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Plans: Dark Iron Mail
Item Level 1Binds when picked up
Recipe
Use: Learning
Effect: Dark Iron Mail
“Teaches you how to make Dark Iron Mail.”
Sell price: 30 silver
Not sold on the Auction House
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Plans: Dark Iron Mail Effects
- Use: Learning
- Effect: Dark Iron Mail
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Plans: Dark Iron Mail 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 
Dark Iron Plate Rare Mail Chest, item level 28
Using Plans: Dark Iron Mail teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Dark Iron Mail takes 10 Dark Iron Bar and 2 Heart of Fire.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (270)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
What One Craft Returns: Dark Iron Mail
Plans: Dark Iron Mail teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Dark Iron Mail, which makes Dark Iron Plate. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 2,119g 98s, and Dark Iron Bar is the largest share at 100%. Dark Iron Plate lists from 2,000g each, so one craft sold at that price returns 219g 98s less than its reagents cost, after the 5% auction cut. It turns yellow at Classic Blacksmithing skill 290 and grey at 300.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Dark Iron Bar | 10 | 211 gold99 silver | 2,119 gold90 silver |
 Heart of Fire | 2 | 4 silver | 8 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 2,119 gold98 silver | ||
| Dark Iron Plate at its lowest listing | 2,000 gold | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | −219 gold98 silver | ||
What Else the Reagents Make
- 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.
- Heart of Fire goes into 27 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Tailoring, Engineering, Leatherworking, Jewelcrafting and Alchemy, including Warblades of the Hakkari, Reborn, Fiery Vengeance, Bloodlord's Reaver and Dark Iron Plate.
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: Dark Iron Mail in required skill among Recipe > Blacksmithing, all from Classic like Plans: Dark Iron Mail.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plans: Dark Iron Mail (this item) | 270 | Not listed | |
| Plans: Radiant Breastplate |  Radiant Breastplate | 270 | 53 silver on 61 realms |
| Plans: Wildthorn Mail |  Wildthorn Mail | 270 | 25 gold on 58 realms |
 Plans: Dark Iron Pulverizer |  Dark Iron Pulverizer | 265 | 25 gold on 57 realms |
| Plans: Dark Iron Sunderer |  Dark Iron Sunderer | 275 | 10 gold on 62 realms |
| Plans: Thorium Boots |  Thorium Boots | 280 | 76 silver on 65 realms |
| Plans: Thorium Helm |  Thorium Helm | 280 | 4 gold on 65 realms |
| Plans: Thorium Bracers |  Thorium Bracers | 255 | 46 silver on 62 realms |
| Plans: Radiant Gloves |  Radiant Gloves | 285 | 73 gold on 57 realms |
| Plans: Serenity |  Serenity | 285 | 500 gold on 56 realms |
| Plans: Dark Iron Plate |  Dark Iron Plate | 285 | 6 gold on 65 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Plans: Thorium Bracers at 46 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Plans: Dark Iron Mail in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Plans: Dark Iron Mail 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: Dark Iron Mail next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Plans: Dark Iron Mail in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Plans: Dark Iron Mail 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: Dark Iron Mail in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Plans: Dark Iron Mail is uncommon quality, item level 54 with no level requirement.
- What does Plans: Dark Iron Mail sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 30s for one Plans: Dark Iron Mail 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: Dark Iron Mail