WoW Forever item

Northern Shortsword

Name: Northern Shortsword WoW Forever Auction House Prices
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Item 2078 on WoW Forever (WoW Forever beta (September 17 to October 21) · launches November 4, 2026), client 1.60.1.70532

Item Level 18
Binds when equipped
One-HandOne-Handed Sword
14 - 26 DamageSpeed 2.20
(9.1 damage per second)
Requires Level 13
Sell Price: 10 silver70 copper

About Northern Shortsword

Northern Shortsword is an uncommon one-handed sword on WoW Forever at item level 18, usable from level 13. Other one-hand one-handed swords listed on the WoW Forever Auction House closest to it in item level include Blackwater Cutlass (19), Ironpatch Blade (20) and Night Watch Shortsword (20). The latest scan finds it on 2 WoW Forever realms (US 2); the cheapest buyout is 15 silver on Classic Beta PvE 2 (US). A vendor pays 10 silver70 copper for it.

WoW Forever Auction House prices

Cheapest realm15 silverClassic Beta PvE 2 (US, Horde)

Typical market (US) -

Median min buyout47 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	15 silver	-	2	1	2026-10-20 22:52 UTC
Classic Beta PvE 2US · WoW Forever beta · Alliance	80 silver	-	2	1	2026-10-20 22:54 UTC

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One-handed sword one-hand items near item level 18

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 15 and 24; 0 of them carry fixed stats.

Its lowest listed price, 15 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: Raider Shortsword at 13 silver (item level 16, requires level 11), Bronze Shortsword at 18 silver (item level 24, requires level 19), Militant Shortsword at 20 silver (item level 22, requires level 17).
Other armor types for the one-hand slot within 2 item levels of 18: dagger (11): Small Dagger, War Knife, Big Bronze Knife; one-handed axe (4): Thick War Axe, Cleaver, Hatchet; one-handed mace (1): Sergeant's Warhammer.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Cutlass	15	10	-	none	-
Raider Shortsword	16	11	-	none	13 silver
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

Where Northern Shortsword Fits

Items That Share Northern Shortsword's Icon

Northern Shortsword 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
Gladius ID 2488 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 9 · lowest 6s on 1 realm
Militant Shortsword ID 15211 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 22 · lowest 20s on 2 realms

Items Numbered Next to Northern Shortsword

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 2078 (2070 to 2088) were usually added in the same batch as Northern Shortsword: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Darnassian Bleu ID 2070 · Consumable · item level 5 · lowest 29c on 2 realms
Dwarven Magestaff ID 2072 · Weapon - Staff · item level 27 · lowest 45s on 2 realms
Dwarven Hatchet ID 2073 · Weapon - One-Handed Axe · item level 15 · lowest 8s on 2 realms
Priest's Mace ID 2075 · Weapon - One-Handed Mace · item level 12 · lowest 4s on 2 realms
Magician Staff ID 2077 · Weapon - Staff · item level 29 · lowest 51s on 2 realms
Sergeant's Warhammer ID 2079 · Weapon - One-Handed Mace · item level 17 · lowest 10s on 2 realms
Hillborne Axe ID 2080 · Weapon - One-Handed Axe · item level 34
Darksteel Bastard Sword ID 2084 · Weapon - Two-Handed Sword · item level 30
Hard Crawler Carapace ID 2087 · Armor - Leather · item level 13
Long Crawler Limb ID 2088 · Weapon - Dagger · item level 15

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

Across game versions

Item 2078	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	18	18	11
Required level	13	13	-
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	-
Damage	14 - 26	8 - 16	-
Speed	2.20	2.20	-
Damage per second	9.1	5.5	-
Sell price	10 silver70 copper	13 silver37 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: 10 silverClassic Beta PvE 2 (US), 2026-10-06 00:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 80 silverClassic Beta PvE 2 (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 37

Classic Beta PvE 2 Alliance: 20 scans, latest 80sClassic Beta PvE 2 Horde: 17 scans, latest 15s
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	15 silver	15 silver	2
2026-10-19	11 silver	11 silver	2
2026-10-18	11 silver	12 silver	2
2026-10-17	12 silver	12 silver	2
2026-10-16	12 silver	12 silver	2
2026-10-14	15 silver	15 silver	2
2026-10-13	13 silver	13 silver	1

Comments

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

Item data: Classic Era client datamine. 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	2078
Game version	WoW Forever (client 1.60.1.70532)
Type	Weapon
Subtype	One-Handed Sword
Slot	One-Hand
Item level	18
Requires level	13
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	10 silver70 copper
Data source	Classic Era client datamine