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Mote of Life
Item Level 15Trade Goods
Use: Create Primal Life
Sell price: 4 silver
Current price
9 gold22 silver
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I made a quick outline of where all the best places to farm motes are. Very useful if, like me, you are farming many of them for a recipe of some sort.
Layout:
(Zone) NPC name - Coordinates - % drop rate - link to page at WoheadMote of Air:
(Nagrand) Storming Wind-Ripper - 69.21 (Throne of Elements) - 33.9% - http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=22310Mote of Fire:
(Nagrand) Raging Fire-Soul - 69.21 (Throne of Elements) - 34.1 - http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=22311Mote of Water:
(Terokkar Forest) Crashing Wave-Spirit - 63.17 (North-Western Throne of Elements) - 33.7 - http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=22309Mote of Earth:
(Blade's Edge Mountains) Sundered Rumbler - (Basically above and all below Area 52) - 18.8 - http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=18881Mote of Mana:
(Netherstorm) Mana Wraith - 36.60 and 31.73 (Anywhere above Area 52 and more below. While you're at it, kill the Nether Rays as well, they have just as good of a chance to drop and are mostly in the same area) - 25.8 - http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=18864Mote of Life:
(Zangarmarsh) I didn't find any specific place to farm for these because the zone is just rich with them. But I would suggest farming the Bogg/ Starving Bogg Lords and Fungal /Starving Fungal Giants because they are all very close. - The Spawning Glen (SW Zangarmarsh) and East of there is the Quagg Ridge - Very similar drop rates on all 4 mobs that I pointed out, 18.2 to 18.8 - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=22575#00RmzMote of Shadow:
By far the most commonly found mote. This is dropped in almost every zone and can be easily farmed anywhere. But there may be a few exceptional areas just because npcs that drop them are close together, non-elite, and easy to kill. Here's one spot in a few that are exceptional:
(Nagrand) Voidspawn - Again, no specific coords, but all around Oshu'Gun, the bigass crystal SW Nagrand. - 18.4 - http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=17981
Since Motes have a use function, you can drag them to your Action Bar to easily track how many you got while farming.
Quagg Ridge (28,63) is great place to farm too, also there are no hydras as in dead mire so only mobs you need
- Right now 8,973 units listed across 26 price tiers.live market
- Listings cluster between 11 gold and 93 gold: a 500% spread reads as a volatile market.live market
- Listings are down 42% from their 7 day average (8,973 vs 15,476 units).live market
- Today's price is on the high side: only 49% of recorded snapshots were pricier.live market
Mote of Life Price History
EU Region (Commodity)Supply & Availability
EU Region (Commodity)8,973Units listed
209Sellers
9 gold22 silverCheapest now
Deep supply
Mote of Life is listed at 9 gold22 silver in the latest EU region commodity Auction House snapshot, about 25% above its typical price of 7 gold35 silver. Across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jul 2026) it has ranged from 2 gold91 silver to 23 gold36 silver. About 8,973 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 25% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 7 gold35 silver.
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Mote of Life Effects
- Use: Create Primal Life
Turn ten Motes of Life into Primal Life.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Used In
The 1 recipe below uses Mote of Life.
| Creates | Recipe | Profession | Needs |
|---|---|---|---|
 Primal Life | Create Primal Life | 9 |
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Mote of Life among Trade Goods > Elemental, all from The Burning Crusade like Mote of Life.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mote of Life (this item) | 15 | Use: Create Primal Life | 9 gold |
 Mote of Air | 15 | Use: Create Primal Air | 49 gold |
 Mote of Earth | 15 | Crafted with Outland Mining; Used in 4 recipes, including Ironshield Potion and Fel Sharpening Stone; Use: Create Primal Earth | 35 silver |
 Mote of Fire | 15 | Crafted with Outland Mining; Used in Elixir of Major Firepower and Elemental Blasting Powder; Use: Create Primal Fire | 49 gold |
 Mote of Mana | 15 | Use: Create Primal Mana | 31 gold |
 Mote of Shadow | 15 | Used in Bad Clams (Northrend Cooking); Use: Create Primal Shadow | 3 gold |
 Mote of Water | 15 | Used in Elixir of Major Frost Power and Necklace of the Deep; Use: Create Primal Water | 13 gold |
 Primal Fire | 15 | Crafted with Outland Alchemy; Used in 80 recipes, including Spellfire Belt and Spellfire Gloves | 515 gold |
 Primal Water | 15 | Crafted with Outland Alchemy; Used in 61 recipes, including Primal Mooncloth and Frozen Shadoweave Shoulders | 139 gold |
| Primal Life | 15 | Crafted with Outland Alchemy; Used in 74 recipes, including Primal Mooncloth and Primal Mooncloth Belt | 118 gold |
 Primal Air | 15 | Crafted with Outland Alchemy; Used in 61 recipes, including Primal Fire and Swiftsteel Gloves | 490 gold |
The lowest listed price among them is Mote of Earth at 35 silver in the EU Auction House.
Across Regions
Mote of Life 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 | 8 gold | Region-wide | |
| Europe | 9 gold | Region-wide |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.