An Uncommon Recipe, item level 1.
On Plans: Heavy Mithril Pants's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 361 gold78 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 21 gold39 silver to 11,310 gold33 silver. About 4 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 121% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 361 gold78 silver.
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In WoW Forever it is item level 42. In Classic Era it is item level 42. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 42. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 42. In MoP Classic it is item level 42.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Uncommon | 15s |
| WoW Forever | 42 | Uncommon | 15s |
| Classic Era | 42 | Uncommon | 15s |
| The Burning Crusade | 42 | Uncommon | 15s |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 42 | Uncommon | 15s |
| MoP Classic | 42 | Uncommon | 15s |
Creates 
Heavy Mithril Pants Uncommon Plate Legs, item level 24
Using Plans: Heavy Mithril Pants teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Heavy Mithril Pants takes 10 Mithril Bar.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Plans: Heavy Mithril Pants teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Heavy Mithril Pants, which makes Heavy Mithril Pants. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 60g 30s. Heavy Mithril Pants lists from 416g 51s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 335g 38s after the 5% auction cut, a 556% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Plans: Heavy Mithril Pants itself (5g 5s, the lowest of 64 realms listing it) is paid back after 1 craft. It turns yellow at Classic Blacksmithing skill 230 and grey at 250.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mithril Bar | 10 | 6 gold3 silver | 60 gold30 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 60 gold30 silver | ||
| Heavy Mithril Pants at its lowest listing | 416 gold51 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 335 gold38 silver | ||
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.
Plans: Heavy Mithril Pants uses icon file 134942, which 554 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Plans: Barbaric Iron Shoulders ID 7978 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Barbaric Iron Shoulders."Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate ID 7979 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Barbaric Iron Breastplate."Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm ID 7980 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Barbaric Iron Helm."Plans: Barbaric Iron Boots ID 7981 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Barbaric Iron Boots."Plans: Barbaric Iron Gloves ID 7982 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Barbaric Iron Gloves."Plans: Ornate Mithril Pants ID 7983 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Ornate Mithril Pants."Plans: Ornate Mithril Gloves ID 7984 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Ornate Mithril Gloves."Plans: Ornate Mithril Shoulder ID 7985 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Ornate Mithril Shoulder."Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 7975 (7970 to 7980) were usually added in the same batch as Plans: Heavy Mithril Pants: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
E.C.A.C. ID 7970 · Consumable "Enormous Chemically Altered Cracker"
Black Pearl ID 7971 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Ichor of Undeath ID 7972 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Big-Mouth Clam ID 7973 · Trade Goods · item level 17
Zesty Clam Meat ID 7974 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Plans: Mithril Shield Spike ID 7976 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Mithril Shield Spike."Plans: Mithril Scale Gloves ID 7977 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Mithril Scale Gloves."Plans: Barbaric Iron Shoulders ID 7978 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Barbaric Iron Shoulders."Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate ID 7979 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Barbaric Iron Breastplate."Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm ID 7980 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Barbaric Iron Helm."The raw ItemSparse values for item 7975 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Plans: Heavy Mithril Pants 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: Heavy Mithril Pants next to the live retail market on this page.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Plans: Heavy Mithril Pants
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
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