This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Grants a mission to unlock a Pet vendor.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
A Shady Message is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no Auction House price. Its first-party game data (identity, effects and sources) is read from the official World of Warcraft client build.
The 10 items nearest to A Shady Message among Miscellaneous > Other; 1 of them also come from Battle for Azeroth.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Shady Message (this item) | 1 | Not listed | |
 Glaive Tosser | 50 | 35,555 gold on 63 realms | |
 Time-Worn Journal | 1 | 1 silver on 50 realms | |
 Auction Memory Socket | 1 | Use: Combine Auction Control Module | 399 gold on 67 realms |
 Auction Connecting Valve | 1 | Use: Combine Auction Control Module | 250 gold on 61 realms |
 Auction A.D.D.O.N.S Installer | 1 | Use: Combine Auction Control Module | 200 gold on 65 realms |
 Universal Language Compensator | 1 | Use: Meld Universal Language Module | 200 gold on 54 realms |
 Universal Language Repository | 1 | Use: Meld Universal Language Module | 4 gold on 54 realms |
 Super Cooling Regulator | 1 | Use: Meld Super Cooling Module | 450 gold on 65 realms |
 Super Cooling Tubing | 1 | Use: Meld Super Cooling Module | 250 gold on 68 realms |
 Super Cooling Coolant | 1 | Use: Meld Super Cooling Module | 250 gold on 65 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Time-Worn Journal at 1 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
A Shady Message is listed at 1 vendor placement. NPC 174709 stands in Sinfall.
1 other item in the current build is also called A Shady Message. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.
A Shady Message ID 165944 · Miscellaneous "Scribbled within are subtle hints regarding a smuggler who is capable of obtaining some extremely exotic pets."A Shady Message uses icon file 1103069, which 40 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
A Shady Message ID 165944 · Miscellaneous "Scribbled within are subtle hints regarding a smuggler who is capable of obtaining some extremely exotic pets."Outpost Upgrade: Arom's Stand ID 165880 · MiscellaneousOutpost Upgrade: Castaway Point ID 165873 · MiscellaneousOutpost Upgrade: Brennadam ID 165836 · MiscellaneousOutpost Upgrade: Vulpera Hideaway ID 165804 · MiscellaneousOutpost Upgrade: Zul'jan Ruins ID 165750 · MiscellaneousOutpost Upgrade: The Great Seal ID 165728 · MiscellaneousScouting Report: Veiled Grotto ID 163048 · MiscellaneousBlizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 166242 (166239 to 166247) were usually added in the same batch as A Shady Message: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Testus Maximus Breastplate ID 166239 · Armor - Leather · item level 50
Sanguinated Feast ID 166240 · Consumable · item level 50
Investigation Results ID 166243 · Consumable "Contained within are the results of your followers' investigation."
Token of Shadiness ID 166244 · Quest "A token used to identify the owner as a shady character."
Tortollan Seekers Supplies ID 166245 · Miscellaneous · item level 50
Highborne Relic ID 166246 · Quest
Citizens Brigade Whistle ID 166247 · Miscellaneous · item level 50The raw ItemSparse values for item 166242 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
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