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Plans: Volcanic Hammer
Item Level 58Recipe
Retail: Item Level 1
Use: Learning
Effect: Volcanic Hammer
“Teaches you how to make a Volcanic Hammer.”
Sell price: 55 silver
Current price
2,519 gold10 silver
Plans: Volcanic Hammer Price History on Agamaggan
Agamaggan Auction HouseSupply & Availability
Agamaggan Auction House3Units listed
3Sellers
2,519 gold10 silverCheapest now
Thin supply
On Plans: Volcanic Hammer's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 12,904 gold95 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 583 gold16 silver to 9,253,199 gold93 silver. About 3 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 80% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 12,904 gold95 silver.
Background
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Plans: Volcanic Hammer Effects
- Use: Learning
- Effect: Volcanic Hammer
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In WoW Forever it is item level 58. In Classic Era it is item level 58. In MoP Classic it is item level 58.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Uncommon | 55s |
| WoW Forever | 58 | Uncommon | 55s |
| Classic Era | 58 | Uncommon | 55s |
| MoP Classic | 58 | Uncommon | 55s |
Teaches
Creates 
Volcanic Hammer Uncommon One-Handed Mace One-Hand, item level 28
Using Plans: Volcanic Hammer teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Volcanic Hammer takes 30 Thorium Bar, 4 Heart of Fire, 4 Star Ruby and 4 Rugged Leather.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (290)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
What One Craft Returns: Volcanic Hammer
Plans: Volcanic Hammer teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Volcanic Hammer, which makes Volcanic Hammer. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 156g 38s, and Thorium Bar is the largest share at 87%. Volcanic Hammer lists from 717g 42s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 525g 16s after the 5% auction cut, a 336% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Plans: Volcanic Hammer itself (216g 88s, the lowest of 59 realms listing it) is paid back after 1 craft.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Thorium Bar | 30 | 4 gold55 silver | 136 gold50 silver |
 Heart of Fire | 4 | 9 silver | 36 silver |
 Star Ruby | 4 | 93 silver | 3 gold72 silver |
 Rugged Leather | 4 | 3 gold95 silver | 15 gold80 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 156 gold38 silver | ||
| Volcanic Hammer at its lowest listing | 717 gold42 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 525 gold16 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.
- Heart of Fire goes into 27 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Tailoring, Engineering, Leatherworking, Jewelcrafting and Alchemy, including Warblades of the Hakkari, Reborn, Fiery Vengeance, Bloodlord's Reaver and Dark Iron Plate.
- Star Ruby goes into 41 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting, Leatherworking and Tailoring, including Weaver's Fang, Midnight's Graze, Blood Talon and Heartseeker.
- 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.
Similar Items
The 10 recipes nearest to Plans: Volcanic Hammer in required skill among Recipe > Blacksmithing, all from Classic like Plans: Volcanic Hammer.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plans: Volcanic Hammer (this item) | Volcanic Hammer | 290 | 216 gold on 59 realms |
| Plans: Radiant Boots |  Radiant Boots | 290 | 25 gold on 48 realms |
| Plans: Radiant Gloves |  Radiant Gloves | 285 | 84 gold on 49 realms |
 Plans: Dark Iron Plate |  Dark Iron Plate | 285 | 46 silver on 67 realms |
| Plans: Storm Gauntlets |  Storm Gauntlets | 295 | 25 gold on 51 realms |
| Plans: Thorium Boots |  Thorium Boots | 280 | 2 gold on 55 realms |
| Plans: Thorium Helm |  Thorium Helm | 280 | 99 silver on 57 realms |
| Plans: Thorium Leggings |  Thorium Leggings | 300 | 5 gold on 58 realms |
| Plans: Radiant Leggings |  Radiant Leggings | 300 | 99 silver on 73 realms |
| Plans: Runic Plate Boots |  Runic Plate Boots | 300 | 37 gold on 41 realms |
| Plans: Whitesoul Helm |  Whitesoul Helm | 300 | 2,000 gold on 42 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Plans: Dark Iron Plate at 46 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Items That Share Plans: Volcanic Hammer's Icon
Plans: Volcanic Hammer uses icon file 134942, which 554 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
- Plans: Serenity ID 12827 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Serenity."
- Plans: Rune Edge ID 12826 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Rune Edge."
- Plans: Blazing Rapier ID 12825 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Blazing Rapier."
- Plans: Enchanted Battlehammer ID 12824 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Enchanted Battlehammer."
- 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: Volcanic Hammer
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 12828 (12823 to 12833) were usually added in the same batch as Plans: Volcanic Hammer: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
- 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: Rune Edge ID 12826 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Rune Edge."
- Plans: Serenity ID 12827 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Serenity."
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: Darkspear ID 12832 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to make a Darkspear."
- Plans: Hammer of the Titans ID 12833 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Hammer of the Titans."
Plans: Volcanic Hammer Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 12828 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 2 gold20 silver
- Vendor sell price
- 55 silver
- Flags
- 64 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Plans: Volcanic Hammer in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Plans: Volcanic Hammer 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: Volcanic Hammer next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Plans: Volcanic Hammer in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Plans: Volcanic Hammer 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: Volcanic Hammer in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Plans: Volcanic Hammer is Uncommon quality, item level 58 with no level requirement.
- What does Plans: Volcanic Hammer sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 55s for one Plans: Volcanic Hammer in Classic Era.
- How much is Plans: Volcanic Hammer on the auction house right now?
- 2,519g 10s on Agamaggan, 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: Volcanic Hammer
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