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Plans: Steel Weapon Chain
Item Level 1Recipe
Use: Learning
Effect: Steel Weapon Chain
“Teaches you how to make a Steel Weapon Chain.”
Sell price: 9 silver50 copper
Current price
54,000 gold58 silver
- Cheapest realm right now is 92% under the 40-realm average.live market
- Listings are down 56% from their 7 day average (1 vs 2 units).live market
- Today's price is on the high side: only 47% of recorded snapshots were pricier.live market
Plans: Steel Weapon Chain Price History on Tichondrius
Tichondrius Auction HouseSupply & Availability
Tichondrius Auction House6Units listed
6Sellers
54,000 gold58 silverCheapest now
Thin supply
On Plans: Steel Weapon Chain's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 329,360 gold37 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 87,500 gold to 1,845,635 gold21 silver. About 6 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 84% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 329,360 gold37 silver.
Plans: Steel Weapon Chain Effects
- Use: Learning
- Effect: Steel Weapon Chain
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Teaches
Creates 
Steel Weapon Chain
Using Plans: Steel Weapon Chain teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Steel Weapon Chain takes 8 Steel Bar, 2 Heavy Grinding Stone and 4 Heavy Leather.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (190)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
What One Craft Returns: Steel Weapon Chain
Plans: Steel Weapon Chain teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Steel Weapon Chain, which makes Steel Weapon Chain. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 61g 24s, and Steel Bar is the largest share at 78%. Steel Weapon Chain lists from 234g 62s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 161g 64s after the 5% auction cut, a 264% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Plans: Steel Weapon Chain itself (24,000g, the lowest of 40 realms listing it) is paid back after 149 crafts. It turns yellow at Classic Blacksmithing skill 215 and grey at 240.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Steel Bar | 8 | 6 gold | 48 gold |
 Heavy Grinding Stone | 2 | 92 silver | 1 gold84 silver |
 Heavy Leather | 4 | 2 gold85 silver | 11 gold40 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 61 gold24 silver | ||
| Steel Weapon Chain at its lowest listing | 234 gold62 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 161 gold64 silver | ||
What Else the Reagents Make
- Steel Bar goes into 16 other recipes across Blacksmithing and Engineering, including Steel Breastplate, Steel Plate Helm, Frost Tiger Blade and Golden Scale Cuirass. It is itself made by the recipe Smelt Steel.
- 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.
- Heavy Leather goes into 84 other recipes across Leatherworking, Engineering, Blacksmithing and Tailoring, including Dusky Bracers, Barbaric Harness, Guardian Cloak and Murloc Scale Bracers. It is itself made by the recipe Heavy 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.
Similar Items
The 10 recipes nearest to Plans: Steel Weapon Chain in required skill among Recipe > Blacksmithing, all from Classic like Plans: Steel Weapon Chain.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plans: Steel Weapon Chain (this item) | 190 | 24,000 gold on 40 realms | |
| Plans: Edge of Winter |  Edge of Winter | 190 | 15 silver on 74 realms |
| Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass |  Golden Scale Cuirass | 195 | 99 gold on 59 realms |
| Plans: Polished Steel Boots |  Polished Steel Boots | 185 | 50 gold on 60 realms |
| Plans: Frost Tiger Blade |  Frost Tiger Blade | 200 | 89 gold on 71 realms |
| Plans: Shadow Crescent Axe |  Shadow Crescent Axe | 200 | 120 gold on 65 realms |
 Plans: Inlaid Mithril Cylinder |  Inlaid Mithril Cylinder | 200 | 10 gold on 65 realms |
 Plans: Moonsteel Broadsword |  Moonsteel Broadsword | 180 | 42 gold on 56 realms |
| Plans: Jade Serpentblade |  Jade Serpentblade | 175 | 74 gold on 66 realms |
| Plans: Golden Iron Destroyer |  Golden Iron Destroyer | 170 | 100 gold on 59 realms |
| Plans: Golden Scale Leggings |  Golden Scale Leggings | 170 | 200 gold on 66 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: Steel Weapon Chain in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Plans: Steel Weapon Chain 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: Steel Weapon Chain next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Plans: Steel Weapon Chain in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Plans: Steel Weapon Chain 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: Steel Weapon Chain in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Plans: Steel Weapon Chain is Uncommon quality, item level 38 with no level requirement.
- What does Plans: Steel Weapon Chain sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 9s 50c for one Plans: Steel Weapon Chain in Classic Era.
- How much is Plans: Steel Weapon Chain on the auction house right now?
- 54,000g 58s on Tichondrius, 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: Steel Weapon Chain