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Thick-Shelled Clam
Item Level 10Trade Goods
Use: Thick Shell Clam
Sell price: 21 copper
Current price
2 gold16 silver
A Common Trade Goods, item level 10.
- Right now 197 units listed across 8 price tiers.AH scan
- Listings cluster between 2 gold and 197 gold: a 6165% spread reads as a volatile market.AH scan
- Listings are down 82% from their 7 day average (197 vs 1,119 units).AH scan
- Today's price is on the high side: only 27% of recorded snapshots were pricier.AH scan
Thick-Shelled Clam Price History
US Region (Commodity)Supply & Availability
US Region (Commodity)197Units listed
20Sellers
2 gold16 silverCheapest now
Moderate supply
Thick-Shelled Clam is listed at 2 gold16 silver in the latest US region commodity Auction House snapshot, about 41% below its typical price of 3 gold68 silver. Across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jul 2026) it has ranged from 1 gold67 silver to 16 gold24 silver. About 197 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 41% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 3 gold68 silver.
Background
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Thick-Shelled Clam Effects
- Use: Thick Shell Clam
Open the clam!
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In WoW Forever it is item level 20 and is named Thick-shelled Clam. In Classic Era it is item level 20 and is named Thick-shelled Clam. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 20 and is named Thick-shelled Clam. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 20 and is named Thick-shelled Clam. In MoP Classic it is item level 20.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 10 | Common | 21c |
| WoW Forever | 20 | Common | 21c |
| Classic Era | 20 | Common | 21c |
| The Burning Crusade | 20 | Common | 21c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 20 | Common | 21c |
| MoP Classic | 20 | Common | 21c |
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Thick-Shelled Clam among Trade Goods > Other, all from Classic like Thick-Shelled Clam.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thick-Shelled Clam (this item) | 10 | Use: Thick Shell Clam | 2 gold |
 Large Venom Sac | 10 | Used in Potion of Curing and Strong Anti-Venom (Classic Alchemy) | 2 silver |
 Small Venom Sac | 10 | Used in Anti-Venom (Classic Alchemy) | 1 gold |
 Bleach | 10 | Used in 11 recipes, including White Linen Shirt and Phoenix Gloves | 1 silver |
 Mild Spices | 10 | Used in Spice Bread and Delicious Chocolate Cake (Classic Cooking) | 1 silver |
 Weak Flux | 10 | Used in 13 recipes (Classic Blacksmithing), including Bronze Shortsword and Heavy Copper Broadsword | 1 silver |
| Discolored Worg Heart | 10 | Used in Discolored Healing Potion (Classic Alchemy) | 7,125 gold |
 Strong Flux | 10 | Used in 15 recipes (Classic Blacksmithing), including Deadly Bronze Poniard and Heavy Bronze Mace | 47 silver |
 Gray Dye | 10 | Used in 18 recipes, including Dark Leather Cloak and Gray Woolen Robe | 3 silver |
 Small Flame Sac | 10 | Used in 3 recipes, including Flame Deflector and Fire Protection Potion | 10 gold |
 Sharp Claw | 10 | Used in 3 recipes, including Rage Potion and Barbaric Iron Shoulders | 2 gold |
The lowest listed price among them is Bleach at 1 silver in the US Auction House.
Across Regions
Thick-Shelled Clam has a current Auction House listing in 2 regions. The lowest listed price is in Europe.
| Region | Lowest Listed Price | Listed On | Cheapest Realms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 1 gold | Region-wide | |
| United States | 2 gold | Region-wide |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Items That Share Thick-Shelled Clam's Icon
Thick-Shelled Clam uses icon file 134432, which 11 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
- Boiled Clams ID 5525 · Consumable · item level 3
- Darkwater Clam ID 36781 · Trade Goods · item level 28
- Abyssal Clam ID 52340 · Trade Goods · item level 30
- Glimmerdeep Clam ID 54861 · Quest
- Clamshell Mirror ID 88160 · Miscellaneous
- Akkalar's Clamshell ID 90167 · Miscellaneous
- Giant Draenor Clam ID 108738 · Trade Goods · item level 35
- Pearlhunter Phin's Soggy Coin ID 138929 · Miscellaneous "Gloooglrr mrm."
Items Numbered Next to Thick-Shelled Clam
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 5524 (5516 to 5529) were usually added in the same batch as Thick-Shelled Clam: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Threshadon Fang ID 5516 · Weapon - Dagger · item level 9
Iron Pommel ID 5519 · Quest "The final piece of Dartol's Rod."
Velinde's Journal ID 5520 · Quest
Velinde's Key ID 5521 · Quest
Small Barnacled Clam ID 5523 · Trade Goods · item level 5- Boiled Clams ID 5525 · Consumable · item level 3
Clam Chowder ID 5526 · Consumable · item level 7- Goblin Deviled Clams ID 5527 · Consumable · item level 7
Recipe: Clam Chowder ID 5528 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook a delicious Clam Chowder."
Tomb Dust ID 5529 · Miscellaneous · item level 13
Thick-Shelled Clam Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 5524 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 85 copper
- Vendor sell price
- 21 copper
- Stacks to
- 20
- Material
- Jewelry
- Flags
- 64 / 8192 / 0 / 16384 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Thick-Shelled Clam in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Thick-Shelled Clam 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 Thick-Shelled Clam next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Thick-Shelled Clam in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Thick-Shelled Clam 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 Thick-Shelled Clam in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Thick-Shelled Clam is Common quality, item level 20 with no level requirement.
- What does Thick-Shelled Clam sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 21c for one Thick-Shelled Clam in Classic Era.
- How much is Thick-Shelled Clam on the auction house right now?
- 2g 16s on the US region auction house, 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 · Classic Era page for Thick-Shelled Clam
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
- Listed as
- Thick-shelled Clam
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