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Ancient Plans: Valiant Shortblade
Item Level 1Recipe
Use: Learning
Effect: Valiant Shortblade
“Teaches you how to craft Valiant Shortblade.”
Sell price: 3 gold
Current price
49,999 gold
Ancient Plans: Valiant Shortblade Price History on Wyrmrest Accord
Wyrmrest Accord Auction HouseSupply & Availability
Wyrmrest Accord Auction House5Units listed
5Sellers
49,999 goldCheapest now
Thin supply
On Ancient Plans: Valiant Shortblade's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 39,072 gold24 silver across its tracked history (Jul 2023 to Jun 2026), ranging from 6,466 gold88 silver to 349,786 gold27 silver. About 5 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 28% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 39,072 gold24 silver.
Ancient Plans: Valiant Shortblade Effects
- Use: Learning
- Effect: Valiant Shortblade
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Teaches
Creates 
Valiant Shortblade Rare One-Handed Sword One-Hand, item level 28
Using Ancient Plans: Valiant Shortblade teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Valiant Shortblade takes 12 Thorium Bar, 2 Silver Bar, 8 Gold Bar and 4 Dense Grinding Stone.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (300)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
What One Craft Returns: Valiant Shortblade
Ancient Plans: Valiant Shortblade teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Valiant Shortblade, which makes Valiant Shortblade. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 97g 74s, and Gold Bar is the largest share at 40%. Valiant Shortblade lists from 1,028g 48s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 879g 31s after the 5% auction cut, a 900% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Ancient Plans: Valiant Shortblade itself (7,500g, the lowest of 42 realms listing it) is paid back after 9 crafts.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Thorium Bar | 12 | 3 gold11 silver | 37 gold32 silver |
 Silver Bar | 2 | 10 gold45 silver | 20 gold90 silver |
 Gold Bar | 8 | 4 gold89 silver | 39 gold12 silver |
 Dense Grinding Stone | 4 | 10 silver | 40 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 97 gold74 silver | ||
| Valiant Shortblade at its lowest listing | 1,028 gold48 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 879 gold31 silver | ||
What Else the Reagents Make
- Thorium Bar goes into 88 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting, Inscription, Enchanting and Alchemy, including Lionheart Helm, Axe of Sundered Bone, Gurubashi Carver and Hammer of the Titans. It is itself made by the recipe Smelt Thorium.
- Silver Bar goes into 18 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting and Engineering, including Runic Plate Boots, Intrepid Shortblade, Shining Silver Breastplate and Silvered Bronze Leggings. It is itself made by the recipe Smelt Silver.
- Gold Bar goes into 33 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Tailoring, Inscription, Cooking and Engineering, including Blade of Unholy Might, Widow's Weep, Stygian Shield and Soulscryer. It is itself made by the recipes Smelt Gold and Transmute: Iron to Gold.
- Dense Grinding Stone goes into 22 other recipes in Blacksmithing, including Harbinger of Death, Gurubashi Carver, Warsword of Caer Darrow and Huge Thorium Battleaxe. It is itself made by the recipe Dense Grinding Stone.
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.
Similar Items
The 10 recipes nearest to Ancient Plans: Valiant Shortblade in required skill among Recipe > Blacksmithing, all from Classic like Ancient Plans: Valiant Shortblade.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Plans: Valiant Shortblade (this item) | 300 | 7,500 gold on 42 realms | |
 Plans: Hammer of the Titans |  Hammer of the Titans | 300 | 2 gold on 72 realms |
| Plans: Annihilator |  Annihilator | 300 | 88 gold on 62 realms |
| Plans: Frostguard |  Frostguard | 300 | 100 gold on 52 realms |
| Plans: Arcanite Reaper |  Arcanite Reaper | 300 | 1,000 gold on 66 realms |
| Plans: Heartseeker |  Heartseeker | 300 | 25 gold on 60 realms |
 Plans: Darkrune Breastplate |  Darkrune Breastplate | 300 | 999 gold on 54 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 69 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 to Buy Ancient Plans: Valiant Shortblade
Ancient Plans: Valiant Shortblade is listed at 1 vendor placement. NPC 208346 stands in Thaldraszus at map coordinates 51.1, 56.6.
- NPC 208346 in Thaldraszus at 51.1, 56.6
Items That Share Ancient Plans: Valiant Shortblade's Icon
Ancient Plans: Valiant Shortblade uses icon file 1500867, which 119 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
- Ancient Plans: Intrepid Shortblade ID 207567 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Intrepid Shortblade."
- Ancient Formula: Magebane Nexus ID 207569 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Magebane Nexus."
- Ancient Formula: Smoked Fireshooter ID 207570 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Smoked Fireshooter."
- Ancient Formula: Stormwatcher ID 207571 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Stormwatcher."
- Ancient Plans: Sacred Guardian ID 207572 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Sacred Guardian."
- Ancient Plans: Ichor Slicer ID 207573 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Ichor Slicer."
- Ancient Schematic: Skullstone Bludgeon ID 207574 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Skullstone Bludgeon."
- Ancient Technique: Wanderer's Guide ID 207575 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Wanderer's Guide."
Items Numbered Next to Ancient Plans: Valiant Shortblade
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 207568 (207563 to 207573) were usually added in the same batch as Ancient Plans: Valiant Shortblade: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Wanderer's Guide ID 207563 · Weapon - Staff · item level 29
Refurbished Purifier ID 207564 · Weapon - Gun · item level 29
Sanctified Leather Hat ID 207565 · Armor - Leather · item level 29
Accelerating Sandglass ID 207566 · Armor · item level 421- Ancient Plans: Intrepid Shortblade ID 207567 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Intrepid Shortblade."
- Ancient Formula: Magebane Nexus ID 207569 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Magebane Nexus."
- Ancient Formula: Smoked Fireshooter ID 207570 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Smoked Fireshooter."
- Ancient Formula: Stormwatcher ID 207571 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Stormwatcher."
- Ancient Plans: Sacred Guardian ID 207572 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Sacred Guardian."
- Ancient Plans: Ichor Slicer ID 207573 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Ichor Slicer."
Ancient Plans: Valiant Shortblade Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 207568 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 12 gold
- Vendor sell price
- 3 gold
- Flags
- 64 / 28672 / 0 / 16384 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.