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 4g 87s. Shifting Shadow Draenite lists from 12g 15s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 6g 67s after the 5% auction cut, a 137% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Design: Shifting Shadow Draenite itself (5,167,523g) is paid back after 774,451 crafts. It turns yellow at Outland Jewelcrafting skill 15 and grey at 55.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Shadow Draenite | 1 | 4 gold87 silver | 4 gold87 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 4 gold87 silver | ||
| Shifting Shadow Draenite at its lowest listing | 12 gold15 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 6 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.
The 10 recipes nearest to Design: Shifting Shadow Draenite in required skill among Recipe > Jewelcrafting; 9 of them also come from The Burning Crusade.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design: Shifting Shadow Draenite (this item) | 325 | 5,167,523 gold on 1 realm | |
 Design: Thundering Skyfire Diamond |  Thundering Skyfire Diamond | 65 | 60 gold on 53 realms |
 Design: Pendant of Sunfire |  Pendant of Sunfire | 65 | 315 gold on 47 realms |
| Design: Amulet of Flowing Life | Amulet of Flowing Life | 65 | 333 gold on 52 realms |
| Design: Hard Khorium Choker |  Hard Khorium Choker | 65 | 150 gold on 53 realms |
| Design: Delicate Eternium Ring |  Delicate Eternium Ring | 55 | 577 gold on 49 realms |
| Design: Flashing Living Ruby |  Flashing Living Ruby | 50 | 50 gold on 49 realms |
| Design: Reckless Noble Topaz |  Reckless Noble Topaz | 50 | 4 gold on 48 realms |
| Design: Jagged Talasite |  Jagged Talasite | 50 | 357 gold on 47 realms |
| Design: Veiled Nightseye |  Veiled Nightseye | 50 | 40 gold on 52 realms |
 Ancient Design: Square Holders |  Square Holders | 300 | 6,946 gold on 66 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Design: Reckless Noble Topaz at 4 gold in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
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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