MoP Classic item

Plans: Dark Iron Plate

Item 11612 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 57
Requires Blacksmithing (285)
"Teaches you how to make Dark Iron Plate."
Sell Price: 30 silver

About Plans: Dark Iron Plate

Plans: Dark Iron Plate is a rare Blacksmithing recipe on MoP Classic at item level 57. It teaches Dark Iron Plate, made from 20 Dark Iron Bar and 8 Heart of Fire; learning it takes Blacksmithing skill 285. Other blacksmithing recipes listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Plans: Radiant Gloves, Plans: Thorium Helm and Plans: Thorium Boots. The latest scan finds it on 3 MoP Classic realms (EU 2, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 10 gold on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU). A vendor pays 30 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm10 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)

Typical market (EU)51 gold75 silver

Median min buyout10 gold

Realms with listings3EU 2, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 08:29 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	10 gold	18 gold	5	5	2026-11-03 08:08 UTC
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active	85 gold50 silver	85 gold50 silver	2	2	2026-11-03 08:08 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	10 gold	13 gold	4	4	2026-11-03 08:29 UTC

Downloads

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Where it comes from

Drop	Ribbly Screwspigot in Blackrock Depths

Crafting

Teaches

Dark Iron Plate

+12 Stamina, +19 Fire Resistance, +80 Bonus Armor

Requires Blacksmithing (285)

Reagents

20x Dark Iron Bar
8x Heart of Fire

Reagent cost on MoP Classic

Dark Iron Bar and Heart of Fire have no current listing in our MoP Classic scans, so the reagent total is not known.
Dark Iron Plate has no current listing in our MoP Classic scans.
Dark Iron Bar is also a reagent in 8 other MoP Classic recipe items: Plans: Dark Iron Pulverizer, Plans: Dark Iron Sunderer, Plans: Persuader, Plans: Sulfuron Hammer, Schematic: Dark Iron Bomb, Schematic: Dark Iron Rifle and 2 more.
Heart of Fire is also a reagent in 14 other MoP Classic recipe items: Design: Truesilver Boar, Pattern: Cindercloth Gloves, Pattern: Cindercloth Vest, Plans: Blazing Rapier, Plans: Dark Iron Pulverizer, Plans: Dark Iron Sunderer and 8 more.
Other Blacksmithing recipes near skill 285 in our MoP Classic item table, which holds 171 Blacksmithing recipe items: Plans: Dark Iron Sunderer (275), Plans: Dawn's Edge (275), Plans: Blazing Rapier (280), Plans: Enchanted Battlehammer (280), Plans: Thorium Boots (280), Plans: Thorium Helm (280), Plans: Radiant Gloves (285), Plans: Serenity (285), Plans: Corruption (290), Plans: Dawnbringer Shoulders (290), Plans: Radiant Boots (290), Plans: Volcanic Hammer (290).

Reagent	Qty	Lowest listed	Median realm low	Realms
Dark Iron Bar	20	-	-	-
Heart of Fire	8	-	-	-

Where Plans: Dark Iron Plate Fits

Items That Share Plans: Dark Iron Plate's Icon

Plans: Dark Iron Plate uses the same icon art, which 247 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Plans: Dark Iron Pulverizer ID 11610 · Recipe · item level 53 · lowest 14g on 3 realms
Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword ID 12162 · Recipe · item level 32 · lowest 98s on 3 realms
Plans: Moonsteel Broadsword ID 12163 · Recipe · item level 36 · lowest 5g on 3 realms
Plans: Massive Iron Axe ID 12164 · Recipe · item level 37 · lowest 1g on 3 realms
Recipe: Crispy Bat Wing ID 12226 · Recipe · item level 5 · lowest 80g on 3 realms
Recipe: Lean Wolf Steak ID 12227 · Recipe · item level 25 · lowest 99,999g on 1 realm
Recipe: Roast Raptor ID 12228 · Recipe · item level 35 · lowest 4g on 4 realms
Recipe: Jungle Stew ID 12231 · Recipe · item level 35 · lowest 7g on 5 realms

Items Numbered Next to Plans: Dark Iron Plate

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 11612 (11606 to 11611) were usually added in the same batch as Plans: Dark Iron Plate: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Dark Iron Mail ID 11606 · Armor - Mail · item level 56 · lowest 9,500g on 2 realms
Dark Iron Sunderer ID 11607 · Weapon - Two-Handed Axe · item level 57 · lowest 12,133g on 1 realm
Dark Iron Pulverizer ID 11608 · Weapon - Two-Handed Mace · item level 55 · lowest 6,748g on 3 realms
Plans: Dark Iron Pulverizer ID 11610 · Recipe · item level 53 · lowest 14g on 3 realms
Plans: Dark Iron Sunderer ID 11611 · Recipe · item level 55 · lowest 5g on 3 realms

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

Across game versions

Item 11612	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	57	57	1
Effects	Use: Teaches you how to make Dark Iron Plate.	-	-
Sell price	30 silver	30 silver	30 silver

The retail Encounter Journal lists it from Ribbly Screwspigot in Blackrock Depths.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 10:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 14
Lowest buyout seen: 50 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-10-12 16:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 1,000 goldGrobbulus (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 3,289

US median, latest 13gEU median, latest 10gKR median, latest 499g
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 low	EU median	EU realms	KR low	KR median	KR realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-03	4 gold99 silver	10 gold	3	-	-	-	10 gold	13 gold	2
2026-11-02	1 gold	18 gold	3	-	-	-	13 gold	40 gold50 silver	4
2026-11-01	1 gold	85 gold50 silver	5	499 gold	499 gold	1	10 gold	40 gold50 silver	5
2026-10-31	1 gold	98 gold50 silver	4	499 gold	499 gold	1	10 gold	20 gold	4
2026-10-30	1 gold	100 gold	4	-	-	-	18 gold81 silver	420 gold9 silver	3
2026-10-29	5 gold	10 gold	4	-	-	-	19 gold	405 gold36 silver	3
2026-10-28	1 gold99 silver	10 gold	4	-	-	-	49 gold	64 gold99 silver	3

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 2 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.

Quick facts

Item ID	11612
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Blacksmithing
Item level	57
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	30 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)