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Arcane Orb
Item Level 5Binds when picked up
Held In Off-handArmor
+ Stamina
+1 Versatility
+2 Intellect
Use: Replenish Mana I
Sell price: 1 silver84 copper
Not sold on the Auction House
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Arcane Orb Effects
- Use: Replenish Mana I
Restores 160 mana.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Arcane Orb is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no live market price. Its first-party game data (identity, effects and sources) is read from the official World of Warcraft client build.
Appearance
Appearance ID: 2458. 34 other items wear the same appearance; 3 of them are listed here.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Who It Suits
Arcane Orb carries Intellect, the primary stat of Holy Paladin; Discipline, Holy and Shadow Priest; Elemental and Restoration Shaman; Arcane, Fire and Frost Mage; Affliction, Demonology and Destruction Warlock; Mistweaver Monk; Balance and Restoration Druid; Devourer Demon Hunter; Devastation, Preservation and Augmentation Evoker.
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Arcane Orb (item level 5) in item level among Armor > Miscellaneous, Held In Off-hand slot, from item level 1 to 5.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcane Orb (this item) | 5 | Stamina, +1 Versatility, +2 Intellect | Not listed | |
 Simple Wildflowers | 5 | Vendor | 3 silver on 76 realms | |
 Dragonspawn Spellweaver's Focus | 1 | 60 | World Drop | 30 gold on 57 realms |
| Tyrhold Relic | 1 | 60 | World Drop | 999 gold on 54 realms |
 Wirt's Haunted Leg | 1 | 9 gold on 80 realms | ||
 Coreway Engineer's Forceps | 1 | World Drop | 699 gold on 56 realms | |
 Dark Iron's Crystal Ward | 1 | 920 gold on 73 realms | ||
 Sanctum Acolyte's Pylon | 1 | 80 | World Drop | 9 silver on 82 realms |
 Sin'dorei Crystal Focus | 1 | World Drop | 125 gold on 71 realms | |
 Blood Oath Tome | 1 | World Drop | 50 gold on 74 realms | |
 Fetish of the Vanquished Foe | 1 | World Drop | 500 gold on 74 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Simple Wildflowers at 3 silver in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Arcane Orb among Armor > Miscellaneous, Held In Off-hand slot: Shimmering Stave (item level 16), Greenweave Branch (item level 17), Beautiful Wildflowers (item level 18), Silver-Thread Rod (item level 19) and Sage's Stave (item level 19).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Arcane Orb in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Arcane Orb 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 Arcane Orb next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Arcane Orb in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Arcane Orb is a Classic Era item and Forever is built on vanilla World of Warcraft with its story set in year one and a level 60 cap, so this page tracks it. Forever launches November 4, 2026.
- What level is Arcane Orb in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Arcane Orb is uncommon quality, item level 10 with no level requirement.
- What does Arcane Orb sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 4s for one Arcane Orb in Classic Era.
- What slot is Arcane Orb in WoW Classic?
- Arcane Orb is a Held In Off-hand in Classic Era; it binds when picked up.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's class revamps and new race and class combinations · Classic Era page for Arcane Orb
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.