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Plans: Darkrune Helm
Item Level 1Recipe
Use: Learning
Effect: Darkrune Helm
“Teaches you how to make a Darkrune Helm.”
Sell price: 1 gold50 silver
Current price
32,174 gold97 silver
Plans: Darkrune Helm Price History on Moon Guard
Moon Guard Auction HouseSupply & Availability
Moon Guard Auction House7Units listed
7Sellers
32,174 gold97 silverCheapest now
Thin supply
On Plans: Darkrune Helm's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 3,318 gold80 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 240 gold9 silver to 71,461 gold60 silver. About 7 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 869% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 3,318 gold80 silver.
Background
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Plans: Darkrune Helm Effects
- Use: Learning
- Effect: Darkrune Helm
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In Classic Era it is item level 63. In MoP Classic it is item level 63.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Rare | 1g 50s |
| Classic Era | 63 | Rare | 1g 50s |
| MoP Classic | 63 | Rare | 1g 50s |
Teaches
Creates 
Darkrune Helm Rare Plate Head, item level 29
Using Plans: Darkrune Helm teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Darkrune Helm takes 16 Thorium Bar, 8 Dark Rune, 8 Truesilver Bar and 1 Black Diamond.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (300)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
What One Craft Returns: Darkrune Helm
Plans: Darkrune Helm teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Darkrune Helm, which makes Darkrune Helm. 3 of the 4 reagents have a current US listing: Thorium Bar, Dark Rune and Truesilver Bar, together 884g 72s.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Thorium Bar | 16 | 3 gold83 silver | 61 gold28 silver |
 Dark Rune | 8 | 99 gold93 silver | 799 gold44 silver |
 Truesilver Bar | 8 | 3 gold | 24 gold |
 Black Diamond | 1 | ||
| Darkrune Helm at its lowest listing | 1,250 gold1 silver | ||
What Else the Reagents Make
- Thorium Bar goes into 88 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting, Inscription, Enchanting and Alchemy, including Lionheart Helm, Axe of Sundered Bone, Gurubashi Carver and Hammer of the Titans. It is itself made by the recipe Smelt Thorium.
- Dark Rune goes into 31 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Tailoring, Leatherworking, Inscription, Enchanting and Alchemy, including Persuader, Warblades of the Hakkari, Reborn, Shroud of Forbidden Magic and Encased Frigid Heart.
- Truesilver Bar goes into 67 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Engineering, Inscription, Enchanting and Tailoring, including Warsword of Caer Darrow, Belt of the Mentor, Plated Construct's Ribcage and Sacred Guardian. It is itself made by the recipes Smelt Truesilver and Transmute: Mithril to Truesilver.
- Black Diamond goes into 3 other recipes across Jewelcrafting and Leatherworking: Figurine - Black Diamond Crab, Mongoose Boots and Prismatic Black Diamond.
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.
Items That Share Plans: Darkrune Helm's Icon
Plans: Darkrune Helm uses icon file 134941, which 939 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:
- Plans: Darkrune Breastplate ID 20554 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Darkrune Breastplate."
- Plans: Darkrune Gauntlets ID 20553 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Darkrune Gauntlets."
- Pattern: Runed Stygian Belt ID 20548 · Recipe "Teaches you how to sew a Runed Stygian Belt."
- Pattern: Runed Stygian Boots ID 20547 · Recipe "Teaches you how to sew Runed Stygian Boots."
- Pattern: Runed Stygian Leggings ID 20546 · Recipe "Teaches you how to sew Runed Stygian Leggings."
- Pattern: Core Felcloth Bag ID 21371 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to sew a Core Felcloth Bag."
- Lunar Festival Invitation ID 21711 · Consumable · item level 23
Items Numbered Next to Plans: Darkrune Helm
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 20555 (20550 to 20560) were usually added in the same batch as Plans: Darkrune Helm: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Darkrune Breastplate ID 20550 · Armor - Plate · item level 29- Darkrune Helm ID 20551 · Armor - Plate · item level 29
Decoded Twilight Text ID 20552 · Quest "A decoded True Believer article"- Plans: Darkrune Gauntlets ID 20553 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Darkrune Gauntlets."
- Plans: Darkrune Breastplate ID 20554 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Darkrune Breastplate."
Wildstaff ID 20556 · Weapon - Staff · item level 27
Hallow's End Pumpkin Treat ID 20557 · Consumable
Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor ID 20558 · Money "Medal awarded for fighting in Warsong Gulch"
Arathi Basin Mark of Honor ID 20559 · Money "Medal awarded for fighting in Arathi Basin"
Alterac Valley Mark of Honor ID 20560 · Money "Medal awarded for fighting in Alterac Valley"
Plans: Darkrune Helm Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 20555 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 6 gold
- Vendor sell price
- 1 gold50 silver
- Flags
- 64 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Plans: Darkrune Helm in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Plans: Darkrune 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: Darkrune Helm next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Plans: Darkrune Helm in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Plans: Darkrune Helm 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: Darkrune Helm in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Plans: Darkrune Helm is Rare quality, item level 63 with no level requirement.
- What does Plans: Darkrune Helm sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 1g 50s for one Plans: Darkrune Helm in Classic Era.
- How much is Plans: Darkrune Helm on the auction house right now?
- 32,174g 97s on Moon Guard, on live retail servers, from the latest Blizzard auction house snapshot. Blizzard publishes no Classic Era auction house feed, and Forever has not launched, so those two have no price here yet.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Plans: Darkrune Helm
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