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Rotten Apple
Item Level 1Binds when picked up
Quest
Use: Scarlet Illusion
“The Worm is the Best Part.”
Not sold on the Auction House
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Rotten Apple Effects
- Use: Scarlet Illusion - 15 min
Use to disguise yourself as a member of the Scarlet Crusade.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Rotten Apple is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no Auction House price. Its first-party game data (identity, effects and sources) is read from the official World of Warcraft client build.
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Rotten Apple among Quest, all from Classic like Rotten Apple.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotten Apple (this item) | 1 | Not listed | |
 Telemancy Orbs | 1 | Use: Throw Telemancy Orb | 1 silver on 61 realms |
 Imbued Crystal | 1 | 589 gold on 78 realms | |
 Monstrous Egg | 1 | 500 gold on 78 realms | |
 Mysterious Grimoire | 1 | 456 gold on 74 realms | |
 Ornate Weapon | 1 | 550 gold on 78 realms | |
 A Treatise on Strategy | 1 | 600 gold on 77 realms | |
 Banner of the Fallen | 1 | 300 gold on 70 realms | |
 Captured Insignia | 1 | 300 gold on 74 realms | |
 Fallen Adventurer's Journal | 1 | 300 gold on 75 realms | |
 Gordok Ogre Suit | 20 | Crafted with Classic Tailoring | 20 gold on 53 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Telemancy Orbs at 1 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Rotten Apple in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Rotten Apple 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 Rotten Apple next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Rotten Apple in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Rotten Apple 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.
- Where do you get Rotten Apple in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Rotten Apple is created by Player Lost Apple DND.
- What level is Rotten Apple in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Rotten Apple is common quality, item level 1 with no level requirement.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Classic Era page for Rotten Apple
WoW Forever: what our data shows
- Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client
- Build 1.60.1.70205, 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