A Rare Recipe, item level 30.
On Design: Lightning Forest Emerald's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 2,467,204 gold across its tracked history (Jan 2026 to May 2026), ranging from 2,302,688 gold28 silver to 6,926,907 gold. Only 1 was available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 181% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 2,467,204 gold.
First seen in build 3.80.2.69874 (Wrath of the Lich King).
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 80 and is named Design: Shining Forest Emerald. In MoP Classic it is item level 80.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 30 | Rare | 4g |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 80 | Rare | 4g |
| MoP Classic | 80 | Rare | 4g |
Creates 
Lightning Forest Emerald
Using Design: Lightning Forest Emerald teaches this recipe. The Northrend Jewelcrafting recipe Lightning Forest Emerald takes 1 Forest Emerald.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Design: Lightning Forest Emerald teaches the Northrend Jewelcrafting recipe Lightning Forest Emerald, which makes Lightning Forest Emerald. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 3g 96s. Lightning Forest Emerald lists from 18,888g 59s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 17,940g 20s after the 5% auction cut, a 453,035% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Design: Lightning Forest Emerald itself (120,000g, the lowest of 5 realms listing it) is paid back after 7 crafts. It turns yellow at Northrend Jewelcrafting skill 35 and grey at 65.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Forest Emerald | 1 | 3 gold96 silver | 3 gold96 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 3 gold96 silver | ||
| Lightning Forest Emerald at its lowest listing | 18,888 gold59 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 17,940 gold20 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.
The 10 recipes nearest to Design: Lightning Forest Emerald in required skill among Recipe > Jewelcrafting; 2 of them also come from Wrath of the Lich King.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design: Lightning Forest Emerald (this item) | 15 | 120,000 gold on 5 realms | |
| Design: Resolute Monarch Topaz |  Resolute Monarch Topaz | 15 | 83 gold on 48 realms |
| Design: Thundering Skyflare Diamond |  Thundering Skyflare Diamond | 45 | 100 gold on 51 realms |
 Design: Fractured Gemstone Locket |  Fractured Gemstone Locket | 15 | 5 gold on 82 realms |
| Design: Jeweler's Amber Monocle |  Jeweler's Amber Monocle | 10 | 1,999 gold on 63 realms |
| Design: Jeweler's Sapphire Monocle | Jeweler's Sapphire Monocle | 5 | 1,600 gold on 58 realms |
 Design: Necklace of the Diamond Tower |  Necklace of the Diamond Tower | 5 | 1 gold on 76 realms |
| Design: Jeweler's Ruby Monocle | Jeweler's Ruby Monocle | 1 | 1,900 gold on 54 realms |
| Design: Insightful Blasphemite |  Insightful Blasphemite | 1 | 75 gold on 64 realms |
| Design: Culminating Blasphemite |  Culminating Blasphemite | 1 | 200 gold on 65 realms |
 Design: Guardian's Nightstone | Guardian's Nightstone | 1 | 10 gold on 47 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Design: Necklace of the Diamond Tower at 1 gold in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
1 other item in the current build is also called Design: Lightning Forest Emerald. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.
Design: Lightning Forest Emerald ID 41696 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut a Lightning Forest Emerald."Design: Lightning Forest Emerald uses icon file 134941, which 939 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Design: Misty Forest Emerald ID 41781 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut a Misty Forest Emerald"Design: Purified Twilight Opal ID 41783 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut a Purified Twilight Opal"Design: Champion's Monarch Topaz ID 41780 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut a Champion's Monarch Topaz"Design: Sovereign Twilight Opal ID 41784 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut a Sovereign Twilight Opal"Design: Stalwart Monarch Topaz ID 41779 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut a Stalwart Monarch Topaz"Design: Glinting Twilight Opal ID 41785 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut a Glinting Twilight Opal."Design: Resolute Monarch Topaz ID 41778 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut a Resolute Monarch Topaz"Design: Destructive Skyflare Diamond ID 41786 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut a Destructive Skyflare Diamond"Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 41782 (41777 to 41787) were usually added in the same batch as Design: Lightning Forest Emerald: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Design: Etched Twilight Opal ID 41777 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut an Etched Twilight Opal."Design: Resolute Monarch Topaz ID 41778 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut a Resolute Monarch Topaz"Design: Stalwart Monarch Topaz ID 41779 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut a Stalwart Monarch Topaz"Design: Champion's Monarch Topaz ID 41780 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut a Champion's Monarch Topaz"Design: Misty Forest Emerald ID 41781 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut a Misty Forest Emerald"Design: Purified Twilight Opal ID 41783 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut a Purified Twilight Opal"Design: Sovereign Twilight Opal ID 41784 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut a Sovereign Twilight Opal"Design: Glinting Twilight Opal ID 41785 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut a Glinting Twilight Opal."Design: Destructive Skyflare Diamond ID 41786 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut a Destructive Skyflare Diamond"Design: Thundering Skyflare Diamond ID 41787 · Recipe · item level 30 "Teaches you how to cut a Thundering Skyflare Diamond"The raw ItemSparse values for item 41782 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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