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Tainted Essence
Item Level 1Quest Item
Quest
Use: Combine Essence
Not sold on the Auction House
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Tainted Essence Effects
- Use: Combine Essence
Combines 10 Tainted Essences to create a Writhing Mass.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Tainted Essence is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no Auction House price. Its first-party game data (identity, effects and sources) is read from the official World of Warcraft client build.
Used In
The 1 recipe below uses Tainted Essence.
| Creates | Recipe | Profession | Needs |
|---|---|---|---|
 Writhing Mass | Combine Essence | 9 |
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Tainted Essence among Quest, all from Classic like Tainted Essence.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tainted Essence (this item) | 1 | Not listed | |
 Telemancy Orbs | 1 | Use: Throw Telemancy Orb | Not listed |
 Iskaaran Harpoon | 1 | Use: Harpoon | Not listed |
 Imbued Crystal | 1 | Not listed | |
 Monstrous Egg | 1 | Not listed | |
 Mysterious Grimoire | 1 | Not listed | |
 Ornate Weapon | 1 | Not listed | |
 A Treatise on Strategy | 1 | Not listed | |
 Banner of the Fallen | 1 | Not listed | |
 Captured Insignia | 1 | Not listed | |
 Fallen Adventurer's Journal | 1 | Not listed |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Items That Share Tainted Essence's Icon
Tainted Essence uses icon file 136131, which 1 other item also uses. The 1 closest by item ID:
- Soul's Anguish ID 66994 · Armor · item level 37
Items Numbered Next to Tainted Essence
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 44301 (44296 to 44306) were usually added in the same batch as Tainted Essence: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Helm of Purified Thoughts ID 44296 · Armor - Plate · item level 35
Boots of the Neverending Path ID 44297 · Armor - Leather · item level 35
Brightly Hued Egg ID 44298 · Miscellaneous "Sparkles with all the colors of the rainbow."
Crinkly Grass ID 44299 · Miscellaneous · item level 32
Smashed Basket ID 44300 · Miscellaneous "Appears to have been broken during the extraction process"
Belt of Dark Mending ID 44302 · Armor - Cloth · item level 35
Darkheart Chestguard ID 44303 · Armor - Leather · item level 35- Writhing Mass ID 44304 · Quest
Kilt of Dark Mercy ID 44305 · Armor - Mail · item level 35
Death-Inured Sabatons ID 44306 · Armor - Plate · item level 35
Tainted Essence Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 44301 in the current client build.
- Stacks to
- 10
- Material
- Jewelry
- Flags
- 3136 / 8192 / 8388608 / 0 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.