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Steel Bar
Metal & Stone
Verified US market
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Steel Bar details
| Type | Metal & Stone |
|---|---|
| Item level | 10 |
| Max stack | 1,000 |
| Vendor sell price | 60 copper |
| Expansion | Classic |
| First seen in our data | build 1.15.9.68940 |
Read from the 12.1.0.69875 game build. Prices are US Auction House data.
What Steel Bar is used in
Blacksmithing
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Edge of Winter | Classic Blacksmithing, Weapons, grey at 240 | 10 |
|  Edge of Winter | 189 gold | |
| Frost Tiger Blade | Classic Blacksmithing, Weapons, grey at 250 | 12 |  Frost Tiger Blade | 256 gold | ||
| Glinting Steel Dagger | Classic Blacksmithing, Weapons, grey at 230 | 10 |
|  Glinting Steel Dagger | 80 gold | |
| Golden Scale Boots | Classic Blacksmithing, Boots, grey at 250 | 10 |
|  Golden Scale Boots | 96 gold | |
| Golden Scale Bracers | Classic Blacksmithing, Bracers, grey at 235 | 5 |  Golden Scale Bracers | 31 gold | ||
| Golden Scale Coif | Classic Blacksmithing, Helms, grey at 240 | 8 |
|  Golden Scale Coif | 66 gold | |
| Golden Scale Cuirass | Classic Blacksmithing, Chest, grey at 245 | 12 |
|  Golden Scale Cuirass | 92 gold | |
| Golden Scale Gauntlets | Classic Blacksmithing, Gauntlets, grey at 245 | 10 |
|  Golden Scale Gauntlets | 96 gold | |
| Golden Scale Shoulders | Classic Blacksmithing, Shoulders, grey at 225 | 6 |
|  Golden Scale Shoulders | 53 gold | |
| Moonsteel Broadsword | Classic Blacksmithing, Weapons, grey at 230 | 8 |
|  Moonsteel Broadsword | 67 gold | |
| Polished Steel Boots | Classic Blacksmithing, Boots, grey at 235 | 8 |
| Polished Steel Boots | 53 gold | |
| Searing Golden Blade | Classic Blacksmithing, Weapons, grey at 240 | 10 |
| Searing Golden Blade | 103 gold | |
| Shadow Crescent Axe | Classic Blacksmithing, Weapons, grey at 250 | 10 |
|  Shadow Crescent Axe | 143 gold | |
| Steel Breastplate | Classic Blacksmithing, Chest, grey at 250 | 16 |  Steel Breastplate | 98 gold | ||
| Steel Plate Helm | Classic Blacksmithing, Helms, grey at 255 | 14 |
|  Steel Plate Helm | 92 gold | |
| Steel Weapon Chain | Classic Blacksmithing, Weapon Mods, grey at 240 | 8 |  Steel Weapon Chain | 234 gold | 67 gold |
Engineering
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor | Classic Engineering, Tools, grey at 215 | 4 |  Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor | 24 gold |
"Needs" is how many one craft consumes. Reagent cost adds up the required materials at the cheapest current listing of each; it is left blank when any reagent has no live price. Recipes, quantities, products and skill tiers are read from the game data.
Crafting value of Steel Bar
Steel Bar goes into 17 recipes: 16 in Blacksmithing and 1 in Engineering. They come from Classic Blacksmithing and Classic Engineering.
Its product, Steel Weapon Chain, from Classic Blacksmithing, lists at 234 gold62 silver on the US Auction House.
One craft of Steel Weapon Chain takes 8 Steel Bar plus 2 Heavy Grinding Stone and 4 Heavy Leather; at current prices those reagents cost 67 gold42 silver per craft.
Steel Bar is about 71% of that reagent bill at its current price; Heavy Grinding Stone and Heavy Leather make up the rest.
The cheapest craft that uses Steel Bar is Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor (Classic Engineering): its reagents cost 24 gold per craft.
1 of the 17 distinct products have a current US commodity price.
Further down the chain, Steel Weapon Chain is itself a reagent in 1 recipe, such as Gauntlets of the Unrelenting.
Leveling and recipes for Steel Bar
Leveling with Steel Bar: Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor (Tools) turns yellow at Engineering skill 175 and grey at 215. Golden Scale Shoulders (Shoulders) turns yellow at Blacksmithing skill 200 and grey at 225. Glinting Steel Dagger (Weapons) turns yellow at Blacksmithing skill 205 and grey at 230. Moonsteel Broadsword (Weapons) turns yellow at Blacksmithing skill 205 and grey at 230. Golden Scale Bracers (Bracers) turns yellow at Blacksmithing skill 210 and grey at 235. Polished Steel Boots (Boots) turns yellow at Blacksmithing skill 210 and grey at 235.
Recipe items that teach these crafts: Plans: Edge of Winter, Plans: Frost Tiger Blade, Plans: Golden Scale Boots, Plans: Golden Scale Coif, Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass, Plans: Golden Scale Gauntlets, Plans: Golden Scale Shoulders and Plans: Moonsteel Broadsword, and 4 more.
Plans: Edge of Winter
Plans: Golden Scale BootsReagents used with Steel Bar
Steel Bar is most often combined with Heavy Grinding Stone, which shares 10 of its 17 recipes; next come Gold Bar, Heavy Leather and Citrine.
Heavy Grinding Stone 10 shared recipes
Gold Bar 6 shared recipes
Heavy Leather 5 shared recipes
Citrine 3 shared recipes
Frost Oil 2 shared recipes
Lesser Moonstone 2 shared recipes
Strong Flux 2 shared recipes
Elemental Air 1 shared recipe
Elemental Earth 1 shared recipe
Elemental Fire 1 shared recipe
Elemental Water 1 shared recipe
Jade 1 shared recipe
How to make Steel Bar
| Recipe | Profession | Skill tier and category | Reagents | Makes | Reagents per craft (US) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smelt Steel | Mining | Classic Mining, Smelting, grey at 135 | 1 | 6 gold |
CoalSmelt Steel (Classic Mining) combines 1 Iron Bar and 1 Coal, and those reagents cost 6 gold3 silver; buying 1 Steel Bar instead costs 6 gold.
What Steel Bar is crafted into
Steel Breastplate (Mail). Made with Steel Breastplate, 16 Steel Bar per craft.
Steel Plate Helm (Plate). Made with Steel Plate Helm, 14 Steel Bar per craft.
Frost Tiger Blade (Sword). Made with Frost Tiger Blade, 12 Steel Bar per craft.
Golden Scale Cuirass (Mail). Made with Golden Scale Cuirass, 12 Steel Bar per craft.
Steel Bar: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 14% below its 30-day median.
| Now | 6 gold |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 4 gold Aug 31 |
| 30-day high | 25 gold Aug 22 |
| 30-day median | 7 gold |
| 7-day median | 7 gold |
| Hourly snapshots | 686 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Steel Bar by region
Americas and Oceania (US) has the lowest listing of the regions we track. Each region is a separate Auction House, so gold and items do not move between them.
| Region | Lowest listed price | Listings | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas and Oceania (US) | 6 gold | 49 | 17,051 |
| Europe (EU) | 6 gold25 silver | 46 | 8,904 |
Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Steel Bar
Classic Blacksmithing has 305 recipes. Besides Steel Bar, the reagents they call for most are Arcanite Bar (75 recipes), Thorium Bar (74 recipes), Enchanted Thorium Bar (42 recipes), Truesilver Bar (36 recipes), Mithril Bar (35 recipes), Bronze Bar (24 recipes), Copper Bar (24 recipes), Heavy Grinding Stone (24 recipes), Dark Iron Bar (23 recipes), Dense Grinding Stone (23 recipes).
Classic Engineering has 165 recipes. Besides Steel Bar, the reagents they call for most are Mithril Bar (26 recipes), Unstable Trigger (19 recipes), Solid Blasting Powder (17 recipes), Heavy Leather (15 recipes), Heavy Blasting Powder (14 recipes), Mithril Tube (14 recipes), Thorium Widget (14 recipes), Truesilver Bar (13 recipes), Mithril Casing (11 recipes), Whirring Bronze Gizmo (11 recipes).
Ore & Stone priced near Steel Bar
Enchanted Thorium Bar5 gold
Infernal Brimstone5 gold
Umbral Tin Ore5 gold
Iron Bar5 gold
Brilliant Silver Ore5 gold
Khaz'gorite Ore5 gold- Khaz'gorite Ore5 gold
Bronze Bar5 gold
Solid Grinding Stone5 gold- Iron Ore4 gold
Mithril Ore Nugget4 gold
Refulgent Copper Ore4 gold
About Steel Bar
Steel Bar is a crafting material in World of Warcraft. This page tracks its verified Auction House price and the recipes that consume it, so you can judge whether it is worth farming, buying, or selling right now.
Demand comes from Blacksmithing, Engineering. When a recipe that uses Steel Bar spikes in value, the material tends to follow, so watch the recipes above alongside the price history.
To read the chart: compare the current lowest listing against the typical range. A price sitting below its recent band is a buy or craft signal; a price above it favors selling or farming. The method matters more than any single number, since commodity prices move between hourly snapshots.