A Common Recipe, item level 1.
On Recipe: Big Bear Steak's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 91,475 gold3 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 15,563 gold10 silver to 239,972 gold66 silver. About 3 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 23% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 91,475 gold3 silver.
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In WoW Forever it is item level 25 and binds when picked up. In Classic Era it is item level 25. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 25. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 25. In MoP Classic it is item level 25.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Binding | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Common | - | 4s |
| WoW Forever | 25 | Common | Binds when picked up | 4s |
| Classic Era | 25 | Common | - | 4s |
| The Burning Crusade | 25 | Common | - | 4s |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 25 | Common | - | 4s |
| MoP Classic | 25 | Common | - | 4s |
Creates 
Big Bear Steak
Using Recipe: Big Bear Steak teaches this recipe. The Classic Cooking recipe Big Bear Steak takes 1 Big Bear Meat.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Recipe: Big Bear Steak teaches the Classic Cooking recipe Big Bear Steak, which makes Big Bear Steak. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 10s. Big Bear Steak lists from 11g 66s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 10g 97s after the 5% auction cut, a 10,977% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Recipe: Big Bear Steak itself (9,999g 38s, the lowest of 36 realms listing it) is paid back after 911 crafts. It turns yellow at Classic Cooking skill 150 and grey at 190.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Big Bear Meat | 1 | 10 silver | 10 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 10 silver | ||
| Big Bear Steak at its lowest listing | 11 gold66 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 10 gold97 silver | ||
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.
Recipe: Big Bear Steak uses icon file 134939, which 1,738 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Recipe: Hot Lion Chops ID 3735 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook up some Hot Lion Chops."Recipe: Tasty Lion Steak ID 3736 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook a Tasty Lion Steak."Recipe: Soothing Turtle Bisque ID 3737 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook a Soothing Turtle Bisque."Foreboding Plans ID 3718 · QuestRecipe: Gooey Spider Cake ID 3683 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook a Gooey Spider Cake."Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet ID 3682 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook a Curiously Tasty Omelet. Don't ask, you don't want to know."Recipe: Crocolisk Gumbo ID 3681 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook a Crocolisk Gumbo."Recipe: Murloc Fin Soup ID 3680 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook a Murloc Fin Soup."Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 3734 (3729 to 3740) were usually added in the same batch as Recipe: Big Bear Steak: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Soothing Turtle Bisque ID 3729 · Consumable · item level 11Big Bear Meat ID 3730 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Lion Meat ID 3731 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Hooded Cowl ID 3732 · Armor - Cloth · item level 18
Orcish War Chain ID 3733 · Armor - Plate · item level 14Recipe: Hot Lion Chops ID 3735 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook up some Hot Lion Chops."Recipe: Tasty Lion Steak ID 3736 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook a Tasty Lion Steak."Recipe: Soothing Turtle Bisque ID 3737 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook a Soothing Turtle Bisque."
Skull Ring ID 3739 · Armor · item level 16
Decapitating Sword ID 3740 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 15The raw ItemSparse values for item 3734 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Recipe: Big Bear Steak 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 Recipe: Big Bear Steak next to the live retail market on this page.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Recipe: Big Bear Steak
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
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