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Tainted Vial
Item Level 15Trade Goods
Sell price: 2 silver50 copper
Current price
500 gold4 silver
A Poor Trade Goods, item level 15.
- Today's price is on the high side: only 0% of recorded snapshots were pricier.AH scan
Tainted Vial Price History
US Region (Commodity)Supply & Availability
US Region (Commodity)40Units listed
2Sellers
500 gold4 silverCheapest now
Thin supply
Tainted Vial is listed at 500 gold4 silver in the latest US region commodity Auction House snapshot, about 90% below its 30-day median of 4,900 gold4 silver. Over the last 30 days it has ranged from 80 gold14 silver to 49,999 gold94 silver, a wide spread for a 30-day window. About 40 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 90% below typical, against a 30D typical of 4,900 gold4 silver.
Background
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
In WoW Forever it is item level 35, Common quality, sells to vendors for 1s 25c and is named Crystal Vial. In Classic Era it is item level 35, Common quality, sells to vendors for 1s 25c and is named Crystal Vial. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 35, Common quality, sells to vendors for 1s 25c and is named Crystal Vial. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 35, Common quality, sells to vendors for 1s 25c and is named Crystal Vial. In MoP Classic it is item level 35.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 15 | Poor | 2s 50c |
| WoW Forever | 35 | Common | 1s 25c |
| Classic Era | 35 | Common | 1s 25c |
| The Burning Crusade | 35 | Common | 1s 25c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 35 | Common | 1s 25c |
| MoP Classic | 35 | Poor | 2s 50c |
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Tainted Vial among Trade Goods > Other, all from Classic like Tainted Vial.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tainted Vial (this item) | 15 | 500 gold | |
 Common Parchment | 17 | 30,097 gold | |
 Big-Mouth Clam | 17 | 12 gold | |
 Cracked Vial | 11 | 99 gold | |
 Large Venom Sac | 10 | Used in Potion of Curing and Strong Anti-Venom (Classic Alchemy) | 2 silver |
 Small Venom Sac | 10 | Used in Anti-Venom (Classic Alchemy) | 1 gold |
 Bleach | 10 | Used in 11 recipes, including White Linen Shirt and Phoenix Gloves | 1 silver |
 Mild Spices | 10 | Used in Spice Bread and Delicious Chocolate Cake (Classic Cooking) | 1 silver |
 Weak Flux | 10 | Used in 13 recipes (Classic Blacksmithing), including Bronze Shortsword and Heavy Copper Broadsword | 2 silver |
| Discolored Worg Heart | 10 | Used in Discolored Healing Potion (Classic Alchemy) | 1,481 gold |
 Strong Flux | 10 | Used in 15 recipes (Classic Blacksmithing), including Deadly Bronze Poniard and Heavy Bronze Mace | 15 silver |
The lowest listed price among them is Bleach at 1 silver in the US Auction House.
Across Regions
Tainted Vial has a current Auction House listing in 2 regions. The lowest listed price is in Europe.
| Region | Lowest Listed Price | Listed On | Cheapest Realms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 450 gold | Region-wide | |
| United States | 500 gold | Region-wide |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Items That Share Tainted Vial's Icon
Tainted Vial uses icon file 134867, which 9 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
- Untapped Dowsing Widget ID 8584 · Quest
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- Shimmering Vessel ID 24157 · Quest "A delicate container made of an indistinguishable material."
- Flat Widget ID 49459 · Quest
- Progressive Widget ID 49460 · Quest
- Furnace Flasks ID 62826 · Quest "Made of specially-tempered glass. Able to withstand incredible amounts of heat."
- Brilliant Vial ID 150747 · Miscellaneous · item level 45
- Arathor Single Cask ID 163639 · Consumable · item level 47 "Bottled from the only cask remaining from the ancient Empire of Arathor, this spirit's age is impossible to..."
Items Numbered Next to Tainted Vial
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 8925 (8923 to 8932) were usually added in the same batch as Tainted Vial: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Essence of Agony ID 8923 · Miscellaneous · item level 21 "Used by rogues to brew poison."- Dust of Deterioration ID 8924 · Miscellaneous · item level 13 "Used by rogues to brew poison."
Empty Poison Vial ID 8926 · Consumable · item level 19 "A leftover poison vial, predating Rogues' discovery of replenishable toxin pouches."- Empty Poison Vial ID 8927 · Consumable · item level 22 "A leftover poison vial, predating Rogues' discovery of replenishable toxin pouches."
- Empty Poison Vial ID 8928 · Consumable · item level 25 "A leftover poison vial, predating Rogues' discovery of replenishable toxin pouches."
Alterac Swiss ID 8932 · Consumable · item level 20
Tainted Vial Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 8925 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 50 silver
- Vendor sell price
- 2 silver50 copper
- Stacks to
- 20
- Material
- Liquid
- Flags
- 0 / 24576 / 0 / 16384 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Tainted Vial in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Tainted Vial is in the Classic Era game data, the era World of Warcraft: Forever is built on. Blizzard describes Forever as vanilla World of Warcraft plussed up: its story sits in year one, characters level to 60 and stay there, and it launches November 4, 2026. Blizzard has not said which vanilla items appear in Forever, so nothing here is a Forever claim; it is the Classic Era record for Tainted Vial next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Tainted Vial in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Tainted Vial is a Classic Era item and Forever is built on vanilla World of Warcraft with its story set in year one and a level 60 cap, so this page tracks it. Forever launches November 4, 2026.
- What level is Tainted Vial in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Tainted Vial is Common quality, item level 35 with no level requirement.
- What does Tainted Vial sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 1s 25c for one Tainted Vial in Classic Era; it stacks to 20.
- What is Tainted Vial used for in WoW Classic?
- Tainted Vial is a reagent in 60 Classic Era recipes, including Arcane Elixir, Atrophic Poison, Conductive Shield Coating, Crippling Poison II and 56 more.
- How much is Tainted Vial on the auction house right now?
- 500g 4s on the US region auction house, on live retail servers, from the latest Blizzard auction house snapshot. Blizzard publishes no Classic Era auction house feed, and Forever has not launched, so those two have no price here yet.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Tainted Vial
WoW Forever: what our data shows
- Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client
- Build 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
- Also in the Classic Era client
- Yes - this item is in the Classic Era client's data too
- Listed as
- Crystal Vial
A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4