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.

Plans: Blackguard - WoW Classic and Forever Item Sources

A Common Recipe, item level 27, binds when picked up.

Downloads

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Build history

First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).

Use: Learning
Effect: Blackguard

Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.

Other versions

Across game versions

In WoW Forever it is item level 70. In Classic Era it is item level 70. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 70. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 70. In MoP Classic it is item level 70.

Version	Item level	Quality	Binding	Sells for
Retail (Midnight)	27	Common	Binds when picked up	3g
WoW Forever	70	Common	Binds when picked up	3g
Classic Era	70	Common	Binds when picked up	3g
The Burning Crusade	70	Common	Binds when picked up	3g
Wrath of the Lich King	70	Common	Binds when picked up	3g
MoP Classic	70	Common	Binds when picked up	3g

Plans: Blackguard Game Data

Teaches

Blackguard Classic Blacksmithing

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.

Plans: Blackguard Crafting Costs

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 3,149g 72s, and Arcanite Bar is the largest share at 53%. Blackguard lists from 7,810g 40s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 4,270g 16s after the 5% auction cut, a 136% margin over its reagents.

Reagent	Needed	Lowest listed	Cost
Lava Core	6	23 silver	1 gold38 silver
Fiery Core	6	78 silver	4 gold68 silver
Arcanite Bar	10	168 gold5 silver	1,680 gold50 silver
Dark Iron Bar	6	179 gold50 silver	1,077 gold
Guardian Stone	12	32 gold18 silver	386 gold16 silver
Reagents for one craft			3,149 gold72 silver
Blackguard at its lowest listing			7,810 gold40 silver
Return after the 5% auction cut			4,270 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, Engineering, Enchanting 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, Mining, Leatherworking, Alchemy 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, Sulfuron Hammer and Dark Iron Destroyer. 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.

Where Plans: Blackguard Fits

Items That Share Plans: Blackguard's Icon

Plans: Blackguard uses icon file 134939, which 1,738 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Plans: Ebon Hand ID 19210 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to make the Ebon Hand."
Plans: Nightfall ID 19212 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to make Nightfall."
Plans: Blackfury ID 19209 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Blackfury."
Plans: Black Amnesty ID 19208 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Black Amnesty."
Plans: Dark Iron Gauntlets ID 19207 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to make Dark Iron Gauntlets."
Pattern: Wisdom of the Timbermaw ID 19215 · Recipe "Teaches you how to sew the Wisdom of the Timbermaw."
Plans: Dark Iron Helm ID 19206 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Dark Iron Helm."
Pattern: Argent Boots ID 19216 · Recipe "Teaches you how to sew Argent Boots."

Items Numbered Next to Plans: Blackguard

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 19211 (19206 to 19217) were usually added in the same batch as Plans: Blackguard: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Plans: Dark Iron Helm ID 19206 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Dark Iron Helm."
Plans: Dark Iron Gauntlets ID 19207 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to make Dark Iron Gauntlets."
Plans: Black Amnesty ID 19208 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Black Amnesty."
Plans: Blackfury ID 19209 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Blackfury."
Plans: Ebon Hand ID 19210 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to make the Ebon Hand."
Plans: Nightfall ID 19212 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to make Nightfall."
Silverwing Talisman of Merit ID 19213 · Quest "Proof of winning a battle in Warsong Gulch"
Pattern: Wisdom of the Timbermaw ID 19215 · Recipe "Teaches you how to sew the Wisdom of the Timbermaw."
Pattern: Argent Boots ID 19216 · Recipe "Teaches you how to sew Argent Boots."
Pattern: Argent Shoulders ID 19217 · Recipe "Teaches you how to sew Argent Shoulders."

Plans: Blackguard Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 19211 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price: 12 gold
Vendor sell price: 3 gold
Flags: 64 / 8192 / 0 / 16384 / 0

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.

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.

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

Plans: Blackguard