MoP Classic item

Plans: Iron Counterweight

Item 6045 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.69585

Item Level 33
Requires Blacksmithing (165)
"Teaches you how to make an Iron Counterweight to help balance a two-handed weapon."
Sell Price: 6 silver50 copper

About Plans: Iron Counterweight

Plans: Iron Counterweight is an uncommon Blacksmithing recipe on MoP Classic at item level 33. It teaches Iron Counterweight, made from 4 Iron Bar, 2 Coarse Grinding Stone and 1 Lesser Moonstone; learning it takes Blacksmithing skill 165. Other blacksmithing recipes listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Plans: Golden Iron Destroyer, Plans: Green Iron Shoulders and Plans: Golden Scale Leggings. The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (EU 1, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 16 gold90 silver on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 6 silver50 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm16 gold90 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (US)16 gold90 silver

Median min buyout18 gold45 silver

Realms with listings2EU 1, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-09-19 05:13 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	16 gold90 silver	16 gold90 silver	1	1	2026-09-19 04:12 UTC
LakeshireEU · Legacy	19 gold99 silver	19 gold99 silver	1	1	2026-09-19 05:13 UTC

Crafting

Teaches

Iron Counterweight

Requires Blacksmithing (165)

Reagents

Reagent cost on MoP Classic

Iron Bar, Coarse Grinding Stone and Lesser Moonstone have no current listing in our MoP Classic scans, so the reagent total is not known.
Iron Counterweight is item level 33. Its own tooltip reads: Use: Attaches a counterweight to a two-handed sword, mace, axe or polearm increasing the wielder's haste by 20.
Iron Counterweight has no current listing in our MoP Classic scans.
Iron Bar is also a reagent in 22 other MoP Classic recipe items: Design: Heavy Iron Knuckles, Design: Wicked Moonstone Ring, Plans: Barbaric Iron Boots, Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate, Plans: Barbaric Iron Gloves, Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm and 16 more.
Coarse Grinding Stone is also a reagent in 9 other MoP Classic recipe items: Plans: Deadly Bronze Poniard, Plans: Green Iron Boots, Plans: Green Iron Gauntlets, Plans: Iridescent Hammer, Plans: Iron Shield Spike, Plans: Mighty Iron Hammer and 3 more.
Lesser Moonstone is also a reagent in 10 other MoP Classic recipe items: Design: Amulet of the Moon, Design: Wicked Moonstone Ring, Plans: Dazzling Mithril Rapier, Plans: Golden Iron Destroyer, Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword, Plans: Mighty Iron Hammer and 4 more.
Other Blacksmithing recipes near skill 165 in our MoP Classic item table, which holds 171 Blacksmithing recipe items: Plans: Green Iron Gauntlets (150), Plans: Silvered Bronze Leggings (155), Plans: Solid Iron Maul (155), Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate (160), Plans: Barbaric Iron Shoulders (160), Plans: Green Iron Shoulders (160), Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword (160), Plans: Golden Iron Destroyer (170), Plans: Golden Scale Leggings (170), Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm (175), Plans: Golden Scale Shoulders (175), Plans: Jade Serpentblade (175).

Reagent	Qty	Lowest listed	Median realm low	Realms
Iron Bar	4	-	-	-
Coarse Grinding Stone	2	-	-	-
Lesser Moonstone	1	-	-	-

Across game versions

Item 6045	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	33	33	1
Effects	Use: Teaches you how to make an Iron Counterweight to help balance a two-handed weapon.	-	-
Sell price	6 silver50 copper	6 silver50 copper	6 silver50 copper

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-08-27 21:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 5
Lowest buyout seen: 1 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-09-15 08:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 500 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,167

US median, latest 17gEU median, latest 28g
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
2026-09-19	19 gold99 silver	27 gold72 silver	2	16 gold90 silver	16 gold90 silver	1
2026-09-18	19 gold99 silver	27 gold72 silver	2	16 gold90 silver	16 gold90 silver	1
2026-09-17	19 gold99 silver	29 gold	2	10 gold	10 gold	1
2026-09-16	9 gold	19 gold99 silver	3	-	-	-
2026-09-15	9 gold	118 gold81 silver	2	1 gold	1 gold	1
2026-09-14	9 gold	29 gold	3	1 gold	23 gold5 silver	1
2026-09-13	19 gold99 silver	29 gold	3	15 gold21 silver	15 gold21 silver	1

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 1 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	6045
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.69585)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Blacksmithing
Item level	33
Vendor sell	6 silver50 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)