WoW Forever item

Bronze Shortsword

Name: Bronze Shortsword WoW Forever Auction House Prices
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Item 2850 on WoW Forever (WoW Forever beta (September 17 to October 21) · launches November 4, 2026), client 1.60.1.70532

Item Level 24
One-HandOne-Handed Sword
22 - 40 DamageSpeed 2.50
(12.4 damage per second)
+3 Agility
Requires Level 19
Sell Price: 14 silver39 copper

About Bronze Shortsword

Bronze Shortsword is an uncommon one-handed sword on WoW Forever at item level 24, usable from level 19. Other one-hand one-handed swords listed on the WoW Forever Auction House closest to it in item level include Militant Shortsword (22), Sword of Corruption (27) and Ironpatch Blade (20). The latest scan finds it on 2 WoW Forever realms (US 2); the cheapest buyout is 18 silver on Classic Beta PvE 2 (US). A vendor pays 14 silver39 copper for it.

WoW Forever Auction House prices

Cheapest realm18 silverClassic Beta PvE 2 (US, Horde)

Typical market (US) -

Median min buyout33 silver50 copper

Realms with listings2US 2

Latest snapshot2026-10-20 22:54 UTCplayer scan time

Prices across WoW Forever realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Classic Beta PvE 2US · WoW Forever beta · Horde	18 silver	-	24	1	2026-10-20 22:52 UTC
Classic Beta PvE 2US · WoW Forever beta · Alliance	49 silver	-	4	1	2026-10-20 22:54 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Bronze Shortsword	Recipe

One-handed sword one-hand items near item level 24

Our WoW Forever item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 8 other one-handed sword one-hand items between item level 18 and 28; 0 of them carry fixed stats.

Its lowest listed price, 18 silver, ranks 2nd of 7 listed one-handed sword one-hand items in this group.
Cheapest listed one-handed sword one-hand items at a similar or higher item level: Militant Shortsword at 20 silver (item level 22, requires level 17), Sword of Corruption at 9 gold80 silver (item level 27, requires level 22).
Other armor types for the one-hand slot within 2 item levels of 24: dagger (12): Blackfang, Hunting Knife, Pearl-handled Dagger; one-handed mace (5): Battlesmasher, Diamond Hammer, Heavy Bronze Mace; one-handed axe (4): Bronze Axe, Razor's Edge, Double Axe.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Northern Shortsword	18	13	-	none	15 silver
Blackwater Cutlass	19	14	-	none	2 gold73 silver
Scimitar	19	14	-	none	-
Ironpatch Blade	20	15	-	none	5 gold10 silver
Night Watch Shortsword	20	15	-	none	2 gold27 silver
Militant Shortsword	22	17	-	none	20 silver
Bronze Shortsword	24	19	-	none	18 silver
Sword of Corruption	27	22	-	none	9 gold80 silver
Dragonmaw Shortsword	28	23	-	none	-

Appearance

Same model in the game files

Dull Blade

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Deadman Blade.

Where Bronze Shortsword Fits

Items That Share Bronze Shortsword's Icon

Bronze Shortsword uses the same icon art, which 9 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Frostmane Shortsword ID 2258 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 8
Pitted Defias Shortsword ID 2057 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 4 · lowest 1g on 1 realm
Stock Shortsword ID 1817 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 19 · lowest 6s on 2 realms
Commoner's Sword ID 1511 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 13 · lowest 3s on 1 realm
Feeble Sword ID 1413 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 8 · lowest 1s on 2 realms
Merc Sword ID 4567 · Weapon - Two-Handed Sword · item level 16 · lowest 11s on 2 realms
Notched Shortsword ID 727 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 10 · lowest 5s on 2 realms
Worn Shortsword ID 25 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 2 · lowest 50g on 1 realm

Items Numbered Next to Bronze Shortsword

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 2850 (2844 to 2857) were usually added in the same batch as Bronze Shortsword: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Copper Mace ID 2844 · Weapon - One-Handed Mace · item level 9 · lowest 5s on 1 realm
Copper Axe ID 2845 · Weapon - One-Handed Axe · item level 9 · lowest 2s on 1 realm
Copper Shortsword ID 2847 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 10 · lowest 20s on 2 realms
Bronze Mace ID 2848 · Weapon - One-Handed Mace · item level 22 · lowest 14s on 2 realms
Bronze Axe ID 2849 · Weapon - One-Handed Axe · item level 23 · lowest 14s on 2 realms
Copper Chain Belt ID 2851 · Armor - Mail · item level 11 · lowest 2s on 2 realms
Copper Chain Pants ID 2852 · Armor - Mail · item level 10 · lowest 2s on 2 realms
Copper Bracers ID 2853 · Armor - Mail · item level 7 · lowest 1s on 2 realms
Runed Copper Bracers ID 2854 · Armor - Mail · item level 19 · lowest 3s on 2 realms
Runed Copper Belt ID 2857 · Armor - Mail · item level 18 · lowest 2s on 2 realms

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

Across game versions

Item 2850	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	24	24	15
Required level	19	19	19
Binding	-	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Damage	16 - 31	18 - 34	22 - 40
Speed	2.10	2.10	2.50
Damage per second	11.2	12.4	12.4
Agility	-	3	3
Sell price	14 silver39 copper	29 silver99 copper	11 silver36 copper

Retail recipe Bronze Shortsword: 5x Bronze Bar, 4x Weak Flux, 2x Medium Leather.

WoW Forever price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 01:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 1
Lowest buyout seen: 15 silverClassic Beta PvE 2 (US), 2026-10-17 02:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 50 silverClassic Beta PvE 2 (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 38

Classic Beta PvE 2 Alliance: 20 scans, latest 49sClassic Beta PvE 2 Horde: 18 scans, latest 18s
Each dot is one player scan: the cheapest buyout listed at that moment on that faction house. Gaps between dots are time nobody scanned, not a steady price.

Last 7 days

Day (UTC)	US low	US median	US realms
2026-10-20	18 silver	18 silver	2
2026-10-19	16 silver	16 silver	2
2026-10-18	17 silver	18 silver	2
2026-10-17	15 silver	19 silver	2
2026-10-16	17 silver	19 silver	2
2026-10-14	18 silver	18 silver	2
2026-10-13	28 silver	28 silver	1

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest WoW Forever scan: US 1 of 1.

Item data: WoW Forever client datamine, build 1.60.1.70532. Prices: per-unit buyouts from Auction House scans made in game by players with the TheWoWDB addon, one scan per realm per hour at most; Blizzard publishes no auction data for WoW Forever, so a price is only as fresh as the latest scan. Retail column: the retail client datamine.

Quick facts

Item ID	2850
Game version	WoW Forever (client 1.60.1.70532)
Type	Weapon
Subtype	One-Handed Sword
Slot	One-Hand
Item level	24
Requires level	19
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	14 silver39 copper
Data source	WoW Forever client datamine