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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
6,555 gold77 silver
- Cheapest realm right now is 93% under the 41-realm average.live market
- Listings are down 64% from their 7 day average (1 vs 3 units).live market
- Today's price is cheaper than 57% of recorded snapshots.live market
Plans: Darkrune Helm Price History on Moon Guard
Moon Guard Auction HouseSupply & Availability
Moon Guard Auction House8Units listed
8Sellers
6,555 gold77 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 8 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 98% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 3,318 gold80 silver.
Plans: Darkrune Helm Effects
- Use: Learning
- Effect: Darkrune Helm
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
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 879g 84s.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Thorium Bar | 16 | 3 gold50 silver | 56 gold |
 Dark Rune | 8 | 99 gold99 silver | 799 gold92 silver |
 Truesilver Bar | 8 | 2 gold99 silver | 23 gold92 silver |
 Black Diamond | 1 | ||
| Darkrune Helm at its lowest listing | 1,010 gold67 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.
Similar Items
The 10 recipes nearest to Plans: Darkrune Helm in required skill among Recipe > Blacksmithing, all from Classic like Plans: Darkrune Helm.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plans: Darkrune Helm (this item) | 300 | 998 gold on 41 realms | |
 Plans: Hammer of the Titans |  Hammer of the Titans | 300 | 2 gold on 73 realms |
| Plans: Annihilator |  Annihilator | 300 | 100 gold on 60 realms |
| Plans: Frostguard |  Frostguard | 300 | 291 gold on 51 realms |
| Plans: Arcanite Reaper |  Arcanite Reaper | 300 | 1,499 gold on 61 realms |
| Plans: Heartseeker |  Heartseeker | 300 | 10 gold on 72 realms |
| Plans: Thick Obsidian Breastplate |  Thick Obsidian Breastplate | 300 | 48 gold on 60 realms |
 Ancient Plans: Darrowdirk |  Darrowdirk | 300 | 2,999 gold on 49 realms |
 Plans: Thorium Leggings |  Thorium Leggings | 300 | 8 gold on 61 realms |
| Plans: Radiant Leggings |  Radiant Leggings | 300 | 98 silver on 76 realms |
| Plans: Sulfuron Hammer |  Sulfuron Hammer | 300 | 3,250 gold on 82 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Plans: Radiant Leggings at 98 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
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?
- 6,555g 77s 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 3.80.2.69874, 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