MoP Classic item

Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword

Item 12162 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.69585

Item Level 32
Requires Blacksmithing (160)
"Teaches you how to make a Hardened Iron Shortsword."
Sell Price: 7 silver50 copper

About Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword

Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword is a common Blacksmithing recipe on MoP Classic at item level 32. It teaches Hardened Iron Shortsword, made from 6 Iron Bar, 2 Strong Flux, 1 Heavy Grinding Stone, 2 Lesser Moonstone and 3 Heavy Leather; learning it takes Blacksmithing skill 160. Other blacksmithing recipes listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Plans: Green Iron Shoulders, Plans: Solid Iron Maul and Plans: Iron Counterweight. The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (US 2); the cheapest buyout is 10 gold on Mankrik (US). A vendor pays 7 silver50 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm10 goldMankrik (US)

Typical market15 gold

Median min buyout15 gold

Realms with listings2US 2

Latest snapshot2026-09-19 04:12 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
MankrikUS · Legacy	10 gold	10 gold	1	1	2026-09-19 04:12 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	20 gold	20 gold	3	3	2026-09-19 04:12 UTC

Crafting

Teaches

Hardened Iron Shortsword

+10 Attack Power

Requires Blacksmithing (160)

Reagents

Reagent cost on MoP Classic

Iron Bar, Strong Flux, Heavy Grinding Stone, Lesser Moonstone and Heavy Leather have no current listing in our MoP Classic scans, so the reagent total is not known.
Hardened Iron Shortsword is sword for the one-hand slot, item level 32, usable from level 27; it carries +10 Attack Power.
Hardened Iron Shortsword has a lowest listed price of 499 gold69 silver on MoP Classic, listed on 1 realm (median realm low 499 gold69 silver).
Iron Bar is also a reagent in 22 other MoP Classic recipe items: Design: Heavy Iron Knuckles, Design: Wicked Moonstone Ring, Plans: Barbaric Iron Boots, Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate, Plans: Barbaric Iron Gloves, Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm and 16 more.
Strong Flux is also a reagent in 8 other MoP Classic recipe items: Plans: Deadly Bronze Poniard, Plans: Golden Iron Destroyer, Plans: Iridescent Hammer, Plans: Jade Serpentblade, Plans: Massive Iron Axe, Plans: Mighty Iron Hammer and 2 more.
Heavy Grinding Stone is also a reagent in 18 other MoP Classic recipe items: Plans: Barbaric Iron Boots, Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate, Plans: Barbaric Iron Gloves, Plans: Barbaric Iron Shoulders, Plans: Golden Iron Destroyer, Plans: Golden Scale Boots and 12 more.
Other Blacksmithing recipes near skill 160 in our MoP Classic item table, which holds 171 Blacksmithing recipe items: Plans: Green Iron Boots (145), Plans: Mighty Iron Hammer (145), Plans: Green Iron Gauntlets (150), Plans: Iron Shield Spike (150), Plans: Silvered Bronze Leggings (155), Plans: Solid Iron Maul (155), Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate (160), Plans: Barbaric Iron Shoulders (160), Plans: Green Iron Shoulders (160), Plans: Iron Counterweight (165), Plans: Golden Iron Destroyer (170), Plans: Golden Scale Leggings (170).

Reagent	Qty	Lowest listed	Median realm low	Realms
Iron Bar	6	-	-	-
Strong Flux	2	-	-	-
Heavy Grinding Stone	1	-	-	-
Lesser Moonstone	2	-	-	-
Heavy Leather	3	-	-	-

Across game versions

Item 12162	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	32	32	1
Effects	Use: Teaches you how to make a Hardened Iron Shortsword.	-	-
Sell price	7 silver50 copper	7 silver50 copper	7 silver50 copper

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-08-27 21:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 8
Lowest buyout seen: 10 silverEverlook, Ook Ook (EU), 2026-08-28 08:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 333 gold54 silverFlamegor (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 2,131

US median, latest 10gEU median, latest 20g
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	US low	US median	US realms
2026-09-19	-	-	-	10 gold	10 gold	2
2026-09-18	10 gold	19 gold99 silver	4	10 gold	10 gold27 silver	2
2026-09-17	8 gold75 silver	10 gold	3	10 gold27 silver	10 gold27 silver	2
2026-09-16	8 gold75 silver	23 gold72 silver	4	7 gold	7 gold	2
2026-09-15	5 gold	23 gold72 silver	5	7 gold	7 gold99 silver	2
2026-09-14	5 gold	20 gold	5	7 gold99 silver	7 gold99 silver	2
2026-09-13	5 gold	10 gold	4	4 gold50 silver	8 gold	2

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 0 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 2 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	12162
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.69585)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Blacksmithing
Item level	32
Vendor sell	7 silver50 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)