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Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword
Item Level 1Recipe
Use: Learning
Effect: Hardened Iron Shortsword
“Teaches you how to make a Hardened Iron Shortsword.”
Sell price: 7 silver50 copper
Current price
527 gold40 silver
Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword Price History on Moon Guard
Moon Guard Auction HouseSupply & Availability
Moon Guard Auction House7Units listed
7Sellers
527 gold40 silverCheapest now
Thin supply
On Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 131 gold42 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 17 gold10 silver to 3,387 gold49 silver. About 7 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 301% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 131 gold42 silver.
Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword Effects
- Use: Learning
- Effect: Hardened Iron Shortsword
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Teaches
Creates 
Hardened Iron Shortsword Uncommon One-Handed Sword One-Hand, item level 19
Using Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Hardened Iron Shortsword takes 6 Iron Bar, 2 Strong Flux, 1 Heavy Grinding Stone, 2 Lesser Moonstone and 3 Heavy Leather.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (160)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
What One Craft Returns: Hardened Iron Shortsword
Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Hardened Iron Shortsword, which makes Hardened Iron Shortsword. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 53g 97s, and Iron Bar is the largest share at 67%. Hardened Iron Shortsword lists from 39g each, so one craft sold at that price returns 16g 92s less than its reagents cost, after the 5% auction cut. It turns yellow at Classic Blacksmithing skill 185 and grey at 210.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Iron Bar | 6 | 5 gold99 silver | 35 gold94 silver |
 Strong Flux | 2 | 96 silver | 1 gold92 silver |
 Heavy Grinding Stone | 1 | 91 silver | 91 silver |
 Lesser Moonstone | 2 | 1 gold | 2 gold |
 Heavy Leather | 3 | 4 gold40 silver | 13 gold20 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 53 gold97 silver | ||
| Hardened Iron Shortsword at its lowest listing | 39 gold | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | −16 gold92 silver | ||
What Else the Reagents Make
- Iron Bar goes into 34 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting, Alchemy and Mining, including Barbaric Iron Breastplate, Green Iron Hauberk, Barbaric Iron Gloves and Massive Iron Axe. It is itself made by the recipe Smelt Iron.
- Strong Flux goes into 14 other recipes in Blacksmithing, including Bronze Greatsword, Glinting Steel Dagger, Golden Iron Destroyer and Jade Serpentblade.
- Heavy Grinding Stone goes into 23 other recipes in Blacksmithing, including Barbaric Iron Breastplate, Golden Scale Boots, Golden Scale Cuirass and Golden Scale Gauntlets. It is itself made by the recipe Heavy Grinding Stone.
- Lesser Moonstone goes into 15 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting and Engineering, including Moonsteel Broadsword, Dazzling Mithril Rapier, Moonsoul Crown and Amulet of the Moon.
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: Hardened Iron Shortsword in required skill among Recipe > Blacksmithing, all from Classic like Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword (this item) | Hardened Iron Shortsword | 160 | 30 gold on 52 realms |
 Plans: Green Iron Shoulders |  Green Iron Shoulders | 160 | 150 gold on 57 realms |
| Plans: Iron Counterweight |  Iron Counterweight | 165 | 89 gold on 62 realms |
| Plans: Silvered Bronze Leggings |  Silvered Bronze Leggings | 155 | 294 gold on 56 realms |
| Plans: Golden Iron Destroyer |  Golden Iron Destroyer | 170 | 100 gold on 59 realms |
| Plans: Golden Scale Leggings | Golden Scale Leggings | 170 | 200 gold on 64 realms |
| Plans: Iron Shield Spike |  Iron Shield Spike | 150 | 361 gold on 57 realms |
| Plans: Mighty Iron Hammer | Mighty Iron Hammer | 145 | 1 gold on 53 realms |
| Plans: Green Iron Boots |  Green Iron Boots | 145 | 200 gold on 56 realms |
| Plans: Jade Serpentblade |  Jade Serpentblade | 175 | 74 gold on 67 realms |
| Plans: Moonsteel Broadsword |  Moonsteel Broadsword | 180 | 42 gold on 55 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Plans: Mighty Iron Hammer at 1 gold in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword 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: Hardened Iron Shortsword next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword 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: Hardened Iron Shortsword in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword is Common quality, item level 32 with no level requirement.
- What does Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 7s 50c for one Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword in Classic Era.
- How much is Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword on the auction house right now?
- 527g 40s 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: Hardened Iron Shortsword