Is Badge of the Swarmguard in World of Warcraft: Forever?

Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Badge of the Swarmguard 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 Badge of the Swarmguard in WoW Classic?

In Classic Era, Badge of the Swarmguard is epic quality, item level 76 and requires level 60.

What does Badge of the Swarmguard sell for to a vendor in Classic?

A vendor pays 8g 3s for one Badge of the Swarmguard in Classic Era.

What slot is Badge of the Swarmguard in WoW Classic?

Badge of the Swarmguard is a Trinket in Classic Era; it binds when picked up.

Badge of the Swarmguard - WoW Classic and Forever Item Sources

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Badge of the Swarmguard Drops From

Battleguard Sartura - Temple of Ahn'Qiraj

Encounters that drop this item, from the game's own dungeon journal. Drop chances are not stored in the client data we mine, so none are shown here.

Badge of the Swarmguard Effects

Use: Badge of the Swarmguard - 30s
Gives a chance on melee or ranged attack to apply an effect on you for 30 sec, increasing your critical strike. The critical strike effect can be applied up to 6 times.

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

Badge of the Swarmguard 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.

How Badge of the Swarmguard Compares

Similar Items

The 5 items nearest to Badge of the Swarmguard (item level 29) in item level among Armor > Miscellaneous, Trinket slot, from item level 27 to 39.

Item	Item Level	Requires Level	Stats	Lowest Listed Price
Badge of the Swarmguard (this item)	29	25		Not listed
High-Powered Flashlight	27	21	+16 Critical Strike. Crafted with Classic Engineering	599 gold on 56 realms
Mercurial Stone	31	26	+12 Critical Strike, +8 Stamina. Crafted with Outland Alchemy	1,035 gold on 52 realms
Rainsong	36	30	+11 Versatility	8 gold on 65 realms
Impetuous Query	37	31	+11 Mastery	2 silver on 54 realms
Ghost Iron Dragonling	39	33	Crafted with Pandaria Engineering	31 gold on 51 realms

Ghost Iron Dragonling has the highest item level here (39). The lowest listed price among them is Impetuous Query at 2 silver in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from Badge of the Swarmguard among Armor > Miscellaneous, Trinket slot: Ocean Tarot (item level 41), Laughing Tarot (item level 42), Savage Tarot (item level 43), Prophecy Tarot (item level 46) and Endless Tincture of Renewed Combat (item level 52).

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

Badge of the Swarmguard in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever

Badge of the Swarmguard 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 Badge of the Swarmguard next to the live retail market on this page.

Is Badge of the Swarmguard in World of Warcraft: Forever?: Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Badge of the Swarmguard 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 Badge of the Swarmguard in WoW Classic?: In Classic Era, Badge of the Swarmguard is epic quality, item level 76 and requires level 60.
What does Badge of the Swarmguard sell for to a vendor in Classic?: A vendor pays 8g 3s for one Badge of the Swarmguard in Classic Era.
What slot is Badge of the Swarmguard in WoW Classic?: Badge of the Swarmguard is a Trinket in Classic Era; it binds when picked up.

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client: Build 3.80.2.69874, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era client: Yes - this item is in the Classic Era client's data too

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4