A Common Recipe, item level 1.
On Recipe: Nightfin Soup's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 149,991 gold76 silver over the last 30 days, ranging from 25,000 gold to 1,063,200 gold84 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 50. In Classic Era it is item level 50. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 50. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 50. In MoP Classic it is item level 50.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Common | 50s |
| WoW Forever | 50 | Common | 50s |
| Classic Era | 50 | Common | 50s |
| The Burning Crusade | 50 | Common | 50s |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 50 | Common | 50s |
| MoP Classic | 50 | Common | 50s |
Creates 
Nightfin Soup
Using Recipe: Nightfin Soup teaches this recipe. The Classic Cooking recipe Nightfin Soup takes 1 Raw Nightfin Snapper and 1 Refreshing Spring Water.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Recipe: Nightfin Soup teaches the Classic Cooking recipe Nightfin Soup, which makes Nightfin Soup. At the lowest EU listings, the reagents for one craft cost 9g 51s, and Raw Nightfin Snapper is the largest share at 100%. Nightfin Soup lists from 10g 64s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 59s 80c after the 5% auction cut, a 6.3% margin over its reagents. It turns yellow at Classic Cooking skill 275 and grey at 295.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Raw Nightfin Snapper | 1 | 9 gold50 silver | 9 gold50 silver |
 Refreshing Spring Water | 1 | 1 silver | 1 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 9 gold51 silver | ||
| Nightfin Soup at its lowest listing | 10 gold64 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 59 silver80 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.
The 10 recipes nearest to Recipe: Nightfin Soup in required skill among Recipe > Cooking, all from Classic like Recipe: Nightfin Soup.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipe: Nightfin Soup (this item) | 250 | Not listed | |
| Recipe: Hot Smoked Bass |  Hot Smoked Bass | 240 | Not listed |
| Recipe: Cooked Glossy Mightfish |  Cooked Glossy Mightfish | 225 | Not listed |
| Recipe: Filet of Redgill |  Filet of Redgill | 225 | Not listed |
| Recipe: Lobster Stew | Lobster Stew | 275 | Not listed |
| Recipe: Mightfish Steak |  Mightfish Steak | 275 | Not listed |
| Recipe: Baked Salmon |  Baked Salmon | 275 | Not listed |
| Recipe: Monster Omelet |  Monster Omelet | 225 | Not listed |
| Recipe: Spiced Chili Crab |  Spiced Chili Crab | 225 | Not listed |
| Recipe: Undermine Clam Chowder | Undermine Clam Chowder | 225 | Not listed |
| Recipe: Tender Wolf Steak | Tender Wolf Steak | 225 | Not listed |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Recipe: Nightfin Soup uses icon file 134939, which 1,738 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon ID 13946 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Poached Sunscale Salmon."Recipe: Hot Smoked Bass ID 13943 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Hot Smoked Bass."Recipe: Lobster Stew ID 13947 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Lobster Stew."Recipe: Grilled Squid ID 13942 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Grilled Squid."Recipe: Mightfish Steak ID 13948 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Mightfish Steak."Recipe: Filet of Redgill ID 13941 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Filet of Redgill."Recipe: Baked Salmon ID 13949 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Baked Salmon."Recipe: Cooked Glossy Mightfish ID 13940 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Cooked Glossy Mightfish."Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 13945 (13940 to 13950) were usually added in the same batch as Recipe: Nightfin Soup: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Recipe: Cooked Glossy Mightfish ID 13940 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Cooked Glossy Mightfish."Recipe: Filet of Redgill ID 13941 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Filet of Redgill."Recipe: Grilled Squid ID 13942 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Grilled Squid."Recipe: Hot Smoked Bass ID 13943 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Hot Smoked Bass."
Tombstone Breastplate ID 13944 · Armor - Leather · item level 24Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon ID 13946 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Poached Sunscale Salmon."Recipe: Lobster Stew ID 13947 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Lobster Stew."Recipe: Mightfish Steak ID 13948 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Mightfish Steak."Recipe: Baked Salmon ID 13949 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Baked Salmon."
Detention Strap ID 13950 · Armor - Mail · item level 24The raw ItemSparse values for item 13945 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Recipe: Nightfin Soup 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: Nightfin Soup 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: Nightfin Soup
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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