MoP Classic item

Plans: Shadow Crescent Axe

Item 3869 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 40
Requires Blacksmithing (200)
"Teaches you how to make a Shadow Crescent Axe."
Sell Price: 12 silver50 copper

About Plans: Shadow Crescent Axe

Plans: Shadow Crescent Axe is an uncommon Blacksmithing recipe on MoP Classic at item level 40. It teaches Shadow Crescent Axe, made from 10 Steel Bar, 2 Citrine and 2 Shadow Oil; learning it takes Blacksmithing skill 200. Other blacksmithing recipes listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Plans: Frost Tiger Blade, Plans: Inlaid Mithril Cylinder and Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass. The latest scan finds it on 5 MoP Classic realms (EU 2, KR 2, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 1 gold99 silver on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU). A vendor pays 12 silver50 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm1 gold99 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)

Typical market (EU)3 gold37 silver

Median min buyout10 gold

Realms with listings5EU 2, KR 2, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 13:08 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	1 gold99 silver	1 gold99 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 13:08 UTC
LakeshireEU · Legacy	4 gold75 silver	4 gold75 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 13:08 UTC
Shimmering FlatsKR · Korea	10 gold	10 gold	2	2	2026-11-03 12:57 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	25 gold	25 gold	4	4	2026-11-03 12:29 UTC
LokholarKR · Korea	555 gold	555 gold	2	2	2026-11-03 12:57 UTC

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Crafting

Teaches

Shadow Crescent Axe

+11 Strength, +10 Stamina

Requires Blacksmithing (200)

Reagents

Reagent cost on MoP Classic

Steel Bar, Citrine and Shadow Oil have no current listing in our MoP Classic scans, so the reagent total is not known.
Shadow Crescent Axe is axe for the two-hand slot, item level 40, usable from level 35; it carries +11 Strength, +10 Stamina.
Shadow Crescent Axe has a lowest listed price of 1,172 gold40 silver on MoP Classic, listed on 2 realms (median realm low 1,172 gold40 silver).
Steel Bar is also a reagent in 11 other MoP Classic recipe items: Plans: Edge of Winter, Plans: Frost Tiger Blade, Plans: Golden Scale Boots, Plans: Golden Scale Coif, Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass, Plans: Golden Scale Gauntlets and 5 more.
Citrine is also a reagent in 13 other MoP Classic recipe items: Design: Blazing Citrine Ring, Design: Gem Studded Band, Design: Golden Hare, Pattern: Gem-Studded Leather Belt, Pattern: Star Belt, Plans: Polished Steel Boots and 7 more.
Shadow Oil is also a reagent in 4 other MoP Classic recipe items: Design: Wicked Moonstone Ring, Pattern: Guardian Armor, Pattern: Shadow Hood, Recipe: Greater Shadow Protection Potion.
Other Blacksmithing recipes near skill 200 in our MoP Classic item table, which holds 171 Blacksmithing recipe items: Plans: Barbaric Iron Gloves (185), Plans: Massive Iron Axe (185), Plans: Edge of Winter (190), Plans: Golden Scale Coif (190), Plans: Searing Golden Blade (190), Plans: Steel Weapon Chain (190), Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass (195), Plans: Frost Tiger Blade (200), Plans: Golden Scale Boots (200), Plans: Inlaid Mithril Cylinder (200), Plans: Golden Scale Gauntlets (205), Plans: Heavy Mithril Pants (210).

Reagent	Qty	Lowest listed	Median realm low	Realms
Steel Bar	10	-	-	-
Citrine	2	-	-	-
Shadow Oil	2	-	-	-

Where Plans: Shadow Crescent Axe Fits

Items That Share Plans: Shadow Crescent Axe's Icon

Plans: Shadow Crescent Axe uses the same icon art, which 189 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Plans: Frost Tiger Blade ID 3868 · Recipe · item level 40 · lowest 5g on 5 realms
Plans: Green Iron Shoulders ID 3870 · Recipe · item level 32 · lowest 125g on 1 realm
Plans: Golden Scale Leggings ID 3872 · Recipe · item level 34 · lowest 5g on 3 realms
Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass ID 3873 · Recipe · item level 39 · lowest 4g on 3 realms
Recipe: Elixir of Detect Lesser Invisibility ID 3832 · Recipe · item level 39 · lowest 10g on 2 realms
Plans: Green Iron Gauntlets ID 3612 · Recipe · item level 30
Plans: Green Iron Boots ID 3611 · Recipe · item level 29 · lowest 2g on 2 realms
Plans: Gemmed Copper Gauntlets ID 3610 · Recipe · item level 15 · lowest 99s on 4 realms

Items Numbered Next to Plans: Shadow Crescent Axe

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 3869 (3860 to 3874) were usually added in the same batch as Plans: Shadow Crescent Axe: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Mithril Bar ID 3860 · Trade Goods · item level 40
Citrine ID 3864 · Gem · item level 40
Plans: Jade Serpentblade ID 3866 · Recipe · item level 35 · lowest 1g on 3 realms
Plans: Golden Iron Destroyer ID 3867 · Recipe · item level 34 · lowest 5g on 2 realms
Plans: Frost Tiger Blade ID 3868 · Recipe · item level 40 · lowest 5g on 5 realms
Plans: Green Iron Shoulders ID 3870 · Recipe · item level 32 · lowest 125g on 1 realm
Plans: Golden Scale Shoulders ID 3871 · Recipe · item level 35
Plans: Golden Scale Leggings ID 3872 · Recipe · item level 34 · lowest 5g on 3 realms
Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass ID 3873 · Recipe · item level 39 · lowest 4g on 3 realms
Plans: Polished Steel Boots ID 3874 · Recipe · item level 37 · lowest 4s on 4 realms

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

Across game versions

Item 3869	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	40	40	1
Effects	Use: Teaches you how to make a Shadow Crescent Axe.	-	-
Sell price	12 silver50 copper	12 silver50 copper	12 silver50 copper

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 14:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 11
Lowest buyout seen: 99 silver99 copperGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-10-04 17:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 15,000 goldLokholar (KR)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 2,323

US median, latest 25gEU median, latest 2gKR median, latest 555g
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	1 gold99 silver	1 gold99 silver	3	10 gold	555 gold	2	25 gold	25 gold	1
2026-11-02	1 gold	2 gold	3	10 gold	555 gold	2	25 gold	30 gold	1
2026-11-01	1 gold	2 gold	3	10 gold	499 gold	2	5 gold	40 gold	2
2026-10-31	1 gold	2 gold	3	499 gold	499 gold	1	40 gold	40 gold	1
2026-10-30	1 gold	5 gold	3	-	-	-	5 gold29 silver	43 gold99 silver	1
2026-10-29	1 gold	5 gold	4	1,122 gold	1,122 gold	1	50 gold	75 gold	1
2026-10-28	5 gold	20 gold	3	1,122 gold	1,122 gold	1	75 gold	98 gold	1

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 2 of 25, KR 2 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	3869
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Blacksmithing
Item level	40
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	12 silver50 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)