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MoP Classic item

Apprentice's Staff

Item 20978 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

  • Item Level 1
  • Two-HandStaff
  • 1 - 2 DamageSpeed 2.90
  • (0.5 damage per second)
  • Durability 20 / 20
  • Sell Price: 5 copper

About Apprentice's Staff

Apprentice's Staff is a common two-hand staff on MoP Classic at item level 1. It hits for 1 to 2 damage every 2.90 seconds, 0.5 damage per second. Other two-hand staffs listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Bent Staff (1), Plain Wooden Staff (1) and Handcrafted Staff (1). The latest scan finds it on 1 MoP Classic realm (US 1); the cheapest buyout is 325 gold on Mankrik (US). A vendor pays 5 copper for it.

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MoP Classic Auction House prices
Cheapest realm325 goldMankrik (US)
Typical market (US)325 gold
Median min buyout325 gold
Realms with listings1US 1
Latest snapshot2026-11-03 08:29 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

RealmMin buyoutMarket (median)QtyListingsSnapshot
MankrikUS · Legacy325 gold325 gold112026-11-03 08:29 UTC
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Two-hand staff items near item level 1

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 7 other two-hand staff items between item level 1 and 6; 0 of them carry fixed stats.

ItemItem levelRequiresDPSFixed statsLowest listed
Apprentice's Staff1-0.5 (2.90s)none325 gold
Bent Staff1-0.5 (3.30s)none1 gold99 silver
Handcrafted Staff1-0.5 (2.90s)none155 gold99 silver
Plain Wooden Staff1-2.6 (2.50s)none19 gold66 silver
Well-Worn Bat1-0.3 (3.40s)none-
Mana Gathering Staff4-1.2 (3.20s)none-
Short Staff4-1.2 (3.20s)none-
Farmer's Broom631.9 (3.50s)none9,999 gold60 silver
Where Apprentice's Staff Fits

Items That Share Apprentice's Staff's Icon

Apprentice's Staff uses the same icon art, which 13 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Apprentice's Staff

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 20978 (20971 to 20985) were usually added in the same batch as Apprentice's Staff: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Built from Blizzard's Game Data API item documents for this game version and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Across game versions
Item 20978MoP ClassicRetail (Midnight)
Item level11
Damage1 - 26 - 9
Speed2.902.90
Damage per second0.52.6
Sell price5 copper4 copper

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

MoP Classic price history
First seen in a scan
2026-10-04 10:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it
4
Lowest buyout seen
1 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-10-21 21:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen
10,000 goldGrobbulus (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days
810
MoP Classic daily median realm-minimum buyout, Oct 04 to Nov 0302,750g5,500g8,250g11,000gOct 04Oct 19Nov 03
US median, latest 325gEU median, latest 200g
Each line is one region's daily median of the cheapest buyout on every realm that listed it, from our hourly scans.

Last 7 days

Day (UTC)EU lowEU medianEU realmsUS lowUS medianUS realms
2026-11-03---325 gold325 gold1
2026-11-02---325 gold325 gold2
2026-11-01200 gold200 gold1325 gold5,000 gold2
2026-10-31---325 gold325 gold2
2026-10-30---325 gold325 gold3
2026-10-29200 gold200 gold1325 gold10,000 gold2
2026-10-28200 gold200 gold1325 gold325 gold2
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Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 0 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 1 of 23.

Item data: Blizzard's MoP Classic Game Data API (static data 5.5.4.67732). Prices: per-unit buyouts from one Blizzard Auction House snapshot per connected realm per hour; market is the quantity-weighted median of a realm's listings. Retail column: the retail client datamine.