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Plans: Runic Plate Helm
Item Level 1Recipe
Use: Learning
Effect: Runic Plate Helm
“Teaches you how to make a Runic Plate Helm.”
Sell price: 1 gold
Current price
2,050 gold85 silver
Plans: Runic Plate Helm Price History on Wyrmrest Accord
Wyrmrest Accord Auction HouseSupply & Availability
Wyrmrest Accord Auction House4Units listed
4Sellers
2,050 gold85 silverCheapest now
Thin supply
On Plans: Runic Plate Helm's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 2,685 gold14 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 597 gold15 silver to 18,589 gold51 silver. About 4 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 24% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 2,685 gold14 silver.
Plans: Runic Plate Helm Effects
- Use: Learning
- Effect: Runic Plate Helm
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Teaches
Creates 
Runic Plate Helm Uncommon Plate Head, item level 29
Using Plans: Runic Plate Helm teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Runic Plate Helm takes 30 Thorium Bar, 2 Arcanite Bar, 2 Truesilver Bar and 1 Huge Emerald.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (300)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
What One Craft Returns: Runic Plate Helm
Plans: Runic Plate Helm teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Runic Plate Helm, which makes Runic Plate Helm. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 259g 45s, and Arcanite Bar is the largest share at 62%. Runic Plate Helm lists from 1,000g each, so one craft sold at that price returns 690g 55s after the 5% auction cut, a 266% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Plans: Runic Plate Helm itself (50g, the lowest of 56 realms listing it) is paid back after 1 craft.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Thorium Bar | 30 | 3 gold11 silver | 93 gold30 silver |
 Arcanite Bar | 2 | 79 gold97 silver | 159 gold94 silver |
 Truesilver Bar | 2 | 2 gold55 silver | 5 gold10 silver |
 Huge Emerald | 1 | 1 gold11 silver | 1 gold11 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 259 gold45 silver | ||
| Runic Plate Helm at its lowest listing | 1,000 gold | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 690 gold55 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.
- Arcanite Bar goes into 93 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Engineering, Inscription, Alchemy, Mining, Leatherworking and Tailoring, including Sulfuron Hammer, Invulnerable Mail, Warblades of the Hakkari, Reborn and Arcanite Reaper. It is itself made by the recipe Transmute: Arcanite.
- Truesilver Bar goes into 67 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Engineering, Inscription, Enchanting and Tailoring, including Warsword of Caer Darrow, Belt of the Mentor, Plated Construct's Ribcage and Sacred Guardian. It is itself made by the recipes Smelt Truesilver and Transmute: Mithril to Truesilver.
- Huge Emerald goes into 30 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Leatherworking, Inscription, Tailoring and Engineering, including Death's Gamble, Edict of the Redeemed Crusader, Annihilator and Masterwork Stormhammer.
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: Runic Plate Helm in required skill among Recipe > Blacksmithing, all from Classic like Plans: Runic Plate Helm.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plans: Runic Plate Helm (this item) | Runic Plate Helm | 300 | 50 gold on 56 realms |
| Plans: Runic Plate Shoulders |  Runic Plate Shoulders | 300 | 50 gold on 58 realms |
| Plans: Runic Plate Boots |  Runic Plate Boots | 300 | 50 gold on 57 realms |
| Plans: Runic Plate Leggings |  Runic Plate Leggings | 300 | 50 gold on 59 realms |
 Plans: Thorium Leggings | Thorium Leggings | 300 | 13 gold on 70 realms |
| Plans: Radiant Leggings |  Radiant Leggings | 300 | 1 gold on 77 realms |
| Plans: Hammer of the Titans |  Hammer of the Titans | 300 | 2 gold on 73 realms |
| Plans: Annihilator |  Annihilator | 300 | 88 gold on 63 realms |
| Plans: Frostguard |  Frostguard | 300 | 100 gold on 52 realms |
| Plans: Arcanite Reaper |  Arcanite Reaper | 300 | 1,000 gold on 67 realms |
| Plans: Heartseeker |  Heartseeker | 300 | 25 gold on 61 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Plans: Radiant Leggings at 1 gold in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Items That Share Plans: Runic Plate Helm's Icon
Plans: Runic Plate Helm uses icon file 134939, which 1,738 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
- Plans: Imperial Plate Leggings ID 12715 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Imperial Plate Leggings."
- Plans: Helm of the Great Chief ID 12716 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Helm of the Great Chief."
- Plans: Whitesoul Helm ID 12711 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to make a Whitesoul Helm."
- Plans: Runic Breastplate ID 12718 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Runic Breastplate."
- Plans: Runic Plate Leggings ID 12719 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Runic Plate Leggings."
- Plans: Stronghold Gauntlets ID 12720 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Stronghold Gauntlets."
- Plans: Runic Plate Boots ID 12707 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to make Runic Plate Boots."
- Plans: Runic Plate Shoulders ID 12706 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to make Runic Plate Shoulders."
Items Numbered Next to Plans: Runic Plate Helm
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 12714 (12709 to 12719) were usually added in the same batch as Plans: Runic Plate Helm: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Pip's Skinner ID 12709 · Weapon - Dagger · item level 29 "Also serves as a skinning knife."
Glowing Hunk of the Beast's Flesh ID 12710 · Quest "It Glows!"- Plans: Whitesoul Helm ID 12711 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to make a Whitesoul Helm."
Warosh's Mojo ID 12712 · Consumable- Plans: Radiant Leggings ID 12713 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Radiant Leggings."
- Plans: Imperial Plate Leggings ID 12715 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Imperial Plate Leggings."
- Plans: Helm of the Great Chief ID 12716 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Helm of the Great Chief."
Plans: Lionheart Helm ID 12717 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Lionheart Helm."- Plans: Runic Breastplate ID 12718 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Runic Breastplate."
- Plans: Runic Plate Leggings ID 12719 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Runic Plate Leggings."
Plans: Runic Plate Helm Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 12714 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 4 gold
- Vendor sell price
- 1 gold
- Flags
- 64 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Plans: Runic Plate Helm in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Plans: Runic 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: Runic Plate Helm next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Plans: Runic Plate Helm in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Plans: Runic Plate Helm 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: Runic Plate Helm in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Plans: Runic Plate Helm is Uncommon quality, item level 61 with no level requirement.
- What does Plans: Runic Plate Helm sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 1g for one Plans: Runic Plate Helm in Classic Era.
- How much is Plans: Runic Plate Helm on the auction house right now?
- 2,050g 85s on Wyrmrest Accord, 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: Runic Plate Helm
WoW Forever: what our data shows
- Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client
- Build 1.60.1.70291, 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