MoP Classic item

Plans: Iron Counterweight

Item 6045 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

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 Scale Leggings, Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword and Plans: Golden Iron Destroyer. The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (EU 1, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 2 gold99 silver on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU). A vendor pays 6 silver50 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm2 gold99 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)

Typical market (US)100 gold

Median min buyout51 gold49 silver

Realms with listings2EU 1, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 06:29 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	100 gold	100 gold	4	4	2026-11-03 06:29 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	2 gold99 silver	2 gold99 silver	2	2	2026-11-03 06:08 UTC

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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	-	-	-

Where Plans: Iron Counterweight Fits

Items That Share Plans: Iron Counterweight's Icon

Plans: Iron Counterweight uses the same icon art, which 189 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Plans: Iron Shield Spike ID 6044 · Recipe · item level 30 · lowest 99g on 1 realm
Plans: Steel Weapon Chain ID 6046 · Recipe · item level 38 · lowest 10g on 3 realms
Pattern: Guardian Cloak ID 5974 · Recipe · item level 37 · lowest 1g on 6 realms
Pattern: Fine Leather Pants ID 5972 · Recipe · item level 21 · lowest 5g on 1 realm
Pattern: Black Silk Pack ID 5775 · Recipe · item level 37
Pattern: Green Silk Pack ID 5774 · Recipe · item level 35
Pattern: Robes of Arcana ID 5773 · Recipe · item level 30
Pattern: Stylish Blue Shirt ID 6390 · Recipe · item level 24 · lowest 1g on 3 realms

Items Numbered Next to Plans: Iron Counterweight

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 6045 (6040 to 6050) were usually added in the same batch as Plans: Iron Counterweight: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Golden Scale Bracers ID 6040 · Armor - Mail · item level 37 · lowest 41s on 5 realms
Steel Weapon Chain ID 6041 · Consumable · item level 38
Iron Shield Spike ID 6042 · Consumable · item level 30
Iron Counterweight ID 6043 · Consumable · item level 33
Plans: Iron Shield Spike ID 6044 · Recipe · item level 30 · lowest 99g on 1 realm
Plans: Steel Weapon Chain ID 6046 · Recipe · item level 38 · lowest 10g on 3 realms
Plans: Golden Scale Coif ID 6047 · Recipe · item level 38 · lowest 11g on 4 realms
Shadow Protection Potion ID 6048 · Consumable · item level 27
Fire Protection Potion ID 6049 · Consumable · item level 33
Frost Protection Potion ID 6050 · Consumable · item level 38

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

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: 2026-10-04 08:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 9
Lowest buyout seen: 50 silverAuberdine (EU), 2026-10-18 14:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 99,999 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,619

US median, latest 100gEU median, latest 3gKR median, latest 1g
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	KR low	KR median	KR realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-03	2 gold99 silver	2 gold99 silver	1	1 gold	1 gold	1	100 gold	100 gold	1
2026-11-02	2 gold99 silver	4 gold99 silver	1	1 gold	1 gold	1	100 gold	100 gold	1
2026-11-01	1 gold	4 gold99 silver	3	1 gold	1 gold	1	100 gold	115 gold	1
2026-10-31	1 gold	7 gold	2	-	-	-	5 gold50 silver	145 gold	2
2026-10-30	2 gold	11 gold	3	-	-	-	5 gold50 silver	5 gold50 silver	2
2026-10-29	7 gold	8 gold	2	-	-	-	5 gold50 silver	150 gold	2
2026-10-28	8 gold	8 gold	2	-	-	-	99 gold	255 gold78 silver	2

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 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Blacksmithing
Item level	33
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	6 silver50 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)