A Common Miscellaneous, item level 1. Sold by 3 vendor NPCs.
On A Treatise on Military Ranks's most active realm, the Auction House minimum price has held steady at 99,999 gold over the last 30 days. Only 1 was available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is around its 30D typical of 99,999 gold.
| Vendor | NPC #54652 | Dalaran |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | NPC #54655 | Tanaris 51.5, 28.1 |
| Vendor | NPC #54658 | Orgrimmar 38.9, 69.7 |
The game's collection data lists A Treatise on Military Ranks as sold by 8 vendor NPCs in Dalaran, Tanaris and Orgrimmar. The 3 with the most spawn points are shown.
| Vendor | Zone | Map | Waypoint | Other items it sells |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPC #54652 | Dalaran | - | - | 163 |
| NPC #54655 | Tanaris | 51.5, 28.1 | /way #71 51.5 28.1 | 163 |
| NPC #54658 | Orgrimmar | 38.9, 69.7 | /way #85 38.9 69.7 | 163 |
Tanaris 1 placement
VendorVendor NPC, zone and position come from the client's collection source tables (CollectableSourceInfo and CollectableSourceVendorSparse); coordinates are the in-game map readout.
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Common | 25c |
| WoW Forever | 1 | Common | 25c |
| Classic Era | - | Common | 25c |
| The Burning Crusade | - | Common | 25c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | - | Common | 25c |
| MoP Classic | 1 | Common | 25c |
Military Ranks of the Horde & AllianceRead from the World of Warcraft client build files.
The 10 items nearest to A Treatise on Military Ranks among Miscellaneous > Junk, all from Classic like A Treatise on Military Ranks.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Treatise on Military Ranks (this item) | 1 | 99,999 gold on 1 realm | |
 Plain Letter | 1 | 1 silver on 54 realms | |
 Nat Pagle's Guide to Extreme Anglin' | 1 | 6 gold on 79 realms | |
 A Thoroughly Read Copy of "Nat Pagle's Guide to Extreme Anglin'." | 1 | 710 gold on 77 realms | |
 Very Unlucky Rock | 1 | 599 gold on 78 realms | |
 Faded Treasure Map | 1 | 8,000 gold on 77 realms | |
 Damp Note | 1 | 5 gold on 73 realms | |
| Faded Note | 1 | 5 gold on 75 realms | |
| Dirty Note | 1 | 5 gold on 73 realms | |
| Moonlit Note | 1 | 1 silver on 64 realms | |
 Huge Ogre Cache | 1 | Use: Convert to Garrison Resources | 2,999 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.
A Treatise on Military Ranks is listed at 8 vendor placements; the first 4 are below. NPC 69322 stands in Gadgetzan.
A Treatise on Military Ranks uses icon file 133740, which 155 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Holy Bologna: What the Light Won't Tell You ID 18362 · Quest · item level 25 "-By Shadow Priest Allister"Expert First Aid - Under Wraps ID 16084 · Miscellaneous · item level 13 "The methods in this book are outdated."Expert Fishing - The Bass and You ID 16083 · Recipe · item level 13Expert Cookbook ID 16072 · Recipe · item level 13Libram: Blessing of Wisdom ID 21288 · Recipe · item level 25 "This item appears damaged by the elements and no longer readable."Libram: Blessing of Might ID 21289 · Recipe · item level 25 "This item appears damaged by the elements and no longer readable."Libram: Holy Light ID 21290 · Recipe · item level 25 "This item appears damaged by the elements and no longer readable."Words of the High Chief ID 13158 · QuestBlizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 18664 (18659 to 18672) were usually added in the same batch as A Treatise on Military Ranks: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Splinter of Nordrassil ID 18659 · Quest · item level 27 "A tiny fragment of the World Tree"
World Enlarger ID 18660 · Consumable "Only Gnomish Technology could invent a device that affects the entire world!"
Schematic: World Enlarger ID 18661 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a World Enlarger."
Heavy Leather Ball ID 18662 · Consumable
J'eevee's Jar ID 18663 · Quest
The Eye of Shadow ID 18665 · Armor · item level 29 "Seething darkness engulfs the eye."
Xorothian Glyphs ID 18670 · Quest
Baron Charr's Sceptre ID 18671 · Weapon - One-Handed Mace · item level 29
Elemental Ember ID 18672 · Armor · item level 29The raw ItemSparse values for item 18664 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
A Treatise on Military Ranks 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 A Treatise on Military Ranks next to the live retail market on this page.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Classic Era page for A Treatise on Military Ranks
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
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