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MoP Classic item

Deteriorating Blade

Item 25399 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

  • Item Level 69
  • Main HandSword
  • 20 - 38 DamageSpeed 2.20
  • (13.2 damage per second)
  • Durability 75 / 75
  • Requires Level 64
  • Sell Price: 2 gold31 silver

About Deteriorating Blade

Deteriorating Blade is a poor main hand sword on MoP Classic at item level 69, usable from level 64. It hits for 20 to 38 damage every 2.20 seconds, 13.2 damage per second. It shares its appearance with Hardened Iron Shortsword, Sharp Shortsword and Fine Longsword and 1 more. Other main hand swords listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Light Scimitar (36), Warped Blade (24) and Stock Shortsword (19). The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (EU 1, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 6 gold on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 2 gold31 silver for it.

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MoP Classic Auction House prices
Cheapest realm6 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Typical market (EU)24 gold99 silver
Median min buyout15 gold49 silver
Realms with listings2EU 1, US 1
Latest snapshot2026-11-03 12:29 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

RealmMin buyoutMarket (median)QtyListingsSnapshot
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active24 gold99 silver24 gold99 silver222026-11-03 12:08 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active6 gold6 gold112026-11-03 12:29 UTC
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Main hand sword items near item level 69

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 2 other main hand sword items between item level 52 and 75; 0 of them carry fixed stats.

  • Its 13.2 damage per second ranks 2nd of 3 main hand sword items in this group; Forsaken Sword (item level 75, requires level 70) has the most, 43.1.
  • Attack speeds among the 3 main hand sword items in this group run from 1.80 seconds (Forsaken Sword) to 2.20 seconds (Fine Longsword); it swings every 2.20 seconds.
  • Its lowest listed price, 6 gold, ranks 2nd of 2 listed main hand sword items in this group.
  • Other weapon types for the main hand slot within 5 item levels of 69: one-handed axe (2): Eroded Axe, Mag'hari Light Axe; one-handed mace (1): Corroded Mace.
ItemItem levelRequiresDPSFixed statsLowest listed
Fine Longsword52479.5 (2.20s)none3 gold92 silver
Deteriorating Blade696413.2 (2.20s)none6 gold
Forsaken Sword757043.1 (1.80s)none-
Appearance

Same appearance record (46954)

Where Deteriorating Blade Fits

Items That Share Deteriorating Blade's Icon

Deteriorating Blade uses the same icon art, which 7 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:

  • Elexorien Blade ID 25163 · Weapon - Two-Handed Sword · item level 102
  • Royal Crusader Sword ID 25156 · Weapon - Two-Handed Sword · item level 81 · lowest 50g on 1 realm
  • Ice-Pitted Blade ID 33425 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 125 · lowest 5g on 2 realms
  • Fine Longsword ID 13816 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 52 · lowest 3g on 1 realm
  • Sharp Shortsword ID 4017 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 46 · lowest 95s on 1 realm
  • Knightly Longsword ID 864 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 38 · lowest 2g on 3 realms
  • Rusted Blade ID 90806 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 205 · lowest 8g on 1 realm

Items Numbered Next to Deteriorating Blade

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 25399 (25394 to 25404) were usually added in the same batch as Deteriorating Blade: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Built from Blizzard's Game Data API item documents for this game version and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Across game versions
Item 25399MoP ClassicRetail (Midnight)
Item level6929
Required level6464
Damage20 - 3837 - 70
Speed2.202.20
Damage per second13.224.3
Sell price2 gold31 silver1 gold84 silver

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First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

MoP Classic price history
First seen in a scan
2026-10-04 14:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it
4
Lowest buyout seen
89 silver69 copperArugal (AU) (US), 2026-10-23 16:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen
4,999 goldEverlook, Ook Ook (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days
868
MoP Classic daily median realm-minimum buyout, Oct 04 to Nov 0301,375g2,749g4,124g5,499gOct 04Oct 19Nov 03
US median, latest 6gEU median, latest 25g
Each line is one region's daily median of the cheapest buyout on every realm that listed it, from our hourly scans.

Last 7 days

Day (UTC)EU lowEU medianEU realmsUS lowUS medianUS realms
2026-11-0324 gold99 silver24 gold99 silver16 gold6 gold1
2026-11-0224 gold99 silver24 gold99 silver16 gold6 gold1
2026-11-0124 gold99 silver24 gold99 silver17 gold7 gold1
2026-10-3125 gold353 gold46 silver110 gold10 gold1
2026-10-30372 gold7 silver372 gold7 silver15 gold5 gold1
2026-10-29372 gold7 silver372 gold8 silver15 gold5 gold1
2026-10-28391 gold66 silver391 gold66 silver15 gold5 gold1
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Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 1 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 1 of 23.

Item data: Blizzard's MoP Classic Game Data API (static data 5.5.4.67732). Prices: per-unit buyouts from one Blizzard Auction House snapshot per connected realm per hour; market is the quantity-weighted median of a realm's listings. Retail column: the retail client datamine.