MoP Classic item

Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense

Item 13478 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.69585

Item Level 53
Requires Alchemy (265)
"Teaches you how to make an Elixir of Superior Defense."
Sell Price: 32 silver50 copper

About Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense

Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense is a common Alchemy recipe on MoP Classic at item level 53. It teaches Elixir of Superior Defense, made from 2 Stonescale Oil, 1 Sungrass and 1 Crystal Vial; learning it takes Alchemy skill 265. Other alchemy recipes listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Recipe: Transmute Arcanite, Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water and Recipe: Transmute Earth to Life. The latest scan finds it on 3 MoP Classic realms (EU 1, US 2); the cheapest buyout is 3 gold93 silver on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 32 silver50 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm3 gold93 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (EU)39 gold97 silver

Median min buyout39 gold97 silver

Realms with listings3EU 1, US 2

Latest snapshot2026-09-19 05:13 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	39 gold97 silver	39 gold97 silver	1	1	2026-09-19 05:13 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	3 gold93 silver	3 gold94 silver	6	6	2026-09-19 04:12 UTC
MankrikUS · Legacy	380 gold50 silver	380 gold50 silver	6	6	2026-09-19 04:12 UTC

Crafting

Teaches

Elixir of Superior Defense

Requires Alchemy (265)

Reagents

Reagent cost on MoP Classic

Stonescale Oil, Sungrass and Crystal Vial have no current listing in our MoP Classic scans, so the reagent total is not known.
Elixir of Superior Defense is item level 53, usable from level 43. Its own tooltip reads: Use: Increases armor by 120 for 1 hour. Guardian Elixir. (3 Sec Cooldown).
Elixir of Superior Defense has no current listing in our MoP Classic scans.
Stonescale Oil is also a reagent in 3 other MoP Classic recipe items: Recipe: Flask of the Titans, Recipe: Greater Stoneshield Potion, Recipe: Potion of Petrification.
Sungrass is also a reagent in 3 other MoP Classic recipe items: Recipe: Elixir of Giants, Recipe: Invisibility Potion, Recipe: Superior Mana Potion.
Crystal Vial is also a reagent in 72 other MoP Classic recipe items: Formula: Lesser Mana Oil, Formula: Lesser Wizard Oil, Formula: Minor Mana Oil, Formula: Minor Wizard Oil, Formula: Superior Mana Oil, Formula: Superior Wizard Oil and 66 more.
Other Alchemy recipes near skill 265 in our MoP Classic item table, which holds 75 Alchemy recipe items: Recipe: Elixir of Demonslaying (250), Recipe: Elixir of Greater Firepower (250), Recipe: Mighty Rage Potion (255), Recipe: Superior Mana Potion (260), Recipe: Elixir of the Sages (270), Recipe: Elixir of Brute Force (275), Recipe: Major Healing Potion (275), Recipe: Transmute Arcanite (275), Recipe: Transmute Earth to Life (275), Recipe: Transmute Life to Earth (275), Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water (275), Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath (275).

Reagent	Qty	Lowest listed	Median realm low	Realms
Stonescale Oil	2	-	-	-
Sungrass	1	-	-	-
Crystal Vial	1	-	-	-

Across game versions

Item 13478	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	53	53	1
Effects	Use: Teaches you how to make an Elixir of Superior Defense.	-	-
Sell price	32 silver50 copper	32 silver50 copper	32 silver50 copper

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-08-27 21:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 6
Lowest buyout seen: 29 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-09-13 19:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 380 gold51 silverMankrik (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,856

US median, latest 3.9gEU median, latest 40g
Each line is one region's daily median of the cheapest buyout on every realm that listed it, from our hourly scans.

Last 7 days

Day (UTC)	EU low	EU median	EU realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-09-19	3 gold99 silver	39 gold97 silver	1	3 gold93 silver	3 gold93 silver	2
2026-09-18	3 gold99 silver	39 gold97 silver	2	3 gold93 silver	4 gold79 silver	2
2026-09-17	3 gold99 silver	3 gold99 silver	2	4 gold79 silver	4 gold99 silver	2
2026-09-16	3 gold99 silver	40 gold	2	4 gold99 silver	4 gold99 silver	2
2026-09-15	99 silver98 copper	40 gold	3	4 gold99 silver	49 gold99 silver	2
2026-09-14	99 silver98 copper	20 gold	4	5 gold99 silver	149 gold99 silver	2
2026-09-13	29 silver	20 gold	4	6 gold94 silver	6 gold94 silver	2

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 1 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 2 of 23.

Item data: Blizzard's MoP Classic Game Data API (static data 5.5.4.67732). Prices: per-unit buyouts from one Blizzard Auction House snapshot per connected realm per hour; market is the quantity-weighted median of a realm's listings. Retail column: the retail client datamine.

Quick facts

Item ID	13478
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.69585)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Alchemy
Item level	53
Vendor sell	32 silver50 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)