Black Market Auction House

The Black Market Auction House User Interface.

The Black Market Auction House allows players to bid on exclusive items that are either extremely rare, or impossible to obtain by other methods. Run by Madam Goya, she moves her storefront based on wherever business is most lucrative - normally surrounding herself with adventurers who can afford her wares.

She was originally located at the Black Market, near the Tavern in the Mists on the Veiled Stair of Pandaria, then the Underbelly in Dalaran, and then near the Petitioner's Concourse west of Valdrakken. Another auctioneer, Ta'xera, is found at the Night Market in southern Revendreth. Regardless of which NPC players use, only players at the level cap can access the auction house.

How it works

Instead of buying items from other players like the regular Auction House, items on the Black Market are generated and listed by NPCs. The items are listed for one day only. The items for sale vary from items that were made unobtainable, to rare drops and TCG items. All items are listed infrequently, so those who are dedicated need to check back frequently to see if their desired item has been posted.

• Mount bids start at 20,000, with some exceptions.
• Companion bids start between 1 and 20,000, depending on the original source and how hard it is to get.
• Vanity/misc items start between 10,000 and 15,000.

Bidding works like the regular Auction House. There is no buyout price. The sky (or the gold cap) is the limit when competing with other players for the final bid. With a successful purchase, the item is sent in the mail. Normal Bind on Pickup rules apply, so you must bid on the correct character.

The supply of items is realm-based. Each realm will have different items for sale at any one time and prices are likely to vary wildly from server to server.

If empty, the item window will list "There are no items at this time. Please check back later."

Items for sale

These are items that may appear for sale. There may be more items which, due to the random nature of listings, have not been seen yet.

Equipment

• Tier 3 armor pieces
  • Dreamwalker Raiment
  • Cryptstalker Armor
  • Frostfire Regalia
  • Redemption Armor
  • Vestments of Faith
  • Bonescythe Armor
  • The Earthshatterer
  • Plagueheart Raiment
  • Dreadnaught's Battlegear
•  [Flintlocke's Blasthammer]
•  [Arcanite Ripper]
•  [Sun-Lute of the Phoenix King]
•  [Tabard of Flame]
•  [Belt of the Burning Soul]

Companions

• Argent Tournament:
  •  [Ammen Vale Lashling]
  •  [Dun Morogh Cub]
  •  [Durotar Scorpion]
  •  [Elwynn Lamb]
  •  [Enchanted Broom]
  •  [Mechanopeep]
  •  [Mulgore Hatchling]
  •  [Sen'jin Fetish]
  •  [Teldrassil Sproutling]
  •  [Tirisfal Batling]
  •  [Shimmering Wyrmling]

• Redemption/TCG:
  •  [Banana Charm]
  •  [Dragon Kite]
  •  [Hippogryph Hatchling]
  •  [Rocket Chicken]
  •  [Spectral Tiger Cub]

• Rare drops:
  •  [Captured Firefly]
  •  [Cat Carrier (Black Tabby)]
  •  [Dark Whelpling]
  •  [Darting Hatchling]
  •  [Droplet of Y'Shaarj]
  •  [Giant Sewer Rat]
  •  [Gundrak Hatchling]
  •  [Parrot Cage (Green Wing Macaw)]
  •  [Phoenix Hatchling]
  •  [Proto-Drake Whelp]
  •  [Tiny Crimson Whelpling]

• Vendor: (note that the bidding price starts at a value vastly more than the actual vendor price)
  •  [Cat Carrier (Bombay)]
  •  [Cat Carrier (Siamese)]
  •  [Obsidian Hatchling]
  •  [Tiny Sporebat]

• Unobtainable from original source:
  •  [Thundering Serpent Hatchling]

Mounts

• Rare drop:
  •  [Abyss Worm]
  •  [Armored Razzashi Raptor]
  •  [Ashes of Al'ar]
  •  [Clutch of Ji-Kun]
  •  [Deathcharger's Reins]
  •  [Experiment 12-B]
  •  [Felsteel Annihilator]
  •  [Fiery Warhorse's Reins]
  •  [Flametalon of Alysrazor]
  •  [Invincible's Reins]
  •  [Ironhoof Destroyer]
  •  [Kor'kron Juggernaut]
  •  [Leywoven Flying Carpet]
  •  [Life-Binder's Handmaiden]
  •  [Living Infernal Core]
  •  [Mimiron's Head]
  •  [Ny'alotha Allseer]
  •  [Reins of the Amber Primordial Direhorn]
  •  [Reins of the Astral Cloud Serpent]
  •  [Reins of the Azure Drake]
  •  [Reins of the Blazing Drake]
  •  [Reins of the Blue Drake]
  •  [Reins of the Blue Proto-Drake]
  •  [Reins of the Cobalt Primordial Direhorn]
  •  [Reins of the Drake of the North Wind]
  •  [Reins of the Drake of the South Wind]
  •  [Reins of the Grand Black War Mammoth]
  •  [Reins of the Green Proto-Drake]
  •  [Reins of the Heavenly Onyx Cloud Serpent]
  •  [Reins of the Jade Primordial Direhorn]
  •  [Reins of the Onyxian Drake]
  •  [Reins of the Raven Lord]
  •  [Reins of the Slate Primordial Direhorn]
  •  [Reins of the Thundering Cobalt Cloud Serpent]
  •  [Reins of the Thundering Onyx Cloud Serpent]
  •  [Reins of the Thundering Ruby Cloud Serpent]
  •  [Reins of the Vitreous Stone Drake]
  •  [Reins of the White Polar Bear]
  •  [Shackled Ur'zul]
  •  [Solar Spirehawk]
  •  [Spawn of Horridon]
  •  [Smoldering Egg of Millagazor]
  •  [Son of Galleon's Saddle]
  •  [Swift White Hawkstrider]
  •  [Swift Zulian Panther]
  •  [Valarjar Stormwing]
  •  [Vile Fiend]

• Redemption/TCG:
  •  [Riding Turtle]
  •  [Wooly White Rhino]
  •  [X-51 Nether-Rocket X-TREME]

• Achievement:
  •  [Core Hound Chain]
  •  [Obsidian Worldbreaker]
  •  [Reins of the Plagued Proto-Drake]
  •  [Reins of the Rusted Proto-Drake]

• Unobtainable from original source:
  •  [Core Hound Chain]
  •  [Reins of the Mighty Caravan Brutosaur] (starts at bid 5,000,000, the original vendor price)
  •  [Swift Razzashi Raptor]
  •  [Swift Zulian Tiger]

Other

• 600 skill tailoring, blacksmithing and leatherworking recipes
• Vanity Items
  •  [Fishing Chair]
  •  [Goblin Gumbo Kettle]
  •  [Goblin Weather Machine - Prototype 01-B]
  •  [Imp in a Ball]
  •  [Ogre Pinata]
  •  [Paper Flying Machine Kit]
  •  [Picnic Basket]
• Misc
  •  [Battered Hilt] (Alliance / Horde)
  •  [Darkmoon Ticket Fanny Pack]
  •  [Unclaimed Black Market Container]
  •  [Papa's Mint Condition Bag]
  •  [Illusion: Deathfrost]
  •  [Illusion: Flames of Ragnaros]
  •  [Illusion: Winter's Grasp]

Auction posters

Most auctions are posted by various well-known NPCs, depending on the item type:

• Breanni from Warcraft Pets sells all the Argent Tournament pets.
• Dran Droffers and Malton Droffers of <Droffers and Son Salvage> in Orgrimmar list many Tier 3 pieces.
• Fargo Flintlocke sells his blast hammer;  [Flintlocke's Blasthammer].
• Jasper Fel, a Stormwind City poison vendor, sells Druid Tier 3.
• Landro Longshot, the NPC who redeems TCG codes in Booty Bay, sells TCG items.
• Quincy Cutler, a Stormwind bartender wearing a top hat and tux with shorts and flipflops, sells some Tier 3.
• Mei Francis, a Dalaran vendor who sells exotic mounts, as well as the mailer behind  [Celestial Steed] and  [Reins of the Albino Drake], sells various mounts.
• Wodin the Troll-Servant from the Ring of Blood sells Zena's kittens.
• Elusive goblin leader Trade Prince Gallywix sells crafting patterns.
• Caladis Brightspear sells the  [Battered Hilt].
• Sig Nicious sells his own guitar;  [Sun-Lute of the Phoenix King].
• Bergrisst, the Undead guitarist for the Tauren Chieftains, sells his own instrument the  [Arcanite Ripper].
• Zunji the Knife, Four-Fingered Fong, and Nexus-Prince Haramad also sell items.
• Madam Goya sells the WoD version of the  [Unclaimed Black Market Container] along with some rare drops.
• Silas Darkmoon sells a  [Darkmoon Ticket Fanny Pack].
• Majordomo Executus sells  [Lil' Nefarian].

The subject of this section has been removed from World of Warcraft.

• Peripatetic Chou Li sells ilvl 509 heroic items.
• Gnok the Inept, another reference to Gonktarget of the Knog's Bow of Ineptitude weapon series, sells Mythic Blackrock Foundry gear.
• San Redscale sells a  [Grimoire of the Four Winds].

Remote access

In patch 6.2.0, a representative of the black market auction house was introduced, Zhang Yeoh will become a resident of the player's garrison upon completing  [40] The Missing Manifest, which comes from  [Waterlogged Manifest] rewarded from the shipyard mission Black Market Journal. She allows the player to browse the current active auctions, but no bids can be placed.

In patch 8.2.0 players can acquire the  [Encrypted Black Market Radio] on Mechagon Island.

As an organization

Employees

• Madam Goya (leader)
  • Mister Chu (bodyguard)
  • Mister Knuckles (bodyguard)
  • Ms. Xiulan (assistant)
  • Steelsage Gao (operative)
• Madam Gosu (liaison)
  • Tear (bodyguard)
  • Shred (bodyguard)
• Zhang Yeoh (representative)
• Exchange Guard
  • Retired Exchange Guard
• Black Market Guard (dracthyr in Valdrakken)
• Black Market Guard (ogres in Nagrand)
• Sylvester (blingtron liaison)

Items

•  [Black Market Diamond]
•  [Black Market Merchandise]
•  [Black Market Shipment]

Past locations

• Black Market (Veiled Stair), Veiled Stair (Pandaria)
• Ring of Blood, Nagrand (Draenor)
• Black Market, Underbelly, Dalaran (Broken Isles)
• Black Market, Valdrakken (Dragon Isles)

Patch changes

• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Max level is now required to access the Black Market Auction House.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Relocated to the Underbelly in Dalaran at the Broken Isles.
  
• Hotfix (2015-12-09): Black Market Auction House should now have a chance to offer items from Warlords Season 3 instead of Season 2.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
  • Moved to the Ring of Blood in Nagrand.
  • Duration for auctions on the Black Market Auction House has been slightly reduced. Bids made on items with less than 5 minutes remaining will continue to extend the duration of the auction.
    
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.
  

See also

• Undermarket