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Plans: Blackguard
Item Level 27Binds when picked up
Recipe
Use: Learning
Effect: Blackguard
“Teaches you how to make Blackguard.”
Sell price: 3 gold
Not sold on the Auction House
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Plans: Blackguard Effects
- Use: Learning
- Effect: Blackguard
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Plans: Blackguard is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no live market price. Its first-party game data (identity, effects and sources) is read from the official World of Warcraft client build.
Teaches
Creates 
Blackguard Epic One-Handed Sword One-Hand, item level 29
Using Plans: Blackguard teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Blackguard takes 6 Lava Core, 6 Fiery Core, 10 Arcanite Bar, 6 Dark Iron Bar and 12 Guardian Stone.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (300)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
What One Craft Returns: Blackguard
Plans: Blackguard teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Blackguard, which makes Blackguard. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 2,782g 44s, and Dark Iron Bar is the largest share at 43%. Blackguard lists from 3,968g each, so one craft sold at that price returns 987g 16s after the 5% auction cut, a 36% margin over its reagents.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Lava Core | 6 | 39 silver | 2 gold34 silver |
 Fiery Core | 6 | 91 silver | 5 gold46 silver |
 Arcanite Bar | 10 | 72 gold99 silver | 729 gold90 silver |
 Dark Iron Bar | 6 | 200 gold79 silver | 1,204 gold74 silver |
 Guardian Stone | 12 | 70 gold | 840 gold |
| Reagents for one craft | 2,782 gold44 silver | ||
| Blackguard at its lowest listing | 3,968 gold | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 987 gold16 silver | ||
What Else the Reagents Make
- Lava Core goes into 26 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, Tailoring, Engineering and Jewelcrafting, including Dark Iron Destroyer, Sulfuron Hammer, Nightfall and Dark Iron Leggings.
- Fiery Core goes into 27 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, Tailoring, Enchanting, Engineering and Mining, including Dark Iron Reaver, Sulfuron Hammer, Ebon Hand and Black Amnesty.
- Arcanite Bar goes into 93 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Engineering, Inscription, Alchemy, Mining, Leatherworking and Tailoring, including Sulfuron Hammer, Invulnerable Mail, Warblades of the Hakkari, Reborn and Arcanite Reaper. It is itself made by the recipe Transmute: Arcanite.
- Dark Iron Bar goes into 30 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Engineering and Jewelcrafting, including Dark Iron Sunderer, Dark Iron Plate, Steel Ironforge Emblem and Sulfuron Hammer. It is itself made by the recipe Smelt Dark Iron.
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.
Similar Items
The 10 recipes nearest to Plans: Blackguard in required skill among Recipe > Blacksmithing, all from Classic like Plans: Blackguard.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plans: Blackguard (this item) | 300 | Not listed | |
| Plans: Runic Plate Boots |  Runic Plate Boots | 300 | 450 gold on 46 realms |
 Plans: Thorium Leggings |  Thorium Leggings | 300 | 15 gold on 62 realms |
| Plans: Radiant Leggings |  Radiant Leggings | 300 | 1 gold on 79 realms |
| Plans: Hammer of the Titans |  Hammer of the Titans | 300 | 2 gold on 81 realms |
| Plans: Annihilator |  Annihilator | 300 | 75 gold on 56 realms |
| Plans: Frostguard |  Frostguard | 300 | 300 gold on 55 realms |
| Plans: Arcanite Reaper |  Arcanite Reaper | 300 | 1,499 gold on 49 realms |
| Plans: Heartseeker |  Heartseeker | 300 | 17 gold on 57 realms |
 Plans: Black Grasp of the Destroyer |  Black Grasp of the Destroyer | 300 | 198 gold on 50 realms |
| Plans: Thick Obsidian Breastplate |  Thick Obsidian Breastplate | 300 | 50 gold on 62 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Plans: Radiant Leggings at 1 gold in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Plans: Blackguard in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Plans: Blackguard 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: Blackguard next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Plans: Blackguard in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Plans: Blackguard 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 Plans: Blackguard in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Plans: Blackguard is common quality, item level 70 with no level requirement.
- What does Plans: Blackguard sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 3g for one Plans: Blackguard in Classic Era.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Plans: Blackguard