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Codex of Defense
Item Level 25Quest
Requires Level 23
“The tome is magically sealed.”
Current price
26,369 gold80 silver
- Cheapest realm right now is 98% under the 10-realm average.live market
- Listings are down 23% from their 7 day average (1 vs 1 units).live market
- Today's price is cheaper than 54% of recorded snapshots.live market
Codex of Defense Price History on Moon Guard
Moon Guard Auction HouseSupply & Availability
Moon Guard Auction House3Units listed
3Sellers
26,369 gold80 silverCheapest now
Thin supply
On Codex of Defense's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 248,895 gold17 silver across its tracked history (Dec 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 31,778 gold50 silver to 2,438,349 gold33 silver. About 3 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 89% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 248,895 gold17 silver.
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Codex of Defense among Quest, all from Classic like Codex of Defense.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Codex of Defense (this item) | 25 | 24,444 gold on 10 realms | |
 Soothsayer's Runes | 25 | 100 gold on 78 realms | |
 Damaged Necklace | 30 | 950 gold on 51 realms | |
 Sealed Tome of the Lost Legion | 35 | Use: Unlock Tome | 8,000 gold on 82 realms |
 Imbued Crystal | 1 | 475 gold on 68 realms | |
 Monstrous Egg | 1 | 250 gold on 74 realms | |
 Mysterious Grimoire | 1 | 475 gold on 70 realms | |
 Ornate Weapon | 1 | 450 gold on 70 realms | |
 A Treatise on Strategy | 1 | 495 gold on 76 realms | |
 Banner of the Fallen | 1 | 500 gold on 58 realms | |
 Captured Insignia | 1 | 500 gold on 63 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Soothsayer's Runes at 100 gold in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Codex of Defense in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Codex of Defense 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 Codex of Defense next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Codex of Defense in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Codex of Defense 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 Codex of Defense in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Codex of Defense is Rare quality, item level 60 and requires level 54.
- How much is Codex of Defense on the auction house right now?
- 26,369g 80s on Moon Guard, on live retail servers, from the latest Blizzard auction house snapshot. Blizzard publishes no Classic Era auction house feed, and Forever has not launched, so those two have no price here yet.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Classic Era page for Codex of Defense