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Gold Bar

Gold Bar is unchanged in WoW Forever: its tooltip matches Classic Era, and the client only re-filed from Trade Goods to Metal & Stone. Item level 30 Uncommon trade goods. Made by 2 profession recipes: the Alchemy recipe Transmute: Iron to Gold, taught by Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold, which requires Alchemy (225) to learn; the Mining recipe Smelt Gold. A reagent in 45 WoW Forever recipes: 31 Blacksmithing, 12 Tailoring, 2 Engineering.

Gold Bar tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

Classic Era Oct 27, 2026
Gold Bar
Item Level 30
Trade Goods
Sell Price: 6s
Forever Oct 22, 2026
Gold Bar
Item Level 30
Changed: Metal & Stone
Sell Price: 6s
changed value added in Forever removed in Forever
Raw field diff every changed column
Field Classic Era Forever
subClassId 0 7
subclass Trade Goods Metal & Stone

How to get Gold Bar

Made by
Alchemy recipe Transmute: Iron to GoldMining recipe Smelt Gold

The client does not record loot, vendor or quest sources, so there may be other ways to get it. Why drop, vendor and quest sources are not listed.

Recipes that make Gold Bar

The profession recipes whose Create Item effect makes Gold Bar.

Alchemy

Transmute: Iron to Gold

Mining

Smelt Gold

Recipes that use Gold Bar

The profession recipes that consume Gold Bar as a reagent, with how many each takes.

Blacksmithing

Golden Iron Destroyer 4x Golden Rod 1x Golden Scale Boots 4x Golden Scale Boots 4x Golden Scale Coif 2x Golden Scale Coif 2x Golden Scale Cuirass 2x Golden Scale Cuirass 2x Golden Scale Gauntlets 4x Golden Scale Gauntlets 4x Golden Scale Leggings 2x Golden Scale Leggings 2x Golden Scale Shoulders 2x Golden Scale Shoulders 2x Golden Skeleton Key 1x Hard Gold Boots 6x, Forever only Hard Gold Bracers 6x, Forever only Hard Gold Coif 10x, Forever only Hard Gold Cuirass 12x, Forever only Hard Gold Gauntlet 8x, Forever only Hard Gold Leggings 10x, Forever only Hard Gold Pauldrons 8x, Forever only Inlaid Mithril Cylinder 1x Inlaid Thorium Hammer 4x Massive Iron Axe 4x Mithril Blacksmith Hammer 2x, Forever only Mithril Claymore 6x, Forever only Mithril Stiletto 2x, Forever only Runic Plate Shoulders 6x Searing Golden Blade 4x Whitesoul Helm 6x

Engineering

Gold Power Core 1x Hyperconductive Goldwap 10x

Tailoring

Brightcloth Cloak 2x Brightcloth Gloves 2x Brightcloth Pants 4x Brightcloth Robe 2x Gilded Cord 12x, Forever only Gilded Gloves 4x, Forever only Gilded Handwraps 4x, Forever only Gilded Sandals 14x, Forever only Gilded Slippers 2x, Forever only Gilded Waistcord 12x, Forever only Nethergeld Cuffs 10x, Forever only Nethergeld Shoulders 8x, Forever only

Waylaid Crates that take Gold Bar

Each of these crates lists a bundle of Gold Bar on its Use line in the game client.

Every WoW Forever Waylaid Crate and what it accepts

Gold Bar changes between Forever builds

See every changed record in the Oct 22, 2026 build →

Questions about Gold Bar

Did Gold Bar change in WoW Forever?

No. Gold Bar is unchanged in WoW Forever: its tooltip matches Classic Era, and the client only re-filed from Trade Goods to Metal & Stone.

How do you make Gold Bar in WoW Forever?

Made by 2 profession recipes: the Alchemy recipe Transmute: Iron to Gold, taught by Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold, which requires Alchemy (225) to learn; the Mining recipe Smelt Gold.

What is Gold Bar used for in WoW Forever?

Gold Bar is a reagent in 45 WoW Forever recipes: 31 Blacksmithing, 12 Tailoring, 2 Engineering.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value