This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
An Uncommon One-Handed Sword, item level 1, binds when picked up.
The game's Trading Post catalog lists Monastery's Katana for 125 Trader's Tender in the Transmog category.
Price and category come from the client's Perks vendor tables (PerksVendorItem). The monthly rotation is not in the client data.
First seen in build 12.0.7.68887 (Midnight (patch 12.0.7)).
In the Appearances collection, Monastery's Katana is listed as Trading Post. Appearance ID: 120399. No other item uses this appearance, so it is unique to Monastery's Katana.
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 Monastery's Katana (item level 1) in item level among Weapon > Sword.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monastery's Katana (this item) | 1 | 0.4 DPS. Trading Post | Not listed | |
 Recruit's Shortsword | 1 | 0.4 DPS. Vendor | 50 gold on 44 realms | |
 Drakonid Striker's Cutlass | 1 | 60 | 0.4 DPS. World Drop | 150 gold on 52 realms |
 Wingcrest Scimitar | 1 | 60 | 0.4 DPS. World Drop | 300 gold on 54 realms |
 Primal Revenant's Frostblade | 1 | 60 | 0.4 DPS. World Drop | 12,555 gold on 50 realms |
| Primal Revenant's Emberblade | 1 | 60 | 0.4 DPS. World Drop | 18,332 gold on 52 realms |
| Primal Revenant's Breezeblade | 1 | 60 | 0.4 DPS. World Drop | 15,000 gold on 49 realms |
 Tyrhold Shortsword | 1 | 60 | 0.4 DPS. World Drop | 10,000 gold on 59 realms |
 Ornate Blade of the Royal Guard | 1 | 0.4 DPS. World Drop | 100 gold on 57 realms | |
 Curved Blade of the Drained Loa | 1 | 0.4 DPS. World Drop | 500 gold on 64 realms | |
 Twilight Captain's Short Sword | 1 | 0.4 DPS. World Drop | 495 gold on 62 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Recruit's Shortsword at 50 gold in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Monastery's Katana among Weapon > Sword: Defias Rapier (item level 12), Blackwater Cutlass (item level 12), Fangblade (item level 15), The Butcher (item level 19) and The Black Knight (item level 19).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 250312 (250306 to 250317) were usually added in the same batch as Monastery's Katana: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Conjured Altar of the Guardian ID 250306
Tome of the Corrupt ID 250307
Simple Dagger ID 250309 · Weapon - Dagger
Thief's Notched Blade ID 250310 · Weapon - Dagger "A simple blade for simple problems."
Standard Warrior's Sword ID 250311 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword
Vicious Warrior's Blade ID 250313 · Weapon - Two-Handed Sword
Initiate's Training Glaive ID 250314 · Weapon - Warglaive "Training with a double-sided blade often leads to excessive wounds and the occasional lost limb."
Hunter's Etched Glaive ID 250315 · Weapon - Warglaive
Everlasting Nosh ID 250316 · Consumable · item level 10 "Every time you take a bite, this gooey pastry seems to rewind its timeline to when it was whole."
Pile of Ash ID 250317 · Miscellaneous "All that's left of a wand."The raw ItemSparse values for item 250312 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
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