MoP Classic item

Recipe: Shadow Oil

Item 6068 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

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 (US 1); the cheapest buyout is 2,196 gold65 silver on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 3 silver75 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm2,196 gold65 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market2,196 gold65 silver

Median min buyout2,196 gold65 silver

Realms with listings1US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 08:29 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	2,196 gold65 silver	2,196 gold65 silver	2	2	2026-11-03 08:29 UTC

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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	-	-	-

Where Recipe: Shadow Oil Fits

Items That Share Recipe: Shadow Oil's Icon

Recipe: Shadow Oil uses the same icon art, which 247 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Recipe: Nature Protection Potion ID 6057 · Recipe · item level 38 · lowest 50g on 4 realms
Recipe: Frost Protection Potion ID 6056 · Recipe · item level 38 · lowest 1g on 2 realms
Recipe: Fire Protection Potion ID 6055 · Recipe · item level 33 · lowest 99g on 1 realm
Recipe: Shadow Protection Potion ID 6054 · Recipe · item level 27 · lowest 25g on 1 realm
Recipe: Holy Protection Potion ID 6053 · Recipe · item level 20 · lowest 82s on 2 realms
Plans: Golden Scale Coif ID 6047 · Recipe · item level 38 · lowest 11g on 4 realms
Recipe: Giant Clam Scorcho ID 6039 · Recipe · item level 35 · lowest 9g on 4 realms
Recipe: Elixir of Ogre's Strength ID 6211 · Recipe · item level 30 · lowest 50g on 2 realms

Items Numbered Next to Recipe: Shadow Oil

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 6068 (6053 to 6098) were usually added in the same batch as Recipe: Shadow Oil: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Recipe: Holy Protection Potion ID 6053 · Recipe · item level 20 · lowest 82s on 2 realms
Recipe: Shadow Protection Potion ID 6054 · Recipe · item level 27 · lowest 25g on 1 realm
Recipe: Fire Protection Potion ID 6055 · Recipe · item level 33 · lowest 99g on 1 realm
Recipe: Frost Protection Potion ID 6056 · Recipe · item level 38 · lowest 1g on 2 realms
Recipe: Nature Protection Potion ID 6057 · Recipe · item level 38 · lowest 50g on 4 realms
Apprentice's Shirt ID 6096 · Armor · lowest 590g on 1 realm
Acolyte's Shirt ID 6097 · Armor · lowest 404g on 1 realm
Neophyte's Robe ID 6098 · Armor - Cloth

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

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: 2026-10-04 17:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 5
Lowest buyout seen: 6 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-10-24 07:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 468,750 goldEverlook, Ook Ook (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 601

US median, latest 2,197gEU median, latest 15,000g
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
2026-11-03	-	-	-	2,196 gold65 silver	2,196 gold65 silver	1
2026-11-02	11,110 gold	15,000 gold	2	2,152 gold71 silver	32,152 gold71 silver	1
2026-11-01	15,000 gold	15,000 gold	1	2,196 gold65 silver	2,196 gold65 silver	1
2026-10-31	15,000 gold	15,000 gold	2	2,196 gold65 silver	2,196 gold65 silver	1
2026-10-30	468,750 gold	468,750 gold	1	2,747 gold65 silver	2,747 gold65 silver	1
2026-10-29	-	-	-	2,747 gold65 silver	2,747 gold65 silver	1
2026-10-28	-	-	-	2,747 gold65 silver	2,747 gold65 silver	1

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 0 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 1 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 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Alchemy
Item level	33
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	3 silver75 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)