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Plans: Rune Edge
Item Level 1Recipe
Use: Learning
Effect: Rune Edge
“Teaches you how to make Rune Edge.”
Sell price: 50 silver
Not sold on the Auction House
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
An Uncommon Recipe, item level 1.
Background
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
In Classic Era it is item level 57. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 57. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 57. In MoP Classic it is item level 57.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Uncommon | 50s |
| Classic Era | 57 | Uncommon | 50s |
| The Burning Crusade | 57 | Uncommon | 50s |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 57 | Uncommon | 50s |
| MoP Classic | 57 | Uncommon | 50s |
Teaches
Creates 
Rune Edge Uncommon One-Handed Axe One-Hand, item level 28
Using Plans: Rune Edge teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Rune Edge takes 30 Thorium Bar, 2 Large Opal, 2 Dense Grinding Stone and 4 Rugged Leather.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (285)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
What One Craft Returns: Rune Edge
Plans: Rune Edge teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Rune Edge, which makes Rune Edge. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 131g 32s, and Thorium Bar is the largest share at 89%.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Thorium Bar | 30 | 3 gold88 silver | 116 gold40 silver |
 Large Opal | 2 | 87 silver | 1 gold74 silver |
 Dense Grinding Stone | 2 | 9 silver | 18 silver |
 Rugged Leather | 4 | 3 gold25 silver | 13 gold |
| Reagents for one craft | 131 gold32 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.
- Large Opal goes into 26 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Engineering and Inscription, including Stygian Shield, Axe of Sundered Bone, Edict of the Redeemed Crusader and Masterwork Stormhammer.
- Dense Grinding Stone goes into 22 other recipes in Blacksmithing, including Harbinger of Death, Gurubashi Carver, Warsword of Caer Darrow and Huge Thorium Battleaxe. It is itself made by the recipe Dense Grinding Stone.
- Rugged Leather goes into 105 other recipes across Leatherworking, Blacksmithing, Engineering, Tailoring and Enchanting, including Onyxia Scale Breastplate, Red Dragonscale Breastplate, Sandstalker Breastplate and Spitfire Breastplate. It is itself made by the recipe Rugged Leather.
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.
Items That Share Plans: Rune Edge's Icon
Plans: Rune Edge uses icon file 134942, which 554 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
- Plans: Blazing Rapier ID 12825 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Blazing Rapier."
- Plans: Serenity ID 12827 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Serenity."
- Plans: Enchanted Battlehammer ID 12824 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Enchanted Battlehammer."
- Plans: Volcanic Hammer ID 12828 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Volcanic Hammer."
- Plans: Thorium Greatsword ID 12816 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Thorium Greatsword."
- Plans: Radiant Leggings ID 12713 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Radiant Leggings."
- Plans: Thorium Leggings ID 12704 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to make Thorium Leggings."
- Plans: Radiant Circlet ID 12702 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Radiant Circlet."
Items Numbered Next to Plans: Rune Edge
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 12826 (12821 to 12831) were usually added in the same batch as Plans: Rune Edge: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Plans: Dawn's Edge ID 12821 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Dawn's Edge."
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: Serenity ID 12827 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Serenity."
- Plans: Volcanic Hammer ID 12828 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Volcanic Hammer."
Winterfall Crate ID 12829 · Quest- 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: Rune Edge Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 12826 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 2 gold
- Vendor sell price
- 50 silver
- Flags
- 64 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Plans: Rune Edge in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Plans: Rune 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: Rune Edge next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Plans: Rune Edge in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Plans: Rune 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: Rune Edge in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Plans: Rune Edge is uncommon quality, item level 57 with no level requirement.
- What does Plans: Rune Edge sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 50s for one Plans: Rune 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: Rune Edge
WoW Forever: what our data shows
- Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client
- Build 1.60.1.70532, 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