A Common Consumable, item level 30. Crafted with Bad Clams.
Bad Clams is listed at 996 gold56 silver in the latest US region commodity Auction House snapshot, about 25409% above its typical price of 3 gold90 silver. Across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jul 2026) it has ranged from 97 silver56 copper to 13,016 gold93 silver. About 544 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 25409% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 3 gold90 silver.
| Crafted | Bad Clams | Recipe |
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First seen in build 3.80.2.69874 (Wrath of the Lich King).
Bad Clams make you angry.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 80. In MoP Classic it is item level 80.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 30 | Common | 1s |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 80 | Common | 1s |
| MoP Classic | 80 | Common | 1s |
The Northrend Cooking recipe Bad Clams takes 1 Succulent Clam Meat and 1 Mote of Shadow.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 4g 21s, and Mote of Shadow is the largest share at 90%. One craft makes 5 Bad Clams. Bad Clams lists from 996g 56s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 4,729g 45s after the 5% auction cut, a 112,338% margin over its reagents. The Northrend Cooking recipe Bad Clams is taught by Recipe: Bad Clams. It turns yellow at Northrend Cooking skill 1 and grey at 15.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Succulent Clam Meat | 1 | 42 silver | 42 silver |
 Mote of Shadow | 1 | 3 gold79 silver | 3 gold79 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 4 gold21 silver | ||
| Bad Clams x5 at its lowest listing | 4,982 gold80 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 4,729 gold45 silver | ||
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.
The 10 items nearest to Bad Clams among Consumable > Food & Drink, all from Classic like Bad Clams.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Clams (this item) | 30 | Crafted with Northrend Cooking; Use: Angry | 996 gold |
 Last Week's Mammoth | 30 | Crafted with Northrend Cooking; Use: Sad | 18 gold |
 Tasty Cupcake | 30 | Crafted with Northrend Cooking; Use: Happy | 1 gold |
 Sparkling Oasis Water | 30 | Use: Drink | 9 silver |
 Smoked String Cheese | 30 | Use: Food | 2 gold |
 Pine Nut Bread | 30 | Use: Food | 1 gold |
 Sliced Raw Billfish | 30 | Use: Food | 10 silver |
 Sour Green Apple | 30 | Use: Food | 99 silver |
 Violet Morel | 30 | Use: Food | 20 silver |
 Roasted Beef | 30 | Use: Food | 13 silver |
 Greasy Whale Milk | 30 | Use: Drink | 1 gold |
The lowest listed price among them is Sparkling Oasis Water at 9 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Bad Clams uses icon file 134431, which 16 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Brooding Darkwater Clam ID 44700 · Trade Goods · item level 28 "This one refuses to stack with others."Empty Clam ID 45191 · MiscellaneousThe King's Filled Conch ID 34623 · Quest "Hot potato!"The King's Empty Conch ID 34598 · QuestSpiralung ID 55141 · QuestGoblin Deviled Clams ID 5527 · Consumable · item level 7Small Barnacled Clam ID 5523 · Trade Goods · item level 5Scallop Shell ID 5377 · MiscellaneousBlizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 43491 (43485 to 43497) were usually added in the same batch as Bad Clams: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Design: Savage Titanium Ring ID 43485 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to craft a Savage Titanium Ring"
Mohawk Mask ID 43486 · ArmorLast Week's Mammoth ID 43488 · Consumable · item level 30
Mohawk Grenade ID 43489 · Consumable "It's Time to Pity Some Fools"Tasty Cupcake ID 43490 · Consumable · item level 30
Haunted Herring ID 43492 · Consumable · item level 30
Watcher's Corpse Dust ID 43493 · Quest "Smells like... failure."
Ahn'kahar Watcher's Corpse ID 43494 · Quest "Flecks of the scaly flesh are falling away before your eyes..."
Earthgiving Legguards ID 43495 · Armor - Leather · item level 35Design: Savage Titanium Band ID 43497 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to craft a Savage Titanium Band"The raw ItemSparse values for item 43491 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
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