This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Plans: Imperial Plate Helm is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no live market price. Its first-party game data (identity, effects and sources) is read from the official World of Warcraft client build.
Creates 
Imperial Plate Helm Uncommon Plate Head, item level 29
Using Plans: Imperial Plate Helm teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Imperial Plate Helm takes 18 Thorium Bar and 1 Star Ruby.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Plans: Imperial Plate Helm teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Imperial Plate Helm, which makes Imperial Plate Helm. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 54g 24s, and Thorium Bar is the largest share at 97%. Imperial Plate Helm lists from 77g 25s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 19g 14s after the 5% auction cut, a 35% margin over its reagents.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Thorium Bar | 18 | 2 gold93 silver | 52 gold74 silver |
 Star Ruby | 1 | 1 gold50 silver | 1 gold50 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 54 gold24 silver | ||
| Imperial Plate Helm at its lowest listing | 77 gold25 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 19 gold14 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.
The 10 recipes nearest to Plans: Imperial Plate Helm in required skill among Recipe > Blacksmithing, all from Classic like Plans: Imperial Plate Helm.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plans: Imperial Plate Helm (this item) | 295 | Not listed | |
| Plans: Storm Gauntlets |  Storm Gauntlets | 295 | 40 gold on 65 realms |
 Plans: Radiant Boots |  Radiant Boots | 290 | 83 silver on 69 realms |
| Plans: Thorium Leggings |  Thorium Leggings | 300 | 1 gold on 61 realms |
| Plans: Radiant Leggings |  Radiant Leggings | 300 | 1 gold on 81 realms |
| Plans: Volcanic Hammer |  Volcanic Hammer | 290 | 11 gold on 66 realms |
| Plans: Runic Plate Shoulders |  Runic Plate Shoulders | 300 | 50 gold on 50 realms |
| Plans: Runic Plate Boots |  Runic Plate Boots | 300 | 444 gold on 49 realms |
| Plans: Runic Plate Leggings | Runic Plate Leggings | 300 | 444 gold on 51 realms |
| Plans: Hammer of the Titans |  Hammer of the Titans | 300 | 2 gold on 79 realms |
| Plans: Annihilator |  Annihilator | 300 | 100 gold on 62 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Plans: Radiant Boots at 83 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Plans: Imperial Plate 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: Imperial Plate Helm 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: Imperial Plate Helm
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