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Ripe Watermelon
Item Level 1Consumable
Use: Food
Sell price: 1 copper
Not sold on the Auction House
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
A Common Consumable, item level 1.
Background
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Ripe Watermelon Effects
- Use: Food - 18s
Restores over 18 sec. Must remain seated while eating.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In WoW Forever it is item level 5. In Classic Era it is item level 5. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 5. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 5.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Common | 1c |
| WoW Forever | 5 | Common | 1c |
| Classic Era | 5 | Common | 1c |
| The Burning Crusade | 5 | Common | 1c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 5 | Common | 1c |
| MoP Classic | 1 | Common | 1c |
Achievements
- Using Ripe Watermelon counts toward Tastes Like Chicken (10 points).
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Ripe Watermelon among Consumable > Food & Drink, all from Classic like Ripe Watermelon.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ripe Watermelon (this item) | 1 | Use: Food | Not listed |
 Tough Jerky | 1 | Use: Food | 1 silver |
 Slitherskin Mackerel | 1 | Crafted with Classic Cooking; Use: Food | 1 silver |
 Darnassian Bleu | 1 | Use: Food | 2 silver |
 Charred Wolf Meat | 1 | Crafted with Classic Cooking; Use: Food | 27 silver |
 Spiced Wolf Meat | 1 | Crafted with Classic Cooking; Use: Food | 5 silver |
| Roasted Boar Meat | 1 | Crafted with Classic Cooking; Use: Food | 1 silver |
 Thunder Ale | 1 | Use: Weak Alcohol | 978 gold |
 Bottle of Dalaran Noir | 1 | Use: Weak Alcohol | 28 silver |
 Beer Basted Boar Ribs | 1 | Crafted with Classic Cooking; Use: Food | 2 silver |
| Rhapsody Malt | 1 | Use: Weak Alcohol | 107 gold |
The lowest listed price among them is Tough Jerky at 1 silver in the EU Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Items That Share Ripe Watermelon's Icon
Ripe Watermelon uses icon file 133978, which 5 other items also use. The 4 closest by item ID:
- Snapvine Watermelon ID 4538 · Consumable · item level 7
- Sweet Lakemelon ID 87554 · Quest "Round and juicy."
- Watermelon Bomb ID 88371 · Armor · item level 37
- Tanaan Sweetmelon ID 115353 · Consumable · item level 40
Items Numbered Next to Ripe Watermelon
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 5057 (5051 to 5062) were usually added in the same batch as Ripe Watermelon: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Dig Rat ID 5051 · Quest
Unconscious Dig Rat ID 5052 · Quest
Samophlange ID 5054 · Quest
Intact Raptor Horn ID 5055 · Quest
Root Sample ID 5056 · Quest
Silithid Egg ID 5058 · Quest
Digging Claw ID 5059 · Quest
Thieves' Tools ID 5060 · Miscellaneous · item level 7
Stolen Silver ID 5061 · Quest
Raptor Head ID 5062 · Quest
Ripe Watermelon Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 5057 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 25 copper
- Vendor sell price
- 1 copper
- Stacks to
- 20
- Flags
- 0 / 8192 / 0 / 16384 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Ripe Watermelon in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Ripe Watermelon 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 Ripe Watermelon next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Ripe Watermelon in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Ripe Watermelon 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 Ripe Watermelon in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Ripe Watermelon is Common quality, item level 5 and requires level 1.
- What does Ripe Watermelon sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 1c for one Ripe Watermelon in Classic Era; it stacks to 20.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Ripe Watermelon
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