MoP Classic item

Recipe: Philosopher's Stone

Item 9303 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 45
Requires Alchemy (225)
"Teaches you how to make a Philosopher's Stone."
Sell Price: 20 silver

About Recipe: Philosopher's Stone

Recipe: Philosopher's Stone is a common Alchemy recipe on MoP Classic at item level 45. It teaches Philosopher's Stone, made from 4 Iron Bar, 1 Black Vitriol, 4 Purple Lotus and 4 Firebloom; learning it takes Alchemy skill 225. Other alchemy recipes listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold, Recipe: Transmute Mithril to Truesilver and Recipe: Wildvine Potion. The latest scan finds it on 6 MoP Classic realms (EU 4, US 2); the cheapest buyout is 9 gold on Lakeshire (EU). A vendor pays 20 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm9 goldLakeshire (EU)

Typical market (EU)73 gold5 silver

Median min buyout51 gold97 silver

Realms with listings6EU 4, US 2

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 11:29 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
LakeshireEU · Legacy	9 gold	9 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 11:08 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	31 gold11 silver	31 gold11 silver	7	7	2026-11-03 11:08 UTC
FlamegorEU · Russian	115 gold	115 gold	2	2	2026-11-03 11:08 UTC
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active	5,999 gold99 silver	5,999 gold99 silver	4	4	2026-11-03 11:08 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	49 gold99 silver	49 gold99 silver	2	2	2026-11-03 11:29 UTC
MankrikUS · Legacy	53 gold96 silver	53 gold96 silver	3	3	2026-11-03 11:29 UTC

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Crafting

Teaches

Philosopher's Stone

Required for Alchemical Transmutation.

+5 Strength, +5 Agility, +5 Stamina, +5 Intellect, +5 Spirit

Requires Alchemy (225)

Reagents

Reagent cost on MoP Classic

Iron Bar, Black Vitriol, Purple Lotus and Firebloom have no current listing in our MoP Classic scans, so the reagent total is not known.
Philosopher's Stone has no current listing in our MoP Classic scans.
Iron Bar is also a reagent in 22 other MoP Classic recipe items: Design: Heavy Iron Knuckles, Design: Wicked Moonstone Ring, Plans: Barbaric Iron Boots, Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate, Plans: Barbaric Iron Gloves, Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm and 16 more.
Purple Lotus is also a reagent in 3 other MoP Classic recipe items: Formula: Lesser Mana Oil, Recipe: Elixir of Dream Vision, Recipe: Wildvine Potion.
Other Alchemy recipes near skill 225 in our MoP Classic item table, which holds 75 Alchemy recipe items: Recipe: Frost Oil (200), Recipe: Goblin Rocket Fuel (210), Recipe: Lesser Stoneshield Potion (215), Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold (225), Recipe: Transmute Mithril to Truesilver (225), Recipe: Wildvine Potion (225), Recipe: Invisibility Potion (235), Recipe: Elixir of Dream Vision (240), Recipe: Gift of Arthas (240), Recipe: Elixir of Giants (245), Recipe: Ghost Dye (245), Recipe: Elixir of Demonslaying (250).

Reagent	Qty	Lowest listed	Median realm low	Realms
Iron Bar	4	-	-	-
Black Vitriol	1	-	-	-
Purple Lotus	4	-	-	-
Firebloom	4	-	-	-

Where Recipe: Philosopher's Stone Fits

Items That Share Recipe: Philosopher's Stone's Icon

Recipe: Philosopher's Stone uses the same icon art, which 117 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold ID 9304 · Recipe · item level 45 · lowest 9g on 4 realms
Recipe: Transmute Mithril to Truesilver ID 9305 · Recipe · item level 45 · lowest 1g on 3 realms
Recipe: Elixir of Demonslaying ID 9300 · Recipe · item level 50 · lowest 74g on 2 realms
Pattern: Comfortable Leather Hat ID 8384 · Recipe · item level 40 · lowest 45,083g on 1 realm
Schematic: Mithril Mechanical Dragonling ID 10609 · Recipe · item level 50 · lowest 99g on 2 realms
Plans: Mithril Scale Shoulders ID 7991 · Recipe · item level 47 · lowest 1,844g on 1 realm
Pattern: Swift Boots ID 7453 · Recipe · item level 40 · lowest 5g on 6 realms
Pattern: Green Whelp Armor ID 7450 · Recipe · item level 35 · lowest 4g on 4 realms

Items Numbered Next to Recipe: Philosopher's Stone

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 9303 (9297 to 9314) were usually added in the same batch as Recipe: Philosopher's Stone: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Recipe: Elixir of Dream Vision ID 9297 · Recipe · item level 48 · lowest 159g on 2 realms
Recipe: Elixir of Giants ID 9298 · Recipe · item level 49 · lowest 85s on 4 realms
Recipe: Elixir of Demonslaying ID 9300 · Recipe · item level 50 · lowest 74g on 2 realms
Recipe: Elixir of Shadow Power ID 9301 · Recipe · item level 50 · lowest 3g on 4 realms
Recipe: Ghost Dye ID 9302 · Recipe · item level 49 · lowest 9g on 5 realms
Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold ID 9304 · Recipe · item level 45 · lowest 9g on 4 realms
Recipe: Transmute Mithril to Truesilver ID 9305 · Recipe · item level 45 · lowest 1g on 3 realms
Blue Firework ID 9312 · Consumable · item level 20
Green Firework ID 9313 · Consumable · item level 20
Red Streaks Firework ID 9314 · Consumable · item level 20

Built from Blizzard's Game Data API item documents for this game version and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Across game versions

Item 9303	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	45	45	1
Effects	Use: Teaches you how to make a Philosophers' Stone.	-	-
Sell price	20 silver	20 silver	20 silver

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 13:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 11
Lowest buyout seen: 1 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-10-19 01:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 7,999 gold99 silverEverlook, Ook Ook (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 3,562

US median, latest 54gEU median, latest 115gKR median, latest 300g
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	KR low	KR median	KR realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-03	9 gold	115 gold	4	-	-	-	49 gold99 silver	53 gold96 silver	2
2026-11-02	9 gold	115 gold	4	-	-	-	49 gold99 silver	53 gold96 silver	2
2026-11-01	9 gold	115 gold	4	-	-	-	44 gold9 silver	53 gold96 silver	2
2026-10-31	14 gold99 silver	115 gold	4	300 gold	300 gold	1	44 gold53 silver	44 gold99 silver	2
2026-10-30	19 gold99 silver	115 gold	3	300 gold	300 gold	1	9 gold49 silver	44 gold99 silver	2
2026-10-29	65 gold99 silver	115 gold	3	-	-	-	44 gold99 silver	49 gold99 silver	2
2026-10-28	22 gold99 silver	115 gold	4	-	-	-	5 gold	49 gold99 silver	3

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 4 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	9303
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Alchemy
Item level	45
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	20 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)