This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Appearance ID: 4469. No other item uses this appearance, so it is unique to Briarsteel Shortsword.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name swords among their preferred weapons:
The 10 items nearest to Briarsteel Shortsword (item level 7) in item level among Weapon > Sword, from item level 1 to 12.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briarsteel Shortsword (this item) | 7 | 1.0 DPS, +1 Strength, +2 Stamina | Not listed | |
 Notched Shortsword | 5 | 3 | 0.6 DPS, +1 Agility, +1 Stamina. World Drop | 1 silver on 52 realms |
 Heavy Copper Longsword | 5 | 3 | 0.6 DPS, +1 Agility. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 190 gold on 55 realms |
| Northern Shortsword | 11 | 6 | 1.5 DPS, +1 Agility, +2 Stamina. World Drop | 11 gold on 52 realms |
 Defias Rapier | 12 | 7 | 1.7 DPS, +2 Agility, +3 Critical Strike. World Drop | 10 gold on 61 realms |
 Blackwater Cutlass | 12 | 7 | 1.7 DPS, +2 Agility, +2 Critical Strike. World Drop | 10 gold on 68 realms |
| Pitted Defias Shortsword | 2 | 0.4 DPS. World Drop | 2 gold on 62 realms | |
 Drakonid Striker's Cutlass | 1 | 60 | 0.4 DPS. World Drop | 200 gold on 57 realms |
 Wingcrest Scimitar | 1 | 60 | 0.4 DPS. World Drop | 500 gold on 67 realms |
 Primal Revenant's Frostblade | 1 | 60 | 0.4 DPS. World Drop | 8,100 gold on 53 realms |
| Primal Revenant's Earthblade | 1 | 60 | 0.4 DPS. World Drop | 19,499 gold on 56 realms |
Defias Rapier has the highest item level here (12). The lowest listed price among them is Notched Shortsword at 1 silver in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Briarsteel Shortsword among Weapon > Sword: Black Metal Shortsword (item level 16), The Butcher (item level 19), The Black Knight (item level 19), Sword of Decay (item level 20) and Zealot Blade (item level 20).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Briarsteel Shortsword 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 Briarsteel Shortsword next to the live retail market on this page.
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 Briarsteel Shortsword
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
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Briarsteel Shortsword is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no Auction House price. It is acquired in-game from the sources listed above. This page collects its first-party game data (identity, effects and where it comes from) from the official World of Warcraft client build.
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