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Thorium Shield Spike (uncommon quality)

Blacksmithing recipe

Datamined (beta build)

At a glance

Profession skill to craft250
Reagents per craftThorium Bar ×4, Dense Grinding Stone ×4, Essence of Earth ×2
Makes

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Recipe item 12692, crafting spell 16651, crafted item 12645 — kept as separate records and linked by id in both directions.

Where to get this recipe

41 known sources

Container — 4 recorded, no NPC involved. These come from chests, containers or fishing and have no map pin.

Showing every recorded source, both factions.5 availability unverified — kept visible.
Azeroth
KalimdorEastern KingdomsKALIMDOREASTERN KINGDOMS68

Sources in Azeroth — 14 sources

  • DropNeutralWestern Plaguelands35.4, 56.2
  • DropNeutralWestern Plaguelands36.8, 57.2
  • DropNeutralBlasted Lands61.6, 41.0
  • DropAvailability unverifiedAzshara48.0, 75.4
  • DropNeutralAzshara50.2, 19.6
  • DropNeutralUn'Goro Crater60.4, 16.8
  • DropNeutralWinterspring29.6, 36.8
  • DropNeutralSilithus48.6, 76.0
  • DropNeutralBlasted Lands32.4, 67.0
  • DropNeutralDuskwood44.0, 38.4
  • DropNeutralDuskwood43.6, 43.0
  • DropNeutralDuskwood42.2, 41.0
  • DropNeutralDuskwood43.6, 38.6
  • DropNeutralFeralas38.0, 14.6

31 sources cannot be placed on any map: Atal'ai Priest, Anvilrage Guardsman, Anvilrage Footman, Anvilrage Marshal, Twilight's Hammer Torturer, Smolderthorn Shadow Priest, Onyxia, Spire Spiderling, Ravaged Cadaver, Mangled Cadaver, Thuzadin Acolyte, Plague Ghoul, Crimson Guardsman, Crimson Gallant, Chromatic Dragonspawn, Risen Guard, Gordok Brute, Nefarian, Hakkari Witch Doctor, Whip Lasher, Fireguard Destroyer, Lord Kazzak, Emeriss, Lethon, Taerar, Ysondre, Unk'omon, Container, Container, Container, Container. No location is on record, which is not the same as having no location.

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Data quality

Known gaps in this record

  • sources: Thorium Shield Spike: the source page states that where a recipe drops or who sells it is not in the client, so no acquisition source is available (not confirmed absent).
  • requiredLevel, itemLevel, stats, effects: Plans: Thorium Shield Spike: the recipe page lists only name, quality and icon — no stats, item level or required character level.
  • type: Thorium Shield Spike: the client page does not state an item class; stored as Material pending verification.
  • requiredLevel, itemLevel, stats, effects: Thorium Shield Spike: the recipe page lists only name, quality and icon — no stats, item level or required character level.

Datamined (beta build)Game version wow-forever-beta-1.60.1.69913. Last verified 2026-09-22. ForeverChanges — Blacksmithing recipes (beta client 1.60.1.69913) Datamined difficulty thresholds: yellow 270, green 280, grey 290. Client spell id 16651.