Classic Era item

Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense

Item 13478 on Classic Era (Classic Era, Hardcore and Anniversary realms), client 1.15.9.70576

• Item Level 53
• Requires Alchemy (265)
• Use: Teaches you how to make an Elixir of Superior Defense.
• Sell Price: 32 silver50 copper

About Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense

Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense is a common Alchemy recipe on Classic Era at item level 53. It teaches Elixir of Superior Defense, made from 2 Stonescale Oil, 1 Sungrass and 1 Crystal Vial; learning it takes Alchemy skill 265. A vendor pays 32 silver50 copper for it.

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Crafting

Teaches

Elixir of Superior Defense

Requires Alchemy (265)

Reagents

• 2x Stonescale Oil
• 1x Sungrass
• 1x Crystal Vial

Reagent cost on Classic Era

• Stonescale Oil, Sungrass and Crystal Vial have no current listing in our Classic Era scans, so the reagent total is not known.
• Elixir of Superior Defense is item level 53, usable from level 43. Its own tooltip reads: Use: Increases armor by 450 for 1 hour. (3 Secs Cooldown).
• Elixir of Superior Defense has no current listing in our Classic Era scans.
• Stonescale Oil is also a reagent in 3 other Classic Era recipe items: Recipe: Flask of Petrification, Recipe: Flask of the Titans, Recipe: Greater Stoneshield Potion.
• Sungrass is also a reagent in 3 other Classic Era recipe items: Recipe: Elixir of Giants, Recipe: Invisibility Potion, Recipe: Superior Mana Potion.
• Crystal Vial is also a reagent in 29 other Classic Era recipe items: Formula: Lesser Mana Oil, Formula: Wizard Oil, Handbook of Deadly Poison V, Recipe: Elixir of Demonslaying, Recipe: Elixir of Dream Vision, Recipe: Elixir of Giants and 23 more.
• Other Alchemy recipes near skill 265 in our Classic Era item table, which holds 59 Alchemy recipe items: Recipe: Elixir of Demonslaying (250), Recipe: Elixir of Greater Firepower (250), Recipe: Elixir of Shadow Power (250), Recipe: Mighty Rage Potion (255), Recipe: Superior Mana Potion (260), Recipe: Elixir of the Sages (270), Recipe: Major Healing Potion (275), Recipe: Transmute Arcanite (275), Recipe: Transmute Earth to Life (275), Recipe: Transmute Life to Earth (275), Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water (275), Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath (275).

Reagent	Qty	Lowest listed	Median realm low	Realms
Stonescale Oil	2	-	-	-
Sungrass	1	-	-	-
Crystal Vial	1	-	-	-

Where Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense Fits

Items That Share Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense's Icon

Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense uses the same icon art, which 255 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

• Recipe: Superior Mana Potion ID 13477 · Recipe · item level 52
• Recipe: Major Healing Potion ID 13480 · Recipe · item level 55
• Schematic: Mechanical Dragonling ID 13311 · Recipe · item level 40
• Schematic: Accurate Scope ID 13310 · Recipe · item level 36
• Schematic: Lovingly Crafted Boomstick ID 13309 · Recipe · item level 24
• Schematic: Ice Deflector ID 13308 · Recipe · item level 31
• Pattern: Raptor Hide Belt ID 13288 · Recipe · item level 33
• Pattern: Raptor Hide Harness ID 13287 · Recipe · item level 33

Items Numbered Next to Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 13478 (13466 to 13488) were usually added in the same batch as Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

• Plaguebloom ID 13466 · Trade Goods · item level 57
• Icecap ID 13467 · Trade Goods · item level 58
• Black Lotus ID 13468 · Trade Goods · item level 60
• Recipe: Mighty Rage Potion ID 13476 · Recipe · item level 51
• Recipe: Superior Mana Potion ID 13477 · Recipe · item level 52
• Recipe: Elixir of the Sages ID 13479 · Recipe · item level 54
• Recipe: Major Healing Potion ID 13480 · Recipe · item level 55
• Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water ID 13486 · Recipe · item level 55
• Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath ID 13487 · Recipe · item level 55
• Recipe: Transmute Life to Earth ID 13488 · Recipe · item level 55

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

Across game versions

Item 13478	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	53	53	1
Effects	Use: Teaches you how to make an Elixir of Superior Defense.	-	-
Sell price	32 silver50 copper	32 silver50 copper	32 silver50 copper

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Connected realms with a listing in the latest Classic Era scan: EU 0 of 26, US 0 of 23.

Item data: Blizzard's Classic Era Game Data API (static data 1.15.9.68185). 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 Classic Era, so a price is only as fresh as the latest scan. Retail column: the retail client datamine.