plans: Runic Breastplate ID 12718 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Runic Breastplate."
- Plans: Runic Plate Leggings ID 12719 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Runic Plate Leggings."
- Plans: Stronghold Gauntlets ID 12720 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Stronghold Gauntlets."
Good Luck Half-Charm ID 12721 · Quest
Plans: Helm of the Great Chief Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 12716 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 6 gold
- Vendor sell price
- 1 gold50 silver
- Flags
- 64 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Plans: Helm of the Great Chief in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Plans: Helm of the Great Chief 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: Helm of the Great Chief next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Plans: Helm of the Great Chief in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Plans: Helm of the Great Chief 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: Helm of the Great Chief in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Plans: Helm of the Great Chief is Rare quality, item level 61 with no level requirement.
- What does Plans: Helm of the Great Chief sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 1g 50s for one Plans: Helm of the Great Chief 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: Helm of the Great Chief
WoW Forever: what our data shows
- Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client
- Build 1.60.1.70291, 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
- Listed as
- Pattern: Helm of the Great Chief
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