On Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 75,000 gold13 silver across its tracked history (Dec 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 43,750 gold13 silver to 709,983 gold39 silver. Only 1 was available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 20% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 75,000 gold13 silver.
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In WoW Forever it is item level 35. In Classic Era it is item level 35. In MoP Classic it is item level 35.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Uncommon | 8s 50c |
| WoW Forever | 35 | Uncommon | 8s 50c |
| Classic Era | 35 | Uncommon | 8s 50c |
| MoP Classic | 35 | Uncommon | 8s 50c |
Creates 
Barbaric Iron Helm Uncommon Mail Head, item level 20
Using Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Barbaric Iron Helm takes 10 Iron Bar, 2 Large Fang and 2 Sharp Claw.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Barbaric Iron Helm, which makes Barbaric Iron Helm. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 220g, and Large Fang is the largest share at 45%. Barbaric Iron Helm lists from 925g 88s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 659g 58s after the 5% auction cut, a 300% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm itself (59,342g 9s, the lowest of 8 realms listing it) is paid back after 90 crafts. It turns yellow at Classic Blacksmithing skill 200 and grey at 225.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Iron Bar | 10 | 7 gold | 70 gold |
 Large Fang | 2 | 50 gold | 100 gold |
 Sharp Claw | 2 | 25 gold | 50 gold |
| Reagents for one craft | 220 gold | ||
| Barbaric Iron Helm at its lowest listing | 925 gold88 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 659 gold58 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.
1 quest lists Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm among its rewards in Blizzard's quest data.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files (JournalEncounterItem, JournalEncounterCreature, Achievement) and the Blizzard Game Data quest API.
The 10 recipes nearest to Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm in required skill among Recipe > Blacksmithing, all from Classic like Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm (this item) | 175 | 59,342 gold on 8 realms | |
| Plans: Jade Serpentblade |  Jade Serpentblade | 175 | 45 gold on 54 realms |
| Plans: Golden Iron Destroyer |  Golden Iron Destroyer | 170 | 100 gold on 57 realms |
| Plans: Golden Scale Leggings |  Golden Scale Leggings | 170 | 1 gold on 62 realms |
 Plans: Moonsteel Broadsword |  Moonsteel Broadsword | 180 | 3 gold on 55 realms |
| Plans: Polished Steel Boots |  Polished Steel Boots | 185 | 75 gold on 54 realms |
| Plans: Iron Counterweight |  Iron Counterweight | 165 | 49 gold on 51 realms |
| Plans: Green Iron Shoulders |  Green Iron Shoulders | 160 | 24 gold on 58 realms |
| Plans: Edge of Winter |  Edge of Winter | 190 | 15 silver on 72 realms |
| Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword |  Hardened Iron Shortsword | 160 | 7 gold on 47 realms |
| Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass |  Golden Scale Cuirass | 195 | 17 silver on 58 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Plans: Edge of Winter at 15 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm uses icon file 134942, which 554 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate ID 7979 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Barbaric Iron Breastplate."Plans: Barbaric Iron Boots ID 7981 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Barbaric Iron Boots."Plans: Barbaric Iron Shoulders ID 7978 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Barbaric Iron Shoulders."Plans: Barbaric Iron Gloves ID 7982 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Barbaric Iron Gloves."Plans: Ornate Mithril Pants ID 7983 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Ornate Mithril Pants."Plans: Ornate Mithril Gloves ID 7984 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Ornate Mithril Gloves."Plans: Heavy Mithril Pants ID 7975 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Heavy Mithril Pants."Plans: Ornate Mithril Shoulder ID 7985 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Ornate Mithril Shoulder."Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 7980 (7975 to 7985) were usually added in the same batch as Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Plans: Heavy Mithril Pants ID 7975 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Heavy Mithril Pants."Plans: Mithril Shield Spike ID 7976 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Mithril Shield Spike."Plans: Mithril Scale Gloves ID 7977 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Mithril Scale Gloves."Plans: Barbaric Iron Shoulders ID 7978 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Barbaric Iron Shoulders."Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate ID 7979 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Barbaric Iron Breastplate."Plans: Barbaric Iron Boots ID 7981 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Barbaric Iron Boots."Plans: Barbaric Iron Gloves ID 7982 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Barbaric Iron Gloves."Plans: Ornate Mithril Pants ID 7983 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Ornate Mithril Pants."Plans: Ornate Mithril Gloves ID 7984 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Ornate Mithril Gloves."Plans: Ornate Mithril Shoulder ID 7985 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Ornate Mithril Shoulder."The raw ItemSparse values for item 7980 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm 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 Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm 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 Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm
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
The sounds the game client plays for this kind of item.
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