MoP Classic item

Schematic: Dark Iron Rifle

Item 16048 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 55
Requires Engineering (275)
"Teaches you how to make a Dark Iron Rifle."
Sell Price: 40 silver

About Schematic: Dark Iron Rifle

Schematic: Dark Iron Rifle is an uncommon Engineering recipe on MoP Classic at item level 55. It teaches Dark Iron Rifle, made from 2 Thorium Tube, 6 Dark Iron Bar, 2 Deadly Scope, 2 Blue Sapphire, 2 Large Opal and 4 Rugged Leather; learning it takes Engineering skill 275. Other engineering recipes listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Schematic: Masterwork Target Dummy, Schematic: Powerful Seaforium Charge and Schematic: Fused Wiring. The latest scan finds it on 4 MoP Classic realms (EU 2, US 2); the cheapest buyout is 44 silver on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU). A vendor pays 40 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm44 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)

Typical market (EU)1 gold64 silver

Median min buyout62 silver49 copper

Realms with listings4EU 2, US 2

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	44 silver	2 gold50 silver	6	6	2026-11-03 08:08 UTC
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active	79 silver99 copper	79 silver99 copper	2	2	2026-11-03 08:08 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	45 silver	15 gold	16	16	2026-11-03 08:29 UTC
Arugal (AU)US · Active	5 gold	5 gold	2	2	2026-11-03 08:29 UTC

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Crafting

Teaches

Dark Iron Rifle

Requires Engineering (275)

Reagents

Reagent cost on MoP Classic

Thorium Tube, Dark Iron Bar, Deadly Scope, Blue Sapphire, Large Opal and Rugged Leather have no current listing in our MoP Classic scans, so the reagent total is not known.
Dark Iron Rifle is gun for the ranged slot, item level 55, usable from level 50. Its own tooltip reads: Equip: Chance to strike your ranged target with Shadow Shot for 18 to 26 Shadow damage.
Dark Iron Rifle has a lowest listed price of 1,724 gold97 silver on MoP Classic, listed on 1 realm (median realm low 1,724 gold97 silver).
Thorium Tube is also a reagent in 3 other MoP Classic recipe items: Schematic: Flawless Arcanite Rifle, Schematic: Major Recombobulator, Schematic: Masterwork Target Dummy.
Dark Iron Bar is also a reagent in 8 other MoP Classic recipe items: Plans: Dark Iron Plate, Plans: Dark Iron Pulverizer, Plans: Dark Iron Sunderer, Plans: Persuader, Plans: Sulfuron Hammer, Schematic: Dark Iron Bomb and 2 more.
Deadly Scope is also a reagent in 1 other MoP Classic recipe item: Schematic: Thorium Rifle.
Other Engineering recipes near skill 275 in our MoP Classic item table, which holds 90 Engineering recipe items: Schematic: Gnomish Alarm-o-Bot (265), Schematic: Goblin Jumper Cables XL (265), Schematic: Lifelike Mechanical Toad (265), Schematic: Spellpower Goggles Xtreme Plus (270), Schematic: Cluster Launcher (275), Schematic: Fused Wiring (275), Schematic: Major Recombobulator (275), Schematic: Masterwork Target Dummy (275), Schematic: Powerful Seaforium Charge (275), Schematic: Thorium Tube (275), Schematic: Dark Iron Bomb (285), Schematic: Delicate Arcanite Converter (285).

Reagent	Qty	Lowest listed	Median realm low	Realms
Thorium Tube	2	-	-	-
Dark Iron Bar	6	-	-	-
Deadly Scope	2	-	-	-
Blue Sapphire	2	-	-	-
Large Opal	2	-	-	-
Rugged Leather	4	-	-	-

Where Schematic: Dark Iron Rifle Fits

Items That Share Schematic: Dark Iron Rifle's Icon

Schematic: Dark Iron Rifle uses the same icon art, which 189 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Schematic: Dark Iron Bomb ID 16049 · Recipe · item level 57
Schematic: Spellpower Goggles Xtreme Plus ID 16045 · Recipe · item level 54
Schematic: Arcanite Dragonling ID 16054 · Recipe · item level 60
Schematic: Arcane Bomb ID 16055 · Recipe · item level 60 · lowest 2,000g on 2 realms
Schematic: Flawless Arcanite Rifle ID 16056 · Recipe · item level 61
Pattern: Runic Leather Shoulders ID 15777 · Recipe · item level 62
Pattern: Runic Leather Armor ID 15776 · Recipe · item level 61
Pattern: Wicked Leather Armor ID 15773 · Recipe · item level 61

Items Numbered Next to Schematic: Dark Iron Rifle

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 16048 (16043 to 16053) were usually added in the same batch as Schematic: Dark Iron Rifle: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Schematic: Thorium Rifle ID 16043 · Recipe · item level 52
Schematic: Lifelike Mechanical Toad ID 16044 · Recipe · item level 53
Schematic: Spellpower Goggles Xtreme Plus ID 16045 · Recipe · item level 54
Schematic: Masterwork Target Dummy ID 16046 · Recipe · item level 55 · lowest 14g on 2 realms
Schematic: Thorium Tube ID 16047 · Recipe · item level 55
Schematic: Dark Iron Bomb ID 16049 · Recipe · item level 57
Schematic: Delicate Arcanite Converter ID 16050 · Recipe · item level 57 · lowest 25g on 2 realms
Ruined Schematic: Thorium Shells ID 16051 · Miscellaneous
Schematic: Voice Amplification Modulator ID 16052 · Recipe · item level 58 · lowest 4,000g on 1 realm
Schematic: Master Engineer's Goggles ID 16053 · Recipe · item level 58

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

Across game versions

Item 16048	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	55	55	1
Effects	Use: Teaches you how to make a Dark Iron Rifle.	-	-
Sell price	40 silver	40 silver	40 silver

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 10:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 17
Lowest buyout seen: 1 silver99 copperAuberdine (EU), 2026-10-28 23:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 4,998 gold99 silverVenoxis (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 3,986

US median, latest 45sEU median, latest 79sKR median, latest 1g
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	44 silver	79 silver99 copper	3	1 gold	1 gold	1	45 silver	45 silver	2
2026-11-02	44 silver	79 silver99 copper	4	1 gold	1 gold	1	8 silver	5 gold	6
2026-11-01	30 silver	85 silver	4	1 gold	1 gold	1	41 silver85 copper	8 gold11 silver	6
2026-10-31	25 silver	85 silver	4	2 gold	2 gold	1	69 silver	5 gold	5
2026-10-30	44 silver99 copper	90 silver	3	2 gold	2 gold	1	73 silver26 copper	10 gold	4
2026-10-29	86 silver99 copper	1 gold39 silver	3	2 gold	2 gold	1	30 silver	10 gold	3
2026-10-28	1 silver99 copper	1 gold49 silver	3	-	-	-	39 silver	40 silver	4

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 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	16048
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Engineering
Item level	55
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	40 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)