A Common Consumable, item level 32. Crafted with Throw Volatile Orb.
Volatile Orb is listed at 41 silver in the latest EU region commodity Auction House snapshot, about 95% below its typical price of 8 gold4 silver. Across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jul 2026) it has ranged from 41 silver3 copper to 135 gold59 silver. About 44 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 95% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 8 gold4 silver.
| Crafted | Throw Volatile Orb | Recipe |
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First seen in build 5.5.4.69585 (Mists of Pandaria).
Throw the volatile orb to a friendly player. If they have free room in their pack they will catch it! Be careful though, it's volatile, so anything could happen!
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In MoP Classic it is item level 85.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 32 | Common | 5c |
| MoP Classic | 85 | Common | 5c |
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
1 quest lists Volatile Orb among its rewards in Blizzard's quest data.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files (JournalEncounterItem, JournalEncounterCreature, Achievement) and the Blizzard Game Data quest API.
The 10 items nearest to Volatile Orb among Consumable > Other, all from Classic like Volatile Orb.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volatile Orb (this item) | 32 | Use: Throw Volatile Orb | 65 gold |
 Lifegiving Seed | 32 | Use: Herbouflage | 7 silver |
 Adventurer's Journal | 30 | Use: Read Journal | Not listed |
 Feathered Lure | 30 | Crafted with Cataclysm Cooking | 2 gold |
 Bladebone Hook | 35 | 2 silver | |
 Forest Strider Drumstick | 28 | Use: Food | 33 gold |
 Fizzy Faire Drink "Classic" | 27 | Use: Drink | 19 silver |
 Scroll of Protection VII | 27 | Use: Armor | 8 silver |
 Ango'rosh Sorcerer Stone | 37 | 2 silver | |
 Fel Blossom | 26 | 14 silver | |
 Funnel Cake | 26 | Use: Food | 10 gold |
The lowest listed price among them is Ango'rosh Sorcerer Stone at 2 silver in the EU Auction House. 9 of the 10 have a current listing.
Volatile Orb 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 | 2 gold | Region-wide | |
| Europe | 65 gold | Region-wide |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Volatile Orb uses icon file 134337, which 64 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:
Ball of Sunshine ID 90638 · Consumable · item level 35Core of Hardened Ash ID 93035 · Miscellaneous "Teaches you how to summon an Ashstone Core."Volatile Dread Orb ID 82723 · Quest "The swirling sap inside the orb is filled with what look like small, slow explosions. Dropping this would be..."Smoldering Energy Core ID 107394 · Miscellaneous · item level 35 "When properly harnessed, this orb can provide days of fuel."Smoldering Egg of Millagazor ID 69224 · Miscellaneous · item level 30 "Teaches you how to summon a Pureblood Fire Hawk mount. This is a flying mount."Air Raid Beacon ID 63830 · Armor · item level 37Hardboiled Egg ID 62769 · Miscellaneous "Teaches you how to summon this companion."Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 88487 (88490 to 88493) were usually added in the same batch as Volatile Orb: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Triple-Distilled Brew ID 88490 · Consumable · item level 32
Grand Celebration Firework ID 88491 · Consumable
Wicked Wikket ID 88492 · Consumable · item level 32
Celestial Firework ID 88493 · ConsumableThe raw ItemSparse values for item 88487 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
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