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Cheapest realm right now is 93% under the 43-realm average.AH scan
Today's price is on the high side: only 44% of recorded snapshots were pricier.AH scan

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68,581 gold66 silverCheapest now

Thin supply

Auction House snapshot 36 min ago.

Selected realm

Wyrmrest Accord US Source: Auction House snapshot

Prices Across Realms

Realm	Region	Current	vs typical	Qty	Snapshot
Illidan	US	23,256 gold	65% below	6	37 min ago
Thrall	US	26,939 gold73 silver	60% below	5	37 min ago
Alleria +3	US	117,871 gold40 silver	76% above	4	37 min ago
Auchindoun +4	US	80,564 gold58 silver	20% above	4	37 min ago
Hyjal	US	60,000 gold9 silver	11% below	4	37 min ago
Stormrage	US	9,999 gold99 silver	85% below	3	37 min ago
Bleeding Hollow	US	69,699 gold78 silver	~ typical	3	37 min ago
Borean Tundra +7	US	68,581 gold66 silver	~ typical	3	37 min ago

On Ancient Plans: Shade's Blade's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 67,119 gold92 silver across its tracked history (Jul 2023 to Jun 2026), ranging from 27,177 gold18 silver to 138,930 gold89 silver. Only 1 was available in the latest snapshot.

The current lowest price is around its All-Time typical of 67,119 gold92 silver.

Use: Learning
Effect: Shade's Blade

Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.

Ancient Plans: Shade's Blade Game Data

Teaches

Shade's Blade Classic Blacksmithing

Creates Shade's Blade Epic One-Handed Sword One-Hand, item level 29

Using Ancient Plans: Shade's Blade teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Shade's Blade takes 40 Wartorn Scrap, 30 Enchanted Thorium Bar, 2 Pristine Black Diamond, 8 Dark Rune, 20 Large Brilliant Shard and 16 Essence of Undeath.

Requirements & Properties

Requires: Classic Blacksmithing (300)

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Ancient Plans: Shade's Blade Crafting Costs

What One Craft Returns: Shade's Blade

Ancient Plans: Shade's Blade teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Shade's Blade, which makes Shade's Blade. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 5,260g 60s, and Wartorn Scrap is the largest share at 37%. Shade's Blade lists from 12,999g 98s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 7,089g 38s after the 5% auction cut, a 135% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Ancient Plans: Shade's Blade itself (8,000g 51s, the lowest of 43 realms listing it) is paid back after 2 crafts.

Reagent	Needed	Lowest listed	Cost
Wartorn Scrap	40	48 gold82 silver	1,952 gold80 silver
Enchanted Thorium Bar	30	4 gold99 silver	149 gold70 silver
Pristine Black Diamond	2	750 gold99 silver	1,501 gold98 silver
Dark Rune	8	82 gold25 silver	658 gold
Large Brilliant Shard	20	5 silver	1 gold
Essence of Undeath	16	62 gold32 silver	997 gold12 silver
Reagents for one craft			5,260 gold60 silver
Shade's Blade at its lowest listing			12,999 gold98 silver
Return after the 5% auction cut			7,089 gold38 silver

What Else the Reagents Make

Wartorn Scrap goes into 32 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Tailoring, Leatherworking, Jewelcrafting and Engineering, including Blade of Unholy Might, Edict of the Redeemed Crusader, Strength of Menethil and Shroud of Forbidden Magic.
Enchanted Thorium Bar goes into 44 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, Enchanting and Engineering, including Midnight's Graze, Fiery Vengeance, Gurubashi Poker and Blade of the Fallen Seraph. It is itself made by the recipe Enchanted Thorium Bar.
Pristine Black Diamond goes into 11 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Inscription and Tailoring, including Harbinger of Death, The Plague Belcher, Blade of the Fallen Seraph and Fiery Vengeance.
Dark Rune goes into 31 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Tailoring, Leatherworking, Inscription, Enchanting and Alchemy, including Persuader, Warblades of the Hakkari, Reborn, Shroud of Forbidden Magic and Encased Frigid Heart.

Prices are the lowest listed prices in the latest US Auction House snapshot, not sales. Recipes, reagents, yields and skill levels come from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Ancient Plans: Shade's Blade Compares

Similar Items

The 10 recipes nearest to Ancient Plans: Shade's Blade in required skill among Recipe > Blacksmithing, all from Classic like Ancient Plans: Shade's Blade.

Item	Creates	Required Skill	Lowest Listed Price
Ancient Plans: Shade's Blade (this item)		300	8,000 gold on 43 realms
Plans: Sulfuron Hammer	Sulfuron Hammer	300	3,000 gold on 82 realms
Plans: Hammer of the Titans	Hammer of the Titans	300	2 gold on 70 realms
Plans: Annihilator	Annihilator	300	88 gold on 62 realms
Plans: Arcanite Reaper	Arcanite Reaper	300	1,000 gold on 67 realms
Plans: Heartseeker	Heartseeker	300	15 gold on 62 realms
Plans: Darkrune Breastplate	Darkrune Breastplate	300	999 gold on 53 realms
Plans: Black Grasp of the Destroyer	Black Grasp of the Destroyer	300	55 gold on 56 realms
Plans: Thick Obsidian Breastplate	Thick Obsidian Breastplate	300	75 gold on 70 realms
Plans: Thorium Leggings	Thorium Leggings	300	13 gold on 67 realms
Plans: Radiant Leggings	Radiant Leggings	300	1 gold on 76 realms

The lowest listed price among them is Plans: Radiant Leggings at 1 gold in the US Auction House.

Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Where Ancient Plans: Shade's Blade Fits

Items That Share Ancient Plans: Shade's Blade's Icon

Ancient Plans: Shade's Blade uses icon file 1500867, which 119 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Ancient Plans: Widow's Weep ID 206535 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Widow's Weep."
Ancient Plans: Edict of the Redeemed Crusader ID 206537 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Edict of the Redeemed Crusader."
Ancient Plans: Weaver's Fang ID 206534 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Weaver's Fang."
Ancient Pattern: Nerubian Persuader ID 206538 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Nerubian Persuader."
Ancient Plans: Midnight's Graze ID 206533 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Midnight's Graze."
Ancient Plans: Blade of Unholy Might ID 206539 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Blade of Unholy Might."
Ancient Technique: Soulscryer ID 206532 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Soulscryer."
Ancient Plans: Axe of Sundered Bone ID 206540 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Axe of Sundered Bone."

Items Numbered Next to Ancient Plans: Shade's Blade

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 206536 (206531 to 206541) were usually added in the same batch as Ancient Plans: Shade's Blade: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Ancient Plans: Strength of Menethil ID 206531 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Strength of Menethil."
Ancient Technique: Soulscryer ID 206532 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Soulscryer."
Ancient Plans: Midnight's Graze ID 206533 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Midnight's Graze."
Ancient Plans: Weaver's Fang ID 206534 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Weaver's Fang."
Ancient Plans: Widow's Weep ID 206535 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Widow's Weep."
Ancient Plans: Edict of the Redeemed Crusader ID 206537 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Edict of the Redeemed Crusader."
Ancient Pattern: Nerubian Persuader ID 206538 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Nerubian Persuader."
Ancient Plans: Blade of Unholy Might ID 206539 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Blade of Unholy Might."
Ancient Plans: Axe of Sundered Bone ID 206540 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Axe of Sundered Bone."
Ancient Plans: The Plague Belcher ID 206541 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft The Plague Belcher."