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Dig Rat
Item Level 1Quest
Sell price: 1 copper
Not sold on the Auction House
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
A Common Quest, item level 1.
Background
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
- Used in 1 recipe across Cooking: Dig Rat Stew.crafting
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Common | 1c |
| WoW Forever | 1 | Common | 1c |
| Classic Era | 1 | Common | 1c |
| The Burning Crusade | 1 | Common | 1c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 1 | Common | 1c |
| MoP Classic | 1 | Common | 1c |
Used In
The 1 recipe below uses Dig Rat, all from Classic Cooking.
| Creates | Recipe | Profession | Needs |
|---|---|---|---|
 Dig Rat Stew | Dig Rat Stew | Classic Cooking | 1 |
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Dig Rat among Quest, all from Classic like Dig Rat.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dig Rat (this item) | 1 | Not listed | |
 Telemancy Orbs | 1 | Use: Throw Telemancy Orb | 1 silver on 50 realms |
 Imbued Crystal | 1 | 600 gold on 63 realms | |
 Monstrous Egg | 1 | 100 gold on 63 realms | |
 Mysterious Grimoire | 1 | 600 gold on 64 realms | |
 Ornate Weapon | 1 | 100 gold on 63 realms | |
 A Treatise on Strategy | 1 | 450 gold on 68 realms | |
 Banner of the Fallen | 1 | 500 gold on 64 realms | |
 Captured Insignia | 1 | 672 gold on 59 realms | |
 Fallen Adventurer's Journal | 1 | 433 gold on 64 realms | |
 Soothsayer's Runes | 25 | 100 gold on 72 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Telemancy Orbs at 1 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Other Items Named Dig Rat
1 other item in the current build is also called Dig Rat. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.
Dig Rat ID 151633 · Miscellaneous "Teaches you how to summon this companion."
Items That Share Dig Rat's Icon
Dig Rat uses icon file 134359, which 5 other items also use. The 5 closest by item ID:
- Grizzled Scalp ID 5414 · Quest
- Feral Scar Yeti Hide ID 18947 · Quest
- Side of Bear Meat ID 60851 · Quest "A huge piece of meat. This will feed dozens."
- Plump Dig Rat ID 78342 · Recipe · item level 10 "Cook this over a fire to learn the recipe for Dig Rat Stew."
- Horrific Leather Hide ID 181970 · Quest
Items Numbered Next to Dig Rat
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 5051 (5042 to 5057) were usually added in the same batch as Dig Rat: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Red Ribboned Wrapping Paper ID 5042 · Consumable · item level 3
Red Ribboned Gift ID 5043 · Consumable · item level 3
Blue Ribboned Gift ID 5044 · Consumable · item level 3
Blue Ribboned Wrapping Paper ID 5048 · Consumable · item level 3
Ignition Key ID 5050 · Key
Unconscious Dig Rat ID 5052 · Quest
Samophlange ID 5054 · Quest
Intact Raptor Horn ID 5055 · Quest
Root Sample ID 5056 · Quest
Ripe Watermelon ID 5057 · Consumable
Dig Rat Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 5051 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 1 copper
- Vendor sell price
- 1 copper
- Stacks to
- 200
- Flags
- 0 / -2147475456 / 0 / 16384 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Dig Rat in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Dig Rat 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 Dig Rat next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Dig Rat in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Dig Rat 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 Dig Rat in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Dig Rat is common quality, item level 1 with no level requirement.
- What does Dig Rat sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 1c for one Dig Rat in Classic Era; it stacks to 20.
- What is Dig Rat used for in WoW Classic?
- Dig Rat is a reagent in 1 Classic Era recipe, including Dig Rat Stew.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Classic Era page for Dig Rat
WoW Forever: what our data shows
- Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client
- Build 1.60.1.70532, 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