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Cheapest realm right now is 92% under the 47-realm average.AH scan

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2Sellers

35,000 gold51 silverCheapest now

Thin supply

Auction House snapshot 32 min ago.

Selected realm

Cairne US Source: Auction House snapshot

Prices Across Realms

Realm	Region	Current	vs typical	Qty	Snapshot
Illidan	US	93,985 gold81 silver	25% below	5	33 min ago
Moon Guard	US	70,000 gold	44% below	5	33 min ago
Kil'jaeden	US	47,111 gold	62% below	4	33 min ago
Alleria +3	US	105,508 gold14 silver	16% below	4	33 min ago
Area 52	US	45,000 gold	64% below	4	33 min ago
Proudmoore	US	40,778 gold26 silver	68% below	3	33 min ago
Stormrage	US	46,343 gold21 silver	63% below	3	33 min ago
Tichondrius	US	93,985 gold90 silver	25% below	2	33 min ago

On Ancient Plans: The Face of Doom's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 125,612 gold39 silver across its tracked history (Jul 2023 to Jun 2026), ranging from 32,857 gold43 silver to 312,273 gold50 silver. About 2 were available in the latest snapshot.

The current lowest price is 72% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 125,612 gold39 silver.

Use: Learning
Effect: The Face of Doom

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

Ancient Plans: The Face of Doom Game Data

Teaches

The Face of Doom Classic Blacksmithing

Creates The Face of Doom Epic Shield, item level 30

Using Ancient Plans: The Face of Doom teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe The Face of Doom takes 60 Wartorn Scrap, 16 Truesilver Bar, 9 Guardian Stone, 12 Blue Sapphire, 7 Frozen Rune and 12 Arcanite Bar.

Requirements & Properties

Requires: Classic Blacksmithing (300)

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Ancient Plans: The Face of Doom Crafting Costs

What One Craft Returns: The Face of Doom

Ancient Plans: The Face of Doom teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe The Face of Doom, which makes The Face of Doom. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 5,107g 83s, and Wartorn Scrap is the largest share at 52%. The Face of Doom lists from 13,858g 5s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 8,057g 31s after the 5% auction cut, a 158% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Ancient Plans: The Face of Doom itself (9,000g, the lowest of 44 realms listing it) is paid back after 2 crafts.

Reagent	Needed	Lowest listed	Cost
Wartorn Scrap	60	43 gold94 silver	2,636 gold40 silver
Truesilver Bar	16	2 gold75 silver	44 gold
Guardian Stone	9	17 gold95 silver	161 gold55 silver
Blue Sapphire	12	99 silver	11 gold88 silver
Frozen Rune	7	22 gold	154 gold
Arcanite Bar	12	175 gold	2,100 gold
Reagents for one craft			5,107 gold83 silver
The Face of Doom at its lowest listing			13,858 gold5 silver
Return after the 5% auction cut			8,057 gold31 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.
Truesilver Bar goes into 67 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Engineering, Inscription, Enchanting and Tailoring, including Warsword of Caer Darrow, Belt of the Mentor, Plated Construct's Ribcage and Sacred Guardian. It is itself made by the recipes Smelt Truesilver and Transmute: Mithril to Truesilver.
Guardian Stone goes into 14 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Tailoring and Leatherworking, including Blackguard, Obsidian Plate Tunic, Midnight's Graze and Fiery Vengeance.
Blue Sapphire goes into 22 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Inscription, Engineering and Leatherworking, including Lionheart Helm, Frostguard, Soulscryer and Shifting Sliver.

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: The Face of Doom Compares

Similar Items

The 10 recipes nearest to Ancient Plans: The Face of Doom in required skill among Recipe > Blacksmithing, all from Classic like Ancient Plans: The Face of Doom.

Item	Creates	Required Skill	Lowest Listed Price
Ancient Plans: The Face of Doom (this item)		300	9,000 gold on 44 realms
Plans: Sulfuron Hammer	Sulfuron Hammer	300	3,000 gold on 83 realms
Ancient Plans: Stygian Shield	Stygian Shield	300	12,312 gold on 49 realms
Plans: Hammer of the Titans	Hammer of the Titans	300	2 gold on 75 realms
Plans: Annihilator	Annihilator	300	88 gold on 62 realms
Plans: Frostguard	Frostguard	300	100 gold on 53 realms
Plans: Arcanite Reaper	Arcanite Reaper	300	1,000 gold on 67 realms
Plans: Heartseeker	Heartseeker	300	25 gold on 61 realms
Plans: Darkrune Breastplate	Darkrune Breastplate	300	999 gold on 56 realms
Plans: Black Grasp of the Destroyer	Black Grasp of the Destroyer	300	55 gold on 57 realms
Plans: Thick Obsidian Breastplate	Thick Obsidian Breastplate	300	75 gold on 71 realms

The lowest listed price among them is Plans: Hammer of the Titans at 2 gold in the US Auction House.

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

Where Ancient Plans: The Face of Doom Fits

Items That Share Ancient Plans: The Face of Doom's Icon

Ancient Plans: The Face of Doom uses icon file 1500867, which 119 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Ancient Technique: Encased Frigid Heart ID 206548 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Encased Frigid Heart."
Ancient Plans: Harbinger of Death ID 206550 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Harbinger of Death."
Ancient Pattern: Bindings of the Harvested Soul ID 206547 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Bindings of the Harvested Soul."
Ancient Design: Frostwyrm's Icy Gaze ID 206551 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Frostwyrm's Icy Gaze."
Ancient Plans: Blade of the Fallen Seraph ID 206546 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Blade of the Fallen Seraph."
Ancient Design: Frostwyrm's Frigid Stare ID 206552 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Frostwyrm's Frigid Stare."
Ancient Plans: Plated Construct's Ribcage ID 206545 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Plated Construct's Ribcage."
Ancient Plans: Dawn of Demise ID 206553 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Dawn of Demise."

Items Numbered Next to Ancient Plans: The Face of Doom

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 206549 (206544 to 206554) were usually added in the same batch as Ancient Plans: The Face of Doom: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Ancient Plans: The Final Dream ID 206544 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft The Final Dream."
Ancient Plans: Plated Construct's Ribcage ID 206545 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Plated Construct's Ribcage."
Ancient Plans: Blade of the Fallen Seraph ID 206546 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Blade of the Fallen Seraph."
Ancient Pattern: Bindings of the Harvested Soul ID 206547 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Bindings of the Harvested Soul."
Ancient Technique: Encased Frigid Heart ID 206548 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Encased Frigid Heart."
Ancient Plans: Harbinger of Death ID 206550 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Harbinger of Death."
Ancient Design: Frostwyrm's Icy Gaze ID 206551 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Frostwyrm's Icy Gaze."
Ancient Design: Frostwyrm's Frigid Stare ID 206552 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Frostwyrm's Frigid Stare."
Ancient Plans: Dawn of Demise ID 206553 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Dawn of Demise."
Ancient Pattern: Necrotic Gown ID 206554 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Necrotic Gown."