WoW Forever item

Short Ash Bow

Name: Short Ash Bow WoW Forever Auction House Prices
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Item 3039 on WoW Forever (WoW Forever beta (September 17 to October 21) · launches November 4, 2026), client 1.60.1.70532

Item Level 23
Binds when equipped
RangedBow
20 - 38 DamageSpeed 1.90
(15.3 damage per second)
Requires Level 18
Sell Price: 16 silver10 copper

About Short Ash Bow

Short Ash Bow is an uncommon bow on WoW Forever at item level 23, usable from level 18. Other ranged bows listed on the WoW Forever Auction House closest to it in item level include Mishandled Recurve Bow (24), Light Bow (21) and Ranger Bow (25). The latest scan finds it on 2 WoW Forever realms (US 2); the cheapest buyout is 29 silver on Classic Beta PvE 2 (US). A vendor pays 16 silver10 copper for it.

WoW Forever Auction House prices

Cheapest realm29 silverClassic Beta PvE 2 (US, Horde)

Typical market (US) -

Median min buyout77 silver

Realms with listings2US 2

Latest snapshot2026-10-20 22:54 UTCplayer scan time

Prices across WoW Forever realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Classic Beta PvE 2US · WoW Forever beta · Horde	29 silver	-	6	1	2026-10-20 22:52 UTC
Classic Beta PvE 2US · WoW Forever beta · Alliance	1 gold25 silver	-	1	1	2026-10-20 22:54 UTC

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Bow ranged items near item level 23

Our WoW Forever item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 12 other bow ranged items between item level 16 and 29; 0 of them carry fixed stats.

Its lowest listed price, 29 silver, ranks 6th of 11 listed bow ranged items in this group.
Cheapest listed bow ranged items at a similar or higher item level: Mishandled Recurve Bow at 8 silver (item level 24, requires level 19), Stiff Recurve Bow at 12 silver (item level 28, requires level 23), Light Bow at 20 silver (item level 21, requires level 16).
Other armor types for the ranged slot within 2 item levels of 23: gun (5): Shoddy Blunderbuss, Deadly Blunderbuss, Lovingly Crafted Boomstick; wand (4): Greater Magic Wand, Skycaller, Dusk Wand; crossbow (1): Fine Light Crossbow.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Fine Shortbow	16	11	-	none	60 silver
Fine Longbow	19	14	-	none	1 gold19 silver
Light Hunting Bow	19	14	-	none	4 silver
Light Bow	21	16	-	none	20 silver
Reinforced Bow	21	16	-	none	-
Short Ash Bow	23	18	-	none	29 silver
Mishandled Recurve Bow	24	19	-	none	8 silver
Heavy Recurve Bow	25	20	-	none	-
Ranger Bow	25	20	-	none	15 gold
Precision Bow	27	22	-	none	80 silver
Stiff Recurve Bow	28	23	-	none	12 silver
Long Battle Bow	29	24	-	none	46 silver

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Where Short Ash Bow Fits

Items That Share Short Ash Bow's Icon

Short Ash Bow uses the same icon art, which 1 other item also uses. The 1 closest by item ID:

Hunting Bow ID 8180 · Weapon - Bow · item level 11 · lowest 10s on 2 realms

Items Numbered Next to Short Ash Bow

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 3039 (3027 to 3047) were usually added in the same batch as Short Ash Bow: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Heavy Recurve Bow ID 3027 · Weapon - Bow · item level 25
Razor Arrow ID 3030 · Projectile · item level 30 · lowest 3c on 2 realms
Solid Shot ID 3033 · Projectile · item level 30 · lowest 2c on 2 realms
Heavy Shortbow ID 3036 · Weapon - Bow · item level 15 · lowest 8s on 2 realms
Whipwood Recurve Bow ID 3037 · Weapon - Bow · item level 34 · lowest 73s on 2 realms
Hunter's Muzzle Loader ID 3040 · Weapon - Gun · item level 19 · lowest 10s on 2 realms
"Mage-Eye" Blunderbuss ID 3041 · Weapon - Gun · item level 31 · lowest 80s on 2 realms
BKP "Sparrow" Smallbore ID 3042 · Weapon - Gun · item level 33 · lowest 1g on 2 realms
Lambent Scale Boots ID 3045 · Armor - Mail · item level 27 · lowest 17s on 2 realms
Lambent Scale Gloves ID 3047 · Armor - Mail · item level 27 · lowest 50s on 1 realm

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

Across game versions

Item 3039	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	23	23	14
Required level	18	18	-
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	-
Damage	12 - 23	20 - 38	-
Speed	1.90	1.90	-
Damage per second	9.2	15.3	-
Sell price	16 silver10 copper	33 silver55 copper	-

WoW Forever price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-05 01:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 1
Lowest buyout seen: 17 silverClassic Beta PvE 2 (US), 2026-10-07 00:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 1 gold25 silverClassic Beta PvE 2 (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 37

Classic Beta PvE 2 Alliance: 20 scans, latest 1.2gClassic Beta PvE 2 Horde: 17 scans, latest 29s
Each dot is one player scan: the cheapest buyout listed at that moment on that faction house. Gaps between dots are time nobody scanned, not a steady price.

Last 7 days

Day (UTC)	US low	US median	US realms
2026-10-20	29 silver	29 silver	2
2026-10-19	20 silver	20 silver	2
2026-10-18	21 silver	22 silver	2
2026-10-17	25 silver	30 silver	2
2026-10-16	19 silver	27 silver	2
2026-10-14	19 silver	19 silver	2
2026-10-13	25 silver	25 silver	1

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest WoW Forever scan: US 1 of 1.

Item data: Classic Era client datamine. Prices: per-unit buyouts from Auction House scans made in game by players with the TheWoWDB addon, one scan per realm per hour at most; Blizzard publishes no auction data for WoW Forever, so a price is only as fresh as the latest scan. Retail column: the retail client datamine.

Quick facts

Item ID	3039
Game version	WoW Forever (client 1.60.1.70532)
Type	Weapon
Subtype	Bow
Slot	Ranged
Item level	23
Requires level	18
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	16 silver10 copper
Data source	Classic Era client datamine