MoP Classic item

Moonsteel Broadsword

Item 3853 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 36
Binds when equipped
Two-HandSword
25 - 38 DamageSpeed 2.80
(11.2 damage per second)
+4 Stamina
Durability 85 / 85
Requires Level 31
Equip: Increases your hit by 10.
Equip: Increases your critical strike by 6.
Sell Price: 1 gold26 silver

About Moonsteel Broadsword

Moonsteel Broadsword is an uncommon two-hand sword on MoP Classic at item level 36, usable from level 31. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +4 Stamina, with Hit (10) and Critical Strike (6) as secondary stats. It hits for 25 to 38 damage every 2.80 seconds, 11.2 damage per second. Plans: Moonsteel Broadsword teaches how to make it. It shares its appearance with Truesilver Champion and Royal Crusader Sword. Other two-hand swords listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Archaic Defender (36), Stonecutter Claymore (35) and Pysan's Old Greatsword (35). The latest scan finds it on 1 MoP Classic realm (US 1); the cheapest buyout is 123 gold29 silver on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 1 gold26 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm123 gold29 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (US)123 gold29 silver

Median min buyout123 gold29 silver

Realms with listings1US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 05:29 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	123 gold29 silver	123 gold29 silver	3	3	2026-11-03 05:29 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Moonsteel Broadsword	Recipe

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Plans: Moonsteel Broadsword (8x Steel Bar, 2x Strong Flux, 2x Heavy Grinding Stone, 3x Lesser Moonstone, 3x Heavy Leather) Requires Blacksmithing (180)

Two-hand sword items near item level 36

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 30 other two-hand sword items between item level 25 and 47; 14 of them carry fixed stats.

Its 11.2 damage per second ranks 13th of 31 two-hand sword items in this group; Nightblade (item level 44, requires level 39) has the most, 43.4.
Attack speeds among the 31 two-hand sword items in this group run from 2.40 seconds (Headstriker Sword) to 3.60 seconds (Pysan's Old Greatsword); it swings every 2.80 seconds.
+4 Stamina ranks 7th of 8 two-hand sword items with Stamina; Sword of the Magistrate (item level 41, requires level 36) has the most, +15.
+10 Hit ranks 1st of 6 two-hand sword items with Hit, the most in this group (level with 2 other items).
+6 Critical Strike ranks 2nd of 2 two-hand sword items with Critical Strike; Frost Tiger Blade (item level 40, requires level 35) has the most, +14.
Archaic Defender has the most fixed stat points in this group, 55 against 20 here.
Next two-hand sword items up with fixed stats: Frost Tiger Blade (item level 40, requires level 35), Sword of the Magistrate (item level 41, requires level 36), Boneslasher (item level 45, requires level 40), Chromatic Sword (item level 45, requires level 40).
Its lowest listed price, 123 gold29 silver, ranks 16th of 28 listed two-hand sword items in this group.
Cheapest listed two-hand sword items at a similar or higher item level: Broad Claymore at 50 silver (item level 34, requires level 29), Stonecutter Claymore at 2 gold (item level 35, requires level 30), Whetted Claymore at 2 gold (item level 42, requires level 37).
Other weapon types for the two-hand slot within 2 item levels of 36: two-handed mace (12): Viscous Hammer, The Pacifier, Cobalt Crusher; staff (7): Staff of the Shade, Windweaver Staff, Big Stick; polearm (3): Headhunting Spear, Poison-Tipped Bone Spear, Heavy Spear; two-handed axe (3): Massive Iron Axe, Midnight Axe, Bullova.

Item	Item level	Requires	DPS	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Glimmering Flamberge	32	27	9.8 (3.20s)	none	99 silver99 copper
Combatant Claymore	33	28	10.2 (2.90s)	+10 Stamina, +15 Spirit	33 gold33 silver
Broad Claymore	34	29	6.2 (3.30s)	none	50 silver
Pysan's Old Greatsword	35	30	10.8 (3.60s)	+15 Strength, +10 Hit	11,000 gold
Stonecutter Claymore	35	30	11.0 (3.10s)	none	2 gold
Moonsteel Broadsword	36	31	11.2 (2.80s)	+4 Stamina, +10 Hit, +6 Critical Strike	123 gold29 silver
Archaic Defender	36	31	11.1 (3.10s)	+15 Dodge, +40 Bonus Armor	555 gold
Flamberge	36	31	10.0 (3.20s)	none	-
Frost Tiger Blade	40	35	28.8 (3.40s)	+14 Critical Strike	186 gold34 silver
Exquisite Flamberge	41	36	12.7 (3.00s)	none	5 gold2 silver
Gutrender	41	36	12.7 (2.60s)	none	9,999 gold99 silver
Sword of the Magistrate	41	36	12.6 (3.30s)	+8 Strength, +15 Stamina, +10 Hit	6 gold

Appearance

Same appearance record (46958)

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Reforged Truesilver Champion, Battle-Forged Truesilver Champion.

Where Moonsteel Broadsword Fits

Items That Share Moonsteel Broadsword's Icon

Moonsteel Broadsword uses the same icon art, which 4 other items also use. The 4 closest by item ID:

Pysan's Old Greatsword ID 1975 · Weapon - Two-Handed Sword · item level 35 · lowest 11,000g on 2 realms
Dazzling Longsword ID 869 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 41 · lowest 8,500g on 3 realms
Guardian Blade ID 13041 · Weapon - Two-Handed Sword · item level 26 · lowest 25g on 4 realms
Heavy Copper Longsword ID 33791 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 11 · lowest 299g on 2 realms

Items Numbered Next to Moonsteel Broadsword

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 3853 (3848 to 3858) were usually added in the same batch as Moonsteel Broadsword: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Big Bronze Knife ID 3848 · Weapon - Dagger · item level 20 · lowest 5g on 1 realm
Hardened Iron Shortsword ID 3849 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 32 · lowest 44g on 1 realm
Jade Serpentblade ID 3850 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 35 · lowest 438g on 1 realm
Solid Iron Maul ID 3851 · Weapon - Two-Handed Mace · item level 31 · lowest 91g on 3 realms
Golden Iron Destroyer ID 3852 · Weapon - Two-Handed Mace · item level 34 · lowest 183g on 2 realms
Frost Tiger Blade ID 3854 · Weapon - Two-Handed Sword · item level 40 · lowest 186g on 4 realms
Massive Iron Axe ID 3855 · Weapon - Two-Handed Axe · item level 37
Shadow Crescent Axe ID 3856 · Weapon - Two-Handed Axe · item level 40 · lowest 844g on 3 realms
Coal ID 3857 · Trade Goods · item level 30
Mithril Ore ID 3858 · Trade Goods · item level 40

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

Across game versions

Classic Era drops Hit and Critical Strike and adds Spirit.

Item 3853	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	36	36	21
Required level	31	31	31
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Damage	55 - 83	25 - 38	55 - 83
Speed	2.80	2.80	2.80
Damage per second	24.6	11.2	24.6
Stamina	4	4	-
Spirit	12	-	-
Hit	-	10	-
Critical Strike	-	6	-
Sell price	1 gold1 silver	1 gold26 silver	1 gold1 silver

Retail recipe Moonsteel Broadsword: 8x Steel Bar, 2x Strong Flux, 2x Heavy Grinding Stone, 3x Lesser Moonstone, 3x Heavy Leather.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 07:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 3
Lowest buyout seen: 30 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-11-02 18:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 1,969 gold69 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,207

US median, latest 123gEU median, latest 30g
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 low	EU median	EU realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-03	-	-	-	123 gold29 silver	123 gold29 silver	1
2026-11-02	30 gold	30 gold	1	123 gold29 silver	123 gold29 silver	1
2026-11-01	30 gold	30 gold	1	123 gold30 silver	123 gold30 silver	1
2026-10-31	30 gold	30 gold	2	123 gold30 silver	123 gold31 silver	1
2026-10-30	30 gold	119 gold	2	126 gold63 silver	126 gold63 silver	1
2026-10-29	119 gold	119 gold	2	126 gold63 silver	126 gold64 silver	1
2026-10-28	30 gold	30 gold	1	126 gold64 silver	126 gold64 silver	1

Comments

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.

Quick facts

Item ID	3853
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Weapon
Subtype	Sword
Slot	Two-Hand
Item level	36
Requires level	31
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	1 gold1 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)