MoP Classic item

Recipe: Transmute Life to Earth

Item 13488 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.69585

Item Level 55
Requires Alchemy (275)
Transmutes Living Essence into Earth.
"Teaches you how to transmute Living Essence into Essence of Earth."
Sell Price: 37 silver50 copper

About Recipe: Transmute Life to Earth

Recipe: Transmute Life to Earth is an uncommon Alchemy recipe on MoP Classic at item level 55. It teaches Essence of Earth, made from 1 Living Essence; learning it takes Alchemy skill 275. 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 2 MoP Classic realms (EU 2); the cheapest buyout is 125 gold99 silver on Flamegor (EU). A vendor pays 37 silver50 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm125 gold99 silverFlamegor (EU)

Typical market (EU)562 gold99 silver

Median min buyout562 gold99 silver

Realms with listings2EU 2

Latest snapshot2026-09-19 14:13 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
FlamegorEU · Russian	125 gold99 silver	125 gold99 silver	3	3	2026-09-19 14:13 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	999 gold99 silver	999 gold99 silver	1	1	2026-09-19 14:13 UTC

Crafting

Teaches

Essence of Earth

Requires Alchemy (275)

Reagents

1x Living Essence

Reagent cost on MoP Classic

Living Essence has no current listing in our MoP Classic scans, so the reagent total is not known.
Essence of Earth is item level 55.
Essence of Earth is itself a reagent in Plans: Thorium Shield Spike, Plans: Stronghold Gauntlets, Plans: Hammer of the Titans, Plans: Masterwork Stormhammer, Recipe: Transmute Earth to Life, Pattern: Robe of the Archmage.
Essence of Earth has no current listing in our MoP Classic scans.
Living Essence is also a reagent in 10 other MoP Classic recipe items: Pattern: Chimeric Boots, Pattern: Chimeric Gloves, Pattern: Chimeric Leggings, Pattern: Chimeric Vest, Pattern: Living Breastplate, Pattern: Living Leggings and 4 more.
Other Alchemy recipes near skill 275 in our MoP Classic item table, which holds 75 Alchemy recipe items: Recipe: Superior Mana Potion (260), Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense (265), 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 Undeath to Water (275), Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath (275), Recipe: Elixir of the Mongoose (280), Recipe: Greater Stoneshield Potion (280), Recipe: Purification Potion (285).

Reagent	Qty	Lowest listed	Median realm low	Realms
Living Essence	1	-	-	-

Across game versions

Item 13488	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	55	55	1
Effects	Use: Teaches you how to transmute Living Essence into Essence of Earth.	Transmutes Living Essence into Earth.	-
Sell price	37 silver50 copper	37 silver50 copper	37 silver50 copper

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-08-27 21:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 5
Lowest buyout seen: 9 gold99 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-08-31 15:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 49,999 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 887

US median, latest 15,117gEU median, latest 126g
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	10 gold	125 gold99 silver	3	-	-	-
2026-09-18	125 gold99 silver	125 gold99 silver	2	15,116 gold90 silver	15,116 gold90 silver	1
2026-09-17	125 gold99 silver	998 gold99 silver	2	15,116 gold91 silver	15,116 gold91 silver	1
2026-09-16	125 gold99 silver	125 gold99 silver	2	-	-	-
2026-09-15	125 gold99 silver	125 gold99 silver	2	-	-	-
2026-09-14	125 gold99 silver	125 gold99 silver	2	-	-	-
2026-09-13	125 gold99 silver	777 gold	2	-	-	-

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 2 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	13488
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.69585)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Alchemy
Item level	55
Vendor sell	37 silver50 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)