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Plans: Massive Iron Axe
Item Level 1Recipe
Use: Learning
Effect: Massive Iron Axe
“Teaches you how to make a Massive Iron Axe.”
Sell price: 11 silver
Current price
1,594 gold56 silver
Plans: Massive Iron Axe Price History on Area 52
Area 52 Auction HouseSupply & Availability
Area 52 Auction House3Units listed
3Sellers
1,594 gold56 silverCheapest now
Thin supply
On Plans: Massive Iron Axe's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 743 gold29 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 122 gold80 silver to 6,695 gold93 silver. About 3 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 115% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 743 gold29 silver.
Plans: Massive Iron Axe Effects
- Use: Learning
- Effect: Massive Iron Axe
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Teaches
Creates 
Massive Iron Axe Uncommon Two-Handed Axe Two-Hand, item level 21
Using Plans: Massive Iron Axe teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Massive Iron Axe takes 14 Iron Bar, 2 Strong Flux, 2 Heavy Grinding Stone, 4 Gold Bar and 2 Heavy Leather.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (185)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
What One Craft Returns: Massive Iron Axe
Plans: Massive Iron Axe teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Massive Iron Axe, which makes Massive Iron Axe. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 130g 54s, and Iron Bar is the largest share at 61%. Massive Iron Axe lists from 74g 76s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 59g 51s less than its reagents cost, after the 5% auction cut. It turns yellow at Classic Blacksmithing skill 210 and grey at 235.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Iron Bar | 14 | 5 gold73 silver | 80 gold22 silver |
 Strong Flux | 2 | 35 silver | 70 silver |
 Heavy Grinding Stone | 2 | 95 silver | 1 gold90 silver |
 Gold Bar | 4 | 8 gold99 silver | 35 gold96 silver |
 Heavy Leather | 2 | 5 gold88 silver | 11 gold76 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 130 gold54 silver | ||
| Massive Iron Axe at its lowest listing | 74 gold76 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | −59 gold51 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 Barbaric Iron Boots. 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 Hardened Iron Shortsword.
- 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.
- Gold Bar goes into 33 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Tailoring, Inscription, Cooking and Engineering, including Blade of Unholy Might, Widow's Weep, Stygian Shield and Soulscryer. It is itself made by the recipes Smelt Gold and Transmute: Iron to Gold.
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: Massive Iron Axe in required skill among Recipe > Blacksmithing, all from Classic like Plans: Massive Iron Axe.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plans: Massive Iron Axe (this item) | 185 | 50 gold on 35 realms | |
 Plans: Polished Steel Boots |  Polished Steel Boots | 185 | 50 gold on 61 realms |
| Plans: Moonsteel Broadsword |  Moonsteel Broadsword | 180 | 50 gold on 56 realms |
| Plans: Edge of Winter |  Edge of Winter | 190 | 15 silver on 74 realms |
| Plans: Jade Serpentblade |  Jade Serpentblade | 175 | 74 gold on 66 realms |
| Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass |  Golden Scale Cuirass | 195 | 99 gold on 59 realms |
 Plans: Inlaid Mithril Cylinder |  Inlaid Mithril Cylinder | 200 | 10 gold on 67 realms |
| Plans: Golden Iron Destroyer |  Golden Iron Destroyer | 170 | 100 gold on 58 realms |
| Plans: Frost Tiger Blade |  Frost Tiger Blade | 200 | 19 silver on 71 realms |
| Plans: Shadow Crescent Axe |  Shadow Crescent Axe | 200 | 120 gold on 67 realms |
| Plans: Golden Scale Leggings |  Golden Scale Leggings | 170 | 200 gold on 64 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Plans: Edge of Winter at 15 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Plans: Massive Iron Axe in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Plans: Massive Iron Axe 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: Massive Iron Axe next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Plans: Massive Iron Axe in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Plans: Massive Iron Axe 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: Massive Iron Axe in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Plans: Massive Iron Axe is Common quality, item level 37 with no level requirement.
- What does Plans: Massive Iron Axe sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 11s for one Plans: Massive Iron Axe in Classic Era.
- How much is Plans: Massive Iron Axe on the auction house right now?
- 1,594g 56s on Area 52, 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: Massive Iron Axe