An Uncommon Trade Goods, item level 10. Crafted with Greater Eternal Essence.
Greater Eternal Essence is listed at 20 gold32 silver in the latest EU region commodity Auction House snapshot, about 127% above its typical price of 8 gold95 silver. Across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jul 2026) it has ranged from 63 silver87 copper to 35 gold83 silver. About 24,871 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 127% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 8 gold95 silver.
| Crafted | Greater Eternal Essence | Recipe |
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First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Turn a greater eternal essence into three lesser ones.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In WoW Forever it is item level 55 and sells to vendors for 1c. In Classic Era it is item level 55. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 55. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 55. In MoP Classic it is item level 55.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 10 | Uncommon | - |
| WoW Forever | 55 | Uncommon | 1c |
| Classic Era | 55 | Uncommon | - |
| The Burning Crusade | 55 | Uncommon | - |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 55 | Uncommon | - |
| MoP Classic | 55 | Uncommon | - |
The recipe Greater Eternal Essence takes 2 Lesser Eternal Essence.
The 25 recipes below use Greater Eternal Essence, across Classic Enchanting (24) and Classic Tailoring (1). The largest single use is 20 for Magebane Nexus.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
The 10 items nearest to Greater Eternal Essence among Trade Goods > Enchanting; 9 of them also come from Classic.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Eternal Essence (this item) | 10 | Used in 36 recipes, including Enchanted Leather and Enchanted Runecloth Bag; Use: Lesser Eternal Essence | 35 gold |
 Lesser Magic Essence | 10 | Used in 10 recipes (Classic Enchanting), including Runed Copper Rod and Lesser Magic Wand; Use: Greater Magic Essence | 70 silver |
 Greater Magic Essence | 10 | Used in 7 recipes (Classic Enchanting), including Greater Magic Wand; Use: Lesser Magic Essence | 95 silver |
 Lesser Eternal Essence | 10 | Used in 26 recipes (Classic Enchanting), including Lesser Mystic Wand and Greater Mystic Wand; Use: Greater Eternal Essence | 11 gold |
 Strange Dust | 10 | Used in 15 recipes (Classic Enchanting), including Runed Copper Rod and Minor Wizard Oil | 30 silver |
 Small Brilliant Shard | 10 | Used in 14 recipes (Classic Enchanting) | 51 silver |
 Large Brilliant Shard | 10 | Used in 48 recipes, including Smoking Heart of the Mountain and Bottomless Bag | 25 silver |
 Light Illusion Dust | 10 | Used in 36 recipes, including Lesser Mystic Wand and Greater Mystic Wand; Use: Rich Illusion Dust | 85 silver |
 Rich Illusion Dust | 10 | Used in 43 recipes, including Enchanted Thorium Bar and Greater Arcane Protection Potion; Use: Light Illusion Dust | 77 silver |
 Sha Crystal Fragment | 32 | Use: Create Sha Crystal | 4 gold |
 Greater Planar Essence | 15 | Used in 40 recipes, including Imbued Netherweave Bag and Spellfire Bag; Use: Lesser Planar Essence | 7 gold |
The lowest listed price among them is Large Brilliant Shard at 25 silver in the EU Auction House.
Greater Eternal Essence has a current Auction House listing in 2 regions. The lowest listed price is in United States.
| Region | Lowest Listed Price | Listed On | Cheapest Realms |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 gold | Region-wide | |
| Europe | 35 gold | Region-wide |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Greater Eternal Essence uses icon file 132864, which 1 other item also uses. The 1 closest by item ID:
Essence of Northrend ID 223641 · Consumable "The shining memory of Northrend. Both the good and the bad."Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 16203 (16189 to 16208) were usually added in the same batch as Greater Eternal Essence: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Maggran's Reserve Letter ID 16189 · Quest
Bloodfury Ripper's Remains ID 16190 · Quest
Besseleth's Fang ID 16192 · QuestLesser Eternal Essence ID 16202 · Trade Goods · item level 10Light Illusion Dust ID 16204 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Gaea Seed ID 16205 · Quest
Arcanite Rod ID 16206 · Trade Goods · item level 23
Runed Arcanite Rod ID 16207 · Profession · item level 24 "Can also serve as any lesser runed enchanting rod."Enchanted Gaea Seeds ID 16208 · QuestThe raw ItemSparse values for item 16203 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Greater Eternal Essence is in the Classic Era game data, the era World of Warcraft: Forever is built on. Blizzard describes Forever as vanilla World of Warcraft plussed up: its story sits in year one, characters level to 60 and stay there, and it launches November 4, 2026. Blizzard has not said which vanilla items appear in Forever, so nothing here is a Forever claim; it is the Classic Era record for Greater Eternal Essence next to the live retail market on this page.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Greater Eternal Essence
A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4
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