17 Pound Catfish
Item Level 8A Common Held In Off-hand, item level 8.
A Common Held In Off-hand, item level 8.
On 17 Pound Catfish's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 12,732 gold22 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 9 gold84 silver to 131,269 gold94 silver. About 3 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 696% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 12,732 gold22 silver.
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
In WoW Forever it is item level 15 and sells to vendors for 17s. In Classic Era it is item level 15 and sells to vendors for 1s. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 15 and sells to vendors for 1s. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 15 and sells to vendors for 1s. In MoP Classic it is item level 15 and sells to vendors for 1s.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 8 | Common | 3s 13c |
| WoW Forever | 15 | Common | 17s |
| Classic Era | 15 | Common | 1s |
| The Burning Crusade | 15 | Common | 1s |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 15 | Common | 1s |
| MoP Classic | 15 | Common | 1s |
The 10 items nearest to 17 Pound Catfish among Miscellaneous > Junk, all from Classic like 17 Pound Catfish.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 silver on 37 realms | ||
| 1 | 1 silver on 53 realms | ||
| 1 | 222 gold on 81 realms | ||
| 1 | 550 gold on 82 realms | ||
| 1 | 599 gold on 41 realms | ||
| 1 | 5,000 gold on 81 realms | ||
| 1 | 5 gold on 76 realms | ||
| 1 | 5 gold on 78 realms | ||
| 1 | 5 gold on 75 realms | ||
| 1 | 750 gold on 69 realms | ||
| 1 | Use: Convert to Garrison Resources | 5,500 gold on 82 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Plain Letter at 1 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
17 Pound Catfish uses icon file 133916, which 9 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 6309 (6304 to 6314) were usually added in the same batch as 17 Pound Catfish: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
The raw ItemSparse values for item 6309 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
17 Pound Catfish is in the Classic Era game data, the era World of Warcraft: Forever is built on. Blizzard describes Forever as vanilla World of Warcraft plussed up: its story sits in year one, characters level to 60 and stay there, and it launches November 4, 2026. Blizzard has not said which vanilla items appear in Forever, so nothing here is a Forever claim; it is the Classic Era record for 17 Pound Catfish next to the live retail market on this page.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Classic Era page for 17 Pound Catfish
A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.