Northern Shortsword
Northern Shortsword is an Uncommon One-Hand Sword (item level 18, requires level 13) in the WoW Forever client. Where it comes from: Drops from Defias Miner (seen in WoW Forever); Drops from Savannah Prowler (seen in WoW Forever).
- Item level 18
- Binds when equipped
- Slot: One-Hand (Sword)
- 14 - 26 damage, speed 2.20
- 9.1 damage per second
- Requires level 13
- Sells to vendors for 10s 70c
Revealed 18 September 2026: one of the items Blizzard hid from dataminers until a player found it (hidden items). Auction house (lowest buyout each, from players' ForeverDB addon scans): 10s 52c on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 7 PvE (Alliance), 163 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-15; 10s 67c on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 3 PvE (Alliance), 151 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-15; 10s 58c on CAMWOW US2 Realm 5 PvE (Horde), 104 listed, from 4 scans by 2 players on 2026-11-15; 10s 59c on CAMWOW EU4 Realm 7 PvE (Horde), 96 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-14; 10s 99c on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 6 PvP (Alliance), 71 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-14; 11s on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 3 PvE (Neutral), 26 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-14. Price over time on CAMWOW EU4 Realm 7 PvE (Horde): 47s on 2026-11-05, 10s 85c on 2026-11-14 (the median, else the lowest buyout; 8 days with scans). All auction house prices
Where to get it
- Drops from Defias Miner (seen in WoW Forever)
- Drops from Savannah Prowler (seen in WoW Forever)
- Drops from Undead Dynamiter (seen in WoW Forever)
- Drops from Mo'grosh Ogre (seen in WoW Forever)
- Drops from Defias Squallshaper (seen in WoW Forever)
- Drops from Kolkar Marauder (seen in WoW Forever)
- Drops from Evolving Ectoplasm (seen in WoW Forever)
- Drops from Defias Strip Miner (seen in WoW Forever)
- Drops from Defias Raider (seen in WoW Forever)
- Drops from Searing Blade Cultist (seen in WoW Forever)
- Drops from a creature in Forever (its name isn't known yet) (seen in WoW Forever)
- Drops from Defias Evoker (seen in WoW Forever)
- And 8 more sources.
Drops, quest rewards and vendors marked Classic data come from Classic (CMaNGOS classic-db) until someone sees them in Forever.
Disenchanting
Disenchants into: (Classic data)
- Greater Magic Essence: 75%, 1-2
- Strange Dust: 20%, 2-3
- Small Glimmering Shard: 5%, 1
Data from the WoW Forever client, build 1.60.1.70938, extracted .