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For alchemists wanting to transmute for your daily cooldown, you will need to:
- Start with 120 Ghost Iron Ore (6 stacks)
- Smelt (with a miner) Ghost Iron Bar x 60
- Transmute: Trillium Bar x 6
- and finally, Transmute: Living Steel
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To create a Living Steel without a cooldown, you will need to:
- Start with 60 Ghost Iron Ore (3 stacks) and 3 Spirit of Harmony
- Smelt (with a miner) Ghost Iron Bar x 30
- Transmute: Trillium Bar x 3
- and finally, Riddle of Steel
As of 5.0.3 beta patch, there are 2 ways to make Living Steel now:
- 1 day CD + 6 Trillium bars.
- 3 Trillium bars and 3 Spirit of Harmony and ignores the day CD - Riddle of Steel (Thanks Aliok)This change is similar to tailoring and inscription for Imperial Silk and Darkmoon cards, respectively.
Edit - Do note, that in addition to being used for the usual crafting type mats, this will be required (and the only required material) for Living Steel Belt Buckle ([spell=122632]). This is a significant departure from WotLK and Cataclysm belt buckles, which only required raw materials, and no transmutes. This will possibly help keep the value of Living Steel healthy well into the expansion.
Get Alchemy out of my engineering. Now.
- Right now 3,789 units listed across 30 price tiers.live market
- Listings cluster between 520 gold and 620 gold: a 18% spread reads as a steady market.live market
- Listings are down 30% from their 7 day average (3,789 vs 5,432 units).live market
- Today's price is on the high side: only 44% of recorded snapshots were pricier.live market
Living Steel Price History
EU Region (Commodity)Supply & Availability
EU Region (Commodity)Living Steel is listed at 412 gold75 silver in the latest EU region commodity Auction House snapshot, about 19% below its typical price of 508 gold56 silver. Across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jul 2026) it has ranged from 211 gold26 silver to 761 gold16 silver. About 3,789 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 19% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 508 gold56 silver.
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- Used in 58 recipes across Blacksmithing, Engineering, Inscription and Jewelcrafting: Black Planar Edge, Reborn, Blazefury, Reborn, Blazeguard, Reborn and more.crafting
Crafted By
The Pandaria Alchemy recipe Transmute: Living Steel takes 6 Trillium Bar.
The Pandaria Alchemy recipe Riddle of Steel takes 3 Trillium Bar and 3 Spirit of Harmony.
Used In
The 25 recipes below use Living Steel, across Pandaria Blacksmithing (17) and Pandaria Engineering (8). The largest single use is 12 for Depleted-Kyparium Rocket.
| Creates | Recipe | Profession | Needs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodmoon, Reborn | Pandaria Blacksmithing | 9 | |
| Breastplate of Ancient Steel | Pandaria Blacksmithing | 8 | |
| Chestplate of Limitless Faith | Pandaria Blacksmithing | 8 | |
| Ghost Reaver's Breastplate | Pandaria Blacksmithing | 8 | |
| Blazefury, Reborn | Pandaria Blacksmithing | 6 | |
| Bloodforged Warfists | Pandaria Blacksmithing | 6 | |
| Dragonmaw, Reborn | Pandaria Blacksmithing | 6 | |
| Dragonstrike, Reborn | Pandaria Blacksmithing | 6 | |
| Gauntlets of Battle Command | Pandaria Blacksmithing | 6 | |
| Gauntlets of Unbound Devotion | Pandaria Blacksmithing | 6 | |
| Gauntlets of Ancient Steel | Pandaria Blacksmithing | 5 | |
| Ghost Reaver's Gauntlets | Pandaria Blacksmithing | 5 | |
| Black Planar Edge, Reborn | Pandaria Blacksmithing | 4 | |
| Blazeguard, Reborn | Pandaria Blacksmithing | 4 | |
| Deep Thunder, Reborn | Pandaria Blacksmithing | 4 | |
| Drakefist Hammer, Reborn | Pandaria Blacksmithing | 2 | |
| Fireguard, Reborn | Pandaria Blacksmithing | 2 | |
| Depleted-Kyparium Rocket | Pandaria Engineering | 12 | |
| Geosynchronous World Spinner | Pandaria Engineering | 12 | |
| Agile Retinal Armor | Pandaria Engineering | 6 | |
| Camouflage Retinal Armor | Pandaria Engineering | 6 | |
| Deadly Retinal Armor | Pandaria Engineering | 6 | |
| Energized Retinal Armor | Pandaria Engineering | 6 | |
| Advanced Refrigeration Unit | Pandaria Engineering | 5 | |
| Blingtron 4000 | Pandaria Engineering | 4 |
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Living Steel among Trade Goods > Metal & Stone; 9 of them also come from Mists of Pandaria.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Crafted with Pandaria Alchemy; Used in 58 recipes, including Ruby Panther and Sapphire Panther | 509 gold | |
| 30 | Used in Trillium Bar (Pandaria Mining) | 15 gold | |
| 30 | Crafted with Pandaria Mining; Used in 23 recipes, including Living Steel and Masterwork Spiritguard Helm | 71 gold | |
| 30 | Used in Trillium Bar (Pandaria Mining) | 16 gold | |
| 30 | Used in 4 recipes, including Ghost Iron Bar and Relic of the Past I | 3 gold | |
| 30 | Used in 8 recipes, including Masterwork Forgewire Axe and Masterwork Ghost-Forged Blade | 81 silver | |
| 30 | Crafted with Pandaria Mining; Used in 106 recipes, including Ghost Iron Staff and Trillium Bar | 8 gold | |
| 30 | Use: Create Ghost Iron Ore | 73 silver | |
| 30 | Use: Create Kyparite | 2 gold | |
| 33 | 159 gold | ||
| 25 | Crafted with Cataclysm Mining; Used in 4 recipes, including Ebonsteel Belt Buckle and Pyrium Shield Spike | 13 gold |
The lowest listed price among them is Ghost Iron Nugget at 73 silver in the EU Auction House.
Across Regions
Living Steel has a current Auction House listing in 2 regions. The lowest listed price is in Europe.
| Region | Lowest Listed Price | Listed On | Cheapest Realms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 509 gold | Region-wide | |
| United States | 711 gold | Region-wide |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.