A Common Recipe, item level 1.
On Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 500 gold over the last 30 days, ranging from 500 gold to 9,350 gold68 silver, a wide spread for a 30-day window.
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In WoW Forever it is item level 53. In Classic Era it is item level 53. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 53. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 53. In MoP Classic it is item level 53.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Common | 32s 50c |
| WoW Forever | 53 | Common | 32s 50c |
| Classic Era | 53 | Common | 32s 50c |
| The Burning Crusade | 53 | Common | 32s 50c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 53 | Common | 32s 50c |
| MoP Classic | 53 | Common | 32s 50c |
Creates 
Elixir of Superior Defense
Using Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense teaches this recipe. The Classic Alchemy recipe Elixir of Superior Defense takes 2 Stonescale Oil, 1 Sungrass and 1 Crystal Vial.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense teaches the Classic Alchemy recipe Elixir of Superior Defense, which makes Elixir of Superior Defense. At the lowest EU listings, the reagents for one craft cost 4g 40s, and Sungrass is the largest share at 65%. Elixir of Superior Defense lists from 3g 77s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 81s 85c less than its reagents cost, after the 5% auction cut. It turns yellow at Classic Alchemy skill 280 and grey at 300.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Stonescale Oil | 2 | 77 silver | 1 gold54 silver |
 Sungrass | 1 | 2 gold85 silver | 2 gold85 silver |
 Crystal Vial | 1 | 1 silver | 1 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 4 gold40 silver | ||
| Elixir of Superior Defense at its lowest listing | 3 gold77 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | −81 silver85 copper | ||
Prices are the lowest listed prices in the latest EU Auction House snapshot, not sales. Recipes, reagents, yields and skill levels come from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense uses icon file 134939, which 1,738 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Recipe: Superior Mana Potion ID 13477 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Superior Mana Potion."Recipe: Major Healing Potion ID 13480 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Major Healing Potion."Recipe: Alchemist Stone ID 13517 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to make an Alchemist Stone."Municipal Proclamation ID 13363 · MiscellaneousSchematic: Mechanical Dragonling ID 13311 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Mechanical Dragonling."Schematic: Accurate Scope ID 13310 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Accurate Scope."Schematic: Lovingly Crafted Boomstick ID 13309 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Lovingly Crafted Boomstick."Schematic: Ice Deflector ID 13308 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Ice Deflector."Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 13478 (13473 to 13483) were usually added in the same batch as Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
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Recipe: Mighty Rage Potion ID 13476 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Mighty Rage Potion."Recipe: Superior Mana Potion ID 13477 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Superior Mana Potion."Recipe: Elixir of the Sages ID 13479 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Elixir of the Sages."Recipe: Major Healing Potion ID 13480 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Major Healing Potion."Recipe: Elixir of Brute Force ID 13481 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Elixir of Brute Force."Recipe: Transmute Air to Fire ID 13482 · Recipe "Teaches you how to transmute Essence of Air into Essence of Fire."Recipe: Transmute Fire to Earth ID 13483 · Recipe "Teaches you how to transmute Essence of Fire into Essence of Earth."The raw ItemSparse values for item 13478 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense 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 Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense 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 Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense
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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