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MoP Classic item

The Light and How to Swing It

Item 18359 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

  • Item Level 60
  • Unique
  • This Item Begins a Quest
  • Classes: Paladin
  • Requires Level 54
  • "-By Uther"

About The Light and How to Swing It

The Light and How to Swing It is a rare quest item on MoP Classic at item level 60, usable from level 54. Only Paladins can use it. Looting it starts the quest The Light and How To Swing It. Other quest items listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Codex of Defense, Garona: A Study on Stealth and Treachery and Holy Bologna: What the Light Won't Tell You. The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (EU 1, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 9,998 gold99 silver on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU).

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MoP Classic Auction House prices
Cheapest realm9,998 gold99 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Typical market (US)11,999 gold99 silver
Median min buyout10,999 gold49 silver
Realms with listings2EU 1, US 1
Latest snapshot2026-11-03 12:08 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

RealmMin buyoutMarket (median)QtyListingsSnapshot
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active11,999 gold99 silver11,999 gold99 silver112026-11-03 11:29 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active9,998 gold99 silver9,998 gold99 silver222026-11-03 12:08 UTC
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Items That Share The Light and How to Swing It's Icon

The Light and How to Swing It uses the same icon art, which 5 other items also use. The 5 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to The Light and How to Swing It

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 18359 (18343 to 18364) were usually added in the same batch as The Light and How to Swing It: 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 18359Classic EraMoP ClassicRetail (Midnight)
Item level606025
Required level545454
MoP Classic price history
First seen in a scan
2026-10-04 13:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it
4
Lowest buyout seen
222 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-10-10 14:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen
62,496 gold91 silverEverlook, Ook Ook (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days
1,314
MoP Classic daily median realm-minimum buyout, Oct 04 to Nov 0308,250g16,500g24,750g33,000gOct 04Oct 19Nov 03
US median, latest 12,000gEU median, latest 9,999g
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
2026-11-039,998 gold99 silver9,998 gold99 silver111,999 gold99 silver11,999 gold99 silver1
2026-11-029,998 gold99 silver9,998 gold99 silver111,999 gold99 silver11,999 gold99 silver1
2026-11-019,998 gold99 silver9,998 gold99 silver11,999 gold99 silver11,999 gold99 silver2
2026-10-314,998 gold98 silver9,998 gold99 silver21,999 gold99 silver1,999 gold99 silver2
2026-10-304,998 gold98 silver4,998 gold98 silver21,999 gold99 silver14,999 gold99 silver2
2026-10-294,998 gold98 silver4,998 gold98 silver119,999 gold99 silver19,999 gold99 silver1
2026-10-284,998 gold99 silver4,998 gold99 silver119,999 gold99 silver19,999 gold99 silver1
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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.