Is Plans: Thorium Greatsword in World of Warcraft: Forever?

Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Plans: Thorium Greatsword 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: Thorium Greatsword in WoW Classic?

In Classic Era, Plans: Thorium Greatsword is uncommon quality, item level 52 with no level requirement.

What does Plans: Thorium Greatsword sell for to a vendor in Classic?

A vendor pays 30s for one Plans: Thorium Greatsword in Classic Era.

Plans: Thorium Greatsword - WoW Classic and Forever Item Sources

An Uncommon Recipe, item level 1.

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Build history

First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).

Use: Learning
Effect: Thorium Greatsword

Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.

Other versions

Across game versions

In Classic Era it is item level 52. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 52. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 52. In MoP Classic it is item level 52.

Version	Item level	Quality	Sells for
Retail (Midnight)	1	Uncommon	30s
Classic Era	52	Uncommon	30s
The Burning Crusade	52	Uncommon	30s
Wrath of the Lich King	52	Uncommon	30s
MoP Classic	52	Uncommon	30s

Plans: Thorium Greatsword Game Data

Teaches

Thorium Greatsword Classic Blacksmithing

Creates Thorium Greatsword Uncommon Two-Handed Sword Two-Hand, item level 27

Using Plans: Thorium Greatsword teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Thorium Greatsword takes 10 Thorium Bar, 2 Dense Grinding Stone and 4 Rugged Leather.

Requirements & Properties

Requires: Classic Blacksmithing (260)

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Plans: Thorium Greatsword Crafting Costs

What One Craft Returns: Thorium Greatsword

Plans: Thorium Greatsword teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Thorium Greatsword, which makes Thorium Greatsword. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 51g 98s, and Thorium Bar is the largest share at 75%. It turns yellow at Classic Blacksmithing skill 285 and grey at 300.

Reagent	Needed	Lowest listed	Cost
Thorium Bar	10	3 gold88 silver	38 gold80 silver
Dense Grinding Stone	2	9 silver	18 silver
Rugged Leather	4	3 gold25 silver	13 gold
Reagents for one craft			51 gold98 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.
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.

Where Plans: Thorium Greatsword Fits

Items That Share Plans: Thorium Greatsword's Icon

Plans: Thorium Greatsword uses icon file 134942, which 554 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

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: Rune Edge ID 12826 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Rune Edge."
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."
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: Thorium Greatsword

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 12816 (12811 to 12821) were usually added in the same batch as Plans: Thorium Greatsword: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Righteous Orb ID 12811 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Unfired Plate Gauntlets ID 12812 · Quest · item level 25
Flask of Mystery Goo ID 12813 · Quest
Flame in a Bottle ID 12814 · Quest "It's got enough juice to set a large tent on fire!"
Beacon Torch ID 12815 · Quest
Plans: Bleakwood Hew ID 12817 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Bleakwood Hew."
Plans: Inlaid Thorium Hammer ID 12818 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Inlaid Thorium Hammer."
Plans: Ornate Thorium Handaxe ID 12819 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Ornate Thorium Handaxe."
Winterfall Firewater ID 12820 · Consumable · item level 21
Plans: Dawn's Edge ID 12821 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Dawn's Edge."

Plans: Thorium Greatsword Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 12816 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price: 1 gold20 silver
Vendor sell price: 30 silver
Flags: 64 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.

Plans: Thorium Greatsword in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever

Plans: Thorium Greatsword 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: Thorium Greatsword next to the live retail market on this page.

Is Plans: Thorium Greatsword in World of Warcraft: Forever?: Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Plans: Thorium Greatsword 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: Thorium Greatsword in WoW Classic?: In Classic Era, Plans: Thorium Greatsword is uncommon quality, item level 52 with no level requirement.
What does Plans: Thorium Greatsword sell for to a vendor in Classic?: A vendor pays 30s for one Plans: Thorium Greatsword in Classic Era.

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

Plans: Thorium Greatsword