An Uncommon Recipe, item level 1.
On Design: Shifting Shadow Draenite's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 1,231,250 gold26 silver across its tracked history (Jan 2024 to Dec 2025), ranging from 219,999 gold to 9,999,999 gold26 silver. Only 1 was available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 320% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 1,231,250 gold26 silver.
First seen in build 2.5.6.69795 (The Burning Crusade).
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In The Burning Crusade it is item level 65 and is named Design: Balanced Shadow Draenite. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 65 and is named Design: Balanced Shadow Draenite. In MoP Classic it is item level 65.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Uncommon | 1g 50s |
| The Burning Crusade | 65 | Uncommon | 1g 50s |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 65 | Uncommon | 1g 50s |
| MoP Classic | 65 | Uncommon | 1g 50s |
Creates 
Shifting Shadow Draenite
Using Design: Shifting Shadow Draenite teaches this recipe. The Outland Jewelcrafting recipe Shifting Shadow Draenite takes 1 Shadow Draenite.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Design: Shifting Shadow Draenite teaches the Outland Jewelcrafting recipe Shifting Shadow Draenite, which makes Shifting Shadow Draenite. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 1g. Shifting Shadow Draenite lists from 4g 92s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 3g 67s after the 5% auction cut, a 367% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Design: Shifting Shadow Draenite itself (5,167,523g) is paid back after 1,406,512 crafts. It turns yellow at Outland Jewelcrafting skill 15 and grey at 55.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Shadow Draenite | 1 | 1 gold | 1 gold |
| Reagents for one craft | 1 gold | ||
| Shifting Shadow Draenite at its lowest listing | 4 gold92 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 3 gold67 silver | ||
Prices are the lowest listed prices in the latest US Auction House snapshot, not sales. Recipes, reagents, yields and skill levels come from the World of Warcraft client build files.
2 other items in the current build are also called Design: Shifting Shadow Draenite. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.
Design: Shifting Shadow Draenite ID 23146 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cut a Shifting Shadow Draenite."Design: Shifting Shadow Draenite ID 31872 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cut a Shifting Shadow Draenite."Design: Shifting Shadow Draenite uses icon file 134942, which 554 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Design: Rigid Azure Moonstone ID 31870 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cut a Rigid Azure Moonstone."Design: Shifting Shadow Draenite ID 31872 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cut a Shifting Shadow Draenite."Design: Veiled Shadow Draenite ID 31873 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cut a Veiled Shadow Draenite."Design: Deadly Flame Spessarite ID 31874 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cut a Deadly Flame Spessarite."Meeting Note ID 31740 · QuestDesign: Regal Deep Peridot ID 31359 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cut a Regal Deep Peridot."Recipe: Flask of Distilled Wisdom ID 31356 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to make a Flask of Distilled Wisdom."Recipe: Flask of Supreme Power ID 31355 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to make a Flask of Supreme Power."Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 31871 (31866 to 31876) were usually added in the same batch as Design: Shifting Shadow Draenite: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Veiled Shadow Draenite ID 31866 · Gem · item level 25 "Matches any socket."
Veiled Nightseye ID 31867 · Gem · item level 27 "Matches any socket."
Deadly Noble Topaz ID 31868 · Gem · item level 27 "Matches any socket."
Deadly Flame Spessarite ID 31869 · Gem · item level 25 "Matches any socket."Design: Rigid Azure Moonstone ID 31870 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cut a Rigid Azure Moonstone."Design: Shifting Shadow Draenite ID 31872 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cut a Shifting Shadow Draenite."Design: Veiled Shadow Draenite ID 31873 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cut a Veiled Shadow Draenite."Design: Deadly Flame Spessarite ID 31874 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cut a Deadly Flame Spessarite."
Design: Rigid Star of Elune ID 31875 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Rigid Star of Elune."Design: Shifting Nightseye ID 31876 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Shifting Nightseye."The raw ItemSparse values for item 31871 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
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