WoW Forever item

Gladius

Name: Gladius WoW Forever Auction House Prices
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Item 2488 on WoW Forever (WoW Forever beta (September 17 to October 21) · launches November 4, 2026), client 1.60.1.70532

Item Level 9
One-HandOne-Handed Sword
6 - 11 DamageSpeed 2.10
(4.0 damage per second)
Requires Level 4
Sell Price: 1 silver7 copper

About Gladius

Gladius is a common one-handed sword on WoW Forever at item level 9, usable from level 4. Other one-hand one-handed swords listed on the WoW Forever Auction House closest to it in item level include Copper Shortsword (10), Notched Shortsword (10) and Raider Shortsword (16). The latest scan finds it on 1 WoW Forever realm (US 1); the cheapest buyout is 6 silver on Classic Beta PvE 2 (US). A vendor pays 1 silver7 copper for it.

WoW Forever Auction House prices

Cheapest realm6 silverClassic Beta PvE 2 (US, Horde)

Typical market (US) -

Median min buyout6 silver

Realms with listings1US 1

Latest snapshot2026-10-20 22:52 UTCplayer scan time

Prices across WoW Forever realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Classic Beta PvE 2US · WoW Forever beta · Horde	6 silver	-	1	1	2026-10-20 22:52 UTC

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One-handed sword one-hand items near item level 9

Our WoW Forever item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 5 other one-handed sword one-hand items between item level 3 and 15; 0 of them carry fixed stats.

Its lowest listed price, 6 silver, ranks 2nd of 3 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: Notched Shortsword at 5 silver (item level 10, requires level 5), Copper Shortsword at 20 silver (item level 10, requires level 4).
Other armor types for the one-hand slot within 2 item levels of 9: dagger (7): Carving Knife, Jeweled Dagger, Copper Dagger; one-handed axe (2): Tomahawk, Copper Axe; one-handed mace (2): Copper Mace, Cudgel.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Shortsword	3	-	-	none	-
Fine Scimitar	6	-	-	none	-
Gladius	9	4	-	none	6 silver
Copper Shortsword	10	4	-	none	20 silver
Notched Shortsword	10	5	-	none	5 silver
Cutlass	15	10	-	none	-

Appearance

Same model in the game files

Worn Shortsword

Where Gladius Fits

Items That Share Gladius's Icon

Gladius uses the same icon art, which 3 other items also use. The 3 closest by item ID:

Brashclaw's Skewer ID 2204 · Weapon - Two-Handed Sword · item level 17
Northern Shortsword ID 2078 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 18 · lowest 15s on 2 realms
Militant Shortsword ID 15211 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 22 · lowest 20s on 2 realms

Items Numbered Next to Gladius

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 2488 (2457 to 2493) were usually added in the same batch as Gladius: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Elixir of Minor Agility ID 2457 · Consumable · item level 12 · lowest 11s on 1 realm
Elixir of Minor Fortitude ID 2458 · Consumable · item level 12 · lowest 4s on 2 realms
Swiftness Potion ID 2459 · Consumable · item level 15 · lowest 7s on 2 realms
Broad Axe ID 2479 · Weapon - Two-Handed Axe · item level 4
Large Club ID 2480 · Weapon - Two-Handed Mace · item level 3
Two-handed Sword ID 2489 · Weapon - Two-Handed Sword · item level 7 · lowest 15s on 1 realm
Tomahawk ID 2490 · Weapon - One-Handed Axe · item level 9 · lowest 14s on 2 realms
Large Axe ID 2491 · Weapon - Two-Handed Axe · item level 8
Cudgel ID 2492 · Weapon - One-Handed Mace · item level 7
Wooden Mallet ID 2493 · Weapon - Two-Handed Mace · item level 9

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

Across game versions

Item 2488	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	9	9	4
Required level	4	4	4
Damage	5 - 11	3 - 7	6 - 11
Speed	2.10	2.10	2.10
Damage per second	3.8	2.4	4.0
Sell price	1 silver7 copper	1 silver34 copper	1 silver7 copper

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WoW Forever price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-05 01:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 1
Lowest buyout seen: 2 silverClassic Beta PvE 2 (US), 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 50 silverClassic Beta PvE 2 (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 22

Classic Beta PvE 2 Alliance: 14 scans, latest 29sClassic Beta PvE 2 Horde: 8 scans, latest 6s
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	6 silver	6 silver	1
2026-10-19	8 silver	8 silver	2
2026-10-18	18 silver	18 silver	2
2026-10-17	18 silver	29 silver	2
2026-10-16	3 silver	11 silver	2
2026-10-14	2 silver	2 silver	1
2026-10-12	50 silver	50 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	2488
Game version	WoW Forever (client 1.60.1.70532)
Type	Weapon
Subtype	One-Handed Sword
Slot	One-Hand
Item level	9
Requires level	4
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	1 silver7 copper
Data source	WoW Forever client datamine