MoP Classic item

Recipe: Shadow Oil

Item 6068 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.69585

Item Level 33
Requires Alchemy (165)
"Teaches you how to make Shadow Oil."
Sell Price: 3 silver75 copper

About Recipe: Shadow Oil

Recipe: Shadow Oil is a common Alchemy recipe on MoP Classic at item level 33. It teaches Shadow Oil, made from 2 Grave Moss and 1 Crystal Vial; learning it takes Alchemy skill 165. Other alchemy recipes listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Recipe: Fire Protection Potion, Recipe: Elixir of Fortitude and Recipe: Great Rage Potion. The latest scan finds it on 1 MoP Classic realm (EU 1); the cheapest buyout is 15 gold on Everlook, Ook Ook (EU). A vendor pays 3 silver75 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm15 goldEverlook, Ook Ook (EU)

Typical market (EU)15 gold

Median min buyout15 gold

Realms with listings1EU 1

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

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active	15 gold	15 gold	1	1	2026-09-19 05:13 UTC

Crafting

Teaches

Shadow Oil

Requires Alchemy (165)

Reagents

2x Grave Moss
1x Crystal Vial

Reagent cost on MoP Classic

Grave Moss and Crystal Vial have no current listing in our MoP Classic scans, so the reagent total is not known.
Shadow Oil is item level 34, usable from level 24. Its own tooltip reads: Use: When applied to a melee weapon it gives a 15% chance of casting Shadow Bolt at the opponent when it hits. Lasts 30 minutes. Cannot be applied to items higher than level 165. (1 Sec Cooldown).
Shadow Oil is itself a reagent in Plans: Shadow Crescent Axe, Pattern: Guardian Armor, Pattern: Shadow Hood, Recipe: Greater Shadow Protection Potion, Design: Wicked Moonstone Ring.
Shadow Oil has no current listing in our MoP Classic scans.
Grave Moss is also a reagent in 1 other MoP Classic recipe item: Recipe: Shadow Protection 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 165 in our MoP Classic item table, which holds 75 Alchemy recipe items: Recipe: Shadow Protection Potion (135), Recipe: Elixir of Lesser Agility (140), Recipe: Elixir of Ogre's Strength (150), Recipe: Free Action Potion (150), Recipe: Fire Protection Potion (165), Recipe: Elixir of Fortitude (175), Recipe: Great Rage Potion (175), Recipe: Major Troll's Blood Elixir (180), Recipe: Elixir of Frost Power (190), Recipe: Frost Protection Potion (190), Recipe: Nature Protection Potion (190), Recipe: Elixir of Detect Lesser Invisibility (195).

Reagent	Qty	Lowest listed	Median realm low	Realms
Grave Moss	2	-	-	-
Crystal Vial	1	-	-	-

Across game versions

Item 6068	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	33	33	1
Effects	Use: Teaches you how to make Shadow Oil.	-	-
Sell price	3 silver75 copper	3 silver75 copper	3 silver75 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: 77 silverBloodsail Buccaneers (US), 2026-09-09 17:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 468,750 goldEverlook, Ook Ook (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 825

US median, latest 1,300gEU median, latest 15g
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	15 gold	15 gold	1	1,300 gold	1,300 gold	1
2026-09-18	15 gold	15 gold	2	1,300 gold	1,300 gold	1
2026-09-17	468,750 gold	468,750 gold	1	500 gold	1,300 gold	1
2026-09-16	300 gold	300 gold	2	1,121 gold39 silver	1,121 gold39 silver	1
2026-09-15	300 gold	450 gold	2	1,121 gold39 silver	1,121 gold39 silver	1
2026-09-14	450 gold	450 gold	1	-	-	-
2026-09-13	5 gold	450 gold	2	1,120 gold	1,120 gold	1

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 0 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	6068
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.69585)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Alchemy
Item level	33
Vendor sell	3 silver75 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)