Gnomish Shrink Ray
Item Level 22An Uncommon Trinket, item level 22, binds when equipped. Crafted with Gnomish Shrink Ray.
An Uncommon Trinket, item level 22, binds when equipped. Crafted with Gnomish Shrink Ray.
On Gnomish Shrink Ray's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 574 gold13 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 65 gold44 silver to 2,870 gold41 silver. About 16 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 335% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 574 gold13 silver.
| Crafted | Gnomish Shrink Ray | Recipe |
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First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Shrinks the target reducing their attack power. That's what it usually does anyway.....
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In WoW Forever it is item level 41 and Common quality. In Classic Era it is item level 41 and Common quality. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 41 and Common quality. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 41. In MoP Classic it is item level 41.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Binding | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 22 | Uncommon | Binds when equipped | 7s 50c |
| WoW Forever | 41 | Common | Binds when equipped | 7s 50c |
| Classic Era | 41 | Common | Binds when equipped | 7s 50c |
| The Burning Crusade | 41 | Common | Binds when equipped | 7s 50c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 41 | Uncommon | Binds when equipped | 7s 50c |
| MoP Classic | 41 | Uncommon | Binds when equipped | 7s 50c |
The Classic Engineering recipe Gnomish Shrink Ray takes 1 Mithril Tube, 1 Unstable Trigger, 4 Mithril Bar and 2 Jade.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 63g 66s, and Mithril Bar is the largest share at 57%. Gnomish Shrink Ray lists from 500g each, so one craft sold at that price returns 411g 34s after the 5% auction cut, a 646% margin over its reagents. The recipe Gnomish Shrink Ray turns yellow at Classic Engineering skill 225 and grey at 245.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 gold | 11 gold | |
| 1 | 13 gold80 silver | 13 gold80 silver | |
| 4 | 9 gold | 36 gold | |
| 2 | 1 gold43 silver | 2 gold86 silver | |
| Reagents for one craft | 63 gold66 silver | ||
| Gnomish Shrink Ray at its lowest listing | 500 gold | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 411 gold34 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.
Gnomish Shrink Ray uses icon file 133003, which 14 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 10716 (10711 to 10721) were usually added in the same batch as Gnomish Shrink Ray: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
The raw ItemSparse values for item 10716 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Gnomish Shrink Ray 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 Gnomish Shrink Ray next to the live retail market on this page.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Gnomish Shrink Ray
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