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Volatile Rum
Item Level 1Consumable
Use: Strong Alcohol
Sell price: 4 silver
Current price
46 silver
A Common Consumable, item level 1.
- Right now 4,326 units listed across 11 price tiers.AH scan
- Listings cluster between 77 silver and 3 gold: a 78% spread reads as a volatile market.AH scan
- Today's price is cheaper than 88% of recorded snapshots.AH scan
Volatile Rum Price History
EU Region (Commodity)Supply & Availability
EU Region (Commodity)4,326Units listed
26Sellers
46 silverCheapest now
Deep supply
Volatile Rum is listed at 46 silver in the latest EU region commodity Auction House snapshot, about 67% below its typical price of 1 gold41 silver. Across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jul 2026) it has ranged from 29 silver65 copper to 5 gold33 silver. About 4,326 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 67% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 1 gold41 silver.
Background
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
- Used in 1 recipe across Alchemy: Goblin Rocket Fuel.crafting
Volatile Rum Effects
- Use: Strong Alcohol
A strong alcoholic beverage.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Common | 4s |
| WoW Forever | 1 | Common | 4s |
| Classic Era | 1 | Common | 4s |
| The Burning Crusade | 1 | Common | 4s |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 1 | Common | 4s |
| MoP Classic | 1 | Common | 4s |
Used In
The 2 recipes below use Volatile Rum, across Classic Alchemy (1). The largest single use is 1 for Goblin Rocket Fuel.
| Creates | Recipe | Profession | Needs |
|---|---|---|---|
 Goblin Rocket FuelAlso takes 1 Firebloom and 1 Crystal Vial. | Goblin Rocket Fuel | Classic Alchemy | 1 |
| Banana-Infused RumAlso takes 1 Tel'Abim Banana, 200 Witchberries, 1 Silkworm Pupa and 1 Black Pepper. | Banana Infused Rum | 1 |
Achievements
- Using Volatile Rum counts toward It's Happy Hour Somewhere (10 points).
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Volatile Rum among Consumable > Food & Drink, all from Classic like Volatile Rum.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volatile Rum (this item) | 1 | Used in Goblin Rocket Fuel (Classic Alchemy); Use: Strong Alcohol | 2 gold |
 Tough Jerky | 1 | Use: Food | 1 silver |
 Slitherskin Mackerel | 1 | Crafted with Classic Cooking; Use: Food | 1 silver |
 Darnassian Bleu | 1 | Use: Food | 2 silver |
 Charred Wolf Meat | 1 | Crafted with Classic Cooking; Use: Food | 27 silver |
 Spiced Wolf Meat | 1 | Crafted with Classic Cooking; Use: Food | 5 silver |
| Roasted Boar Meat | 1 | Crafted with Classic Cooking; Use: Food | 1 silver |
 Thunder Ale | 1 | Use: Weak Alcohol | 978 gold |
 Bottle of Dalaran Noir | 1 | Use: Weak Alcohol | 28 silver |
 Beer Basted Boar Ribs | 1 | Crafted with Classic Cooking; Use: Food | 2 silver |
| Rhapsody Malt | 1 | Use: Weak Alcohol | 107 gold |
The lowest listed price among them is Tough Jerky at 1 silver in the EU Auction House.
Across Regions
Volatile Rum 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 | 48 silver | Region-wide | |
| Europe | 2 gold | Region-wide |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Items That Share Volatile Rum's Icon
Volatile Rum uses icon file 132788, which 33 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
- Empty Leaden Collection Phial ID 9283 · Quest "One Shot, One Fill"
- Full Leaden Collection Phial ID 9284 · Quest "Keep Out of Reach of Children"
- Cuergo's Gold ID 9360 · Consumable
- Cuergo's Gold with Worm ID 9361 · Consumable
- Heavy Leaden Collection Phial ID 9364 · Quest "Handle With Care"
- Deino's Flask ID 7269 · Quest
- Xavian Water Sample ID 7268 · Quest
- Jennea's Flask ID 7207 · Quest
Items Numbered Next to Volatile Rum
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 9260 (9255 to 9265) were usually added in the same batch as Volatile Rum: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Lahassa Essence ID 9255 · Quest
Imbel Essence ID 9256 · Quest
Samha Essence ID 9257 · Quest
Byltan Essence ID 9258 · Quest
Troll Tribal Necklace ID 9259 · Miscellaneous
Lead Ore ID 9261 · Miscellaneous · item level 13
Black Vitriol ID 9262 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Troyas' Stave ID 9263 · Quest
Elixir of Shadow Power ID 9264 · Consumable · item level 21
Cuergo's Hidden Treasure ID 9265 · Quest · item level 20
Volatile Rum Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 9260 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 16 silver
- Vendor sell price
- 4 silver
- Stacks to
- 10
- Material
- Liquid
- Flags
- 0 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Volatile Rum in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Volatile Rum 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 Volatile Rum next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Volatile Rum in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Volatile Rum is a Classic Era item and Forever is built on vanilla World of Warcraft with its story set in year one and a level 60 cap, so this page tracks it. Forever launches November 4, 2026.
- What level is Volatile Rum in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Volatile Rum is Common quality, item level 1 with no level requirement.
- What does Volatile Rum sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 4s for one Volatile Rum in Classic Era; it stacks to 10.
- What is Volatile Rum used for in WoW Classic?
- Volatile Rum is a reagent in 1 Classic Era recipe, including Goblin Rocket Fuel.
- How much is Volatile Rum on the auction house right now?
- 46s on the EU region auction house, on live retail servers, from the latest Blizzard auction house snapshot. Blizzard publishes no Classic Era auction house feed, and Forever has not launched, so those two have no price here yet.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Volatile Rum
WoW Forever: what our data shows
- Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client
- Build 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
- Also in the Classic Era client
- Yes - this item is in the Classic Era client's data too
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