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Plans: Dawn's Edge
Item Level 1Recipe
Use: Learning
Effect: Dawn's Edge
“Teaches you how to make Dawn's Edge.”
Sell price: 40 silver
Not sold on the Auction House
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
A Rare Recipe, item level 1.
Background
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Plans: Dawn's Edge Effects
- Use: Learning
- Effect: Dawn's Edge
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In WoW Forever it is item level 55. In Classic Era it is item level 55. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 55. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 55. In MoP Classic it is item level 55.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Rare | 40s |
| WoW Forever | 55 | Rare | 40s |
| Classic Era | 55 | Rare | 40s |
| The Burning Crusade | 55 | Rare | 40s |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 55 | Rare | 40s |
| MoP Classic | 55 | Rare | 40s |
Teaches
Creates 
Dawn's Edge Rare One-Handed Axe One-Hand, item level 28
Using Plans: Dawn's Edge teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Dawn's Edge takes 30 Thorium Bar, 4 Enchanted Thorium Bar, 4 Star Ruby, 4 Blue Sapphire, 2 Dense Grinding Stone and 4 Rugged Leather.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (275)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
What One Craft Returns: Dawn's Edge
Plans: Dawn's Edge teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Dawn's Edge, which makes Dawn's Edge. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 121g 94s, and Thorium Bar is the largest share at 73%. Dawn's Edge lists from 1,455g 44s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 1,260g 72s after the 5% auction cut, a 1,034% margin over its reagents.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Thorium Bar | 30 | 2 gold97 silver | 89 gold10 silver |
 Enchanted Thorium Bar | 4 | 4 gold49 silver | 17 gold96 silver |
 Star Ruby | 4 | 90 silver | 3 gold60 silver |
 Blue Sapphire | 4 | 95 silver | 3 gold80 silver |
 Dense Grinding Stone | 2 | 14 silver | 28 silver |
 Rugged Leather | 4 | 1 gold80 silver | 7 gold20 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 121 gold94 silver | ||
| Dawn's Edge at its lowest listing | 1,455 gold44 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 1,260 gold72 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.
- Enchanted Thorium Bar goes into 44 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, Enchanting and Engineering, including Midnight's Graze, Fiery Vengeance, Gurubashi Poker and Blade of the Fallen Seraph. It is itself made by the recipe Enchanted Thorium Bar.
- Star Ruby goes into 41 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting, Leatherworking and Tailoring, including Weaver's Fang, Midnight's Graze, Blood Talon and Heartseeker.
- Blue Sapphire goes into 22 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Inscription, Engineering and Leatherworking, including The Face of Doom, Lionheart Helm, Soulscryer and Shifting Sliver.
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: Dawn's Edge in required skill among Recipe > Blacksmithing, all from Classic like Plans: Dawn's Edge.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plans: Dawn's Edge (this item) | 275 | Not listed | |
| Plans: Dark Iron Sunderer |  Dark Iron Sunderer | 275 | 46 silver on 79 realms |
 Plans: Radiant Breastplate |  Radiant Breastplate | 270 | 24 gold on 72 realms |
| Plans: Wildthorn Mail |  Wildthorn Mail | 270 | 27 gold on 67 realms |
| Plans: Thorium Boots |  Thorium Boots | 280 | 4 gold on 74 realms |
| Plans: Thorium Helm |  Thorium Helm | 280 | 4 gold on 67 realms |
| Plans: Dark Iron Pulverizer |  Dark Iron Pulverizer | 265 | 10 gold on 68 realms |
| Plans: Dark Iron Plate |  Dark Iron Plate | 285 | 3 gold on 78 realms |
| Plans: Radiant Gloves |  Radiant Gloves | 285 | 20 gold on 58 realms |
| Plans: Serenity |  Serenity | 285 | 490 gold on 55 realms |
| Plans: Radiant Boots |  Radiant Boots | 290 | 20 gold on 69 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Plans: Dark Iron Sunderer at 46 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Other Items Named Plans: Dawn's Edge
1 other item in the current build is also called Plans: Dawn's Edge. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.
Plans: Dawn's Edge ID 142357 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Dawn's Edge."
Items That Share Plans: Dawn's Edge's Icon
Plans: Dawn's Edge uses icon file 134939, which 1,738 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
- Plans: Ornate Thorium Handaxe ID 12819 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Ornate Thorium Handaxe."
- Plans: Huge Thorium Battleaxe ID 12823 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Huge Thorium Battleaxe."
- Plans: Inlaid Thorium Hammer ID 12818 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Inlaid Thorium Hammer."
- Plans: Bleakwood Hew ID 12817 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Bleakwood Hew."
- Plans: Corruption ID 12830 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Corruption."
- Plans: Blood Talon ID 12831 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to make Blood Talon."
- Plans: Darkspear ID 12832 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to make a Darkspear."
- Plans: Hammer of the Titans ID 12833 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Hammer of the Titans."
Items Numbered Next to Plans: Dawn's Edge
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 12821 (12816 to 12826) were usually added in the same batch as Plans: Dawn's Edge: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
- Plans: Thorium Greatsword ID 12816 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Thorium Greatsword."
- Plans: Bleakwood Hew ID 12817 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Bleakwood Hew."
- Plans: Inlaid Thorium Hammer ID 12818 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Inlaid Thorium Hammer."
- Plans: Ornate Thorium Handaxe ID 12819 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Ornate Thorium Handaxe."
Winterfall Firewater ID 12820 · Consumable · item level 21
Toxic Horror Droplet ID 12822 · Quest- Plans: Huge Thorium Battleaxe ID 12823 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Huge Thorium Battleaxe."
- Plans: Enchanted Battlehammer ID 12824 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Enchanted Battlehammer."
- Plans: Blazing Rapier ID 12825 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Blazing Rapier."
- Plans: Rune Edge ID 12826 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Rune Edge."
Plans: Dawn's Edge Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 12821 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 1 gold60 silver
- Vendor sell price
- 40 silver
- Flags
- 64 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Plans: Dawn's Edge in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Plans: Dawn's Edge 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: Dawn's Edge next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Plans: Dawn's Edge in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Plans: Dawn's Edge 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: Dawn's Edge in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Plans: Dawn's Edge is rare quality, item level 55 with no level requirement.
- What does Plans: Dawn's Edge sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 40s for one Plans: Dawn's Edge 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: Dawn's Edge
WoW Forever: what our data shows
- Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client
- Build 1.60.1.70338, 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