A Rare Recipe, item level 27.
On Design: Brilliant Living Ruby's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 650,000 gold across its tracked history (Jan 2024 to Dec 2025), ranging from 650,000 gold to 1,414,285 gold71 silver. Only 1 was available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 30% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 650,000 gold.
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 70 and is named Design: Teardrop Living Ruby. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 70 and is named Design: Teardrop Living Ruby. In MoP Classic it is item level 70.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 27 | Rare | 3g |
| The Burning Crusade | 70 | Rare | 3g |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 70 | Rare | 3g |
| MoP Classic | 70 | Rare | 3g |
Creates 
Brilliant Living Ruby
Using Design: Brilliant Living Ruby teaches this recipe. The Outland Jewelcrafting recipe Brilliant Living Ruby takes 1 Living Ruby.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Design: Brilliant Living Ruby teaches the Outland Jewelcrafting recipe Brilliant Living Ruby, which makes Brilliant Living Ruby. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 45g 36s. Brilliant Living Ruby lists from 75g 10s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 25g 98s after the 5% auction cut, a 57% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Design: Brilliant Living Ruby itself (455,000g, the lowest of 2 realms listing it) is paid back after 17,511 crafts. It turns yellow at Outland Jewelcrafting skill 50 and grey at 70.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Living Ruby | 1 | 45 gold36 silver | 45 gold36 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 45 gold36 silver | ||
| Brilliant Living Ruby at its lowest listing | 75 gold10 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 25 gold98 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: Brilliant Living Ruby in required skill among Recipe > Jewelcrafting; 6 of them also come from The Burning Crusade.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design: Brilliant Living Ruby (this item) | 350 | 455,000 gold on 2 realms | |
 Design: Amulet of Flowing Life |  Amulet of Flowing Life | 65 | 333 gold on 50 realms |
| Design: Hard Khorium Choker |  Hard Khorium Choker | 65 | 150 gold on 55 realms |
| Design: Bold Living Ruby | Bold Living Ruby | 50 | 4 gold on 48 realms |
| Design: Flashing Living Ruby | Flashing Living Ruby | 50 | 100 gold on 52 realms |
| Design: Shifting Nightseye |  Shifting Nightseye | 50 | 356 gold on 48 realms |
| Design: Veiled Nightseye | Veiled Nightseye | 50 | 40 gold on 55 realms |
 Ancient Design: Square Holders |  Square Holders | 300 | 8,570 gold on 64 realms |
| Ancient Design: Gem of the Nerubians |  Gem of the Nerubians | 300 | 5,000 gold on 49 realms |
| Ancient Design: Frostwyrm's Frigid Stare |  Frostwyrm's Frigid Stare | 300 | 3,797 gold on 54 realms |
 Design: Emerald Owl |  Figurine - Emerald Owl | 285 | 1 gold on 53 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Design: Emerald Owl at 1 gold in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
3 other items in the current build are also called Design: Brilliant Living Ruby. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.
Design: Brilliant Living Ruby ID 24196 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Brilliant Living Ruby."Design: Brilliant Living Ruby ID 24203 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Brilliant Living Ruby."Design: Brilliant Living Ruby ID 35305 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Brilliant Living Ruby."Design: Brilliant Living Ruby uses icon file 134941, which 939 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Design: Delicate Living Ruby ID 24194 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Delicate Living Ruby."Design: Brilliant Living Ruby ID 24196 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Brilliant Living Ruby."Design: Bold Living Ruby ID 24193 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Bold Living Ruby."Design: Subtle Dawnstone ID 24197 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Subtle Dawnstone."Design: Delicate Living Ruby ID 24192 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Delicate Living Ruby."Design: Flashing Living Ruby ID 24198 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Flashing Living Ruby."Design: Solid Star of Elune ID 24199 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Solid Star of Elune."Design: Sparkling Star of Elune ID 24200 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Sparkling Star of Elune."Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 24195 (24189 to 24200) were usually added in the same batch as Design: Brilliant Living Ruby: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Crystalline Fragments ID 24189 · Miscellaneous
Iron Powder ID 24190 · Miscellaneous · item level 13Design: Delicate Living Ruby ID 24192 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Delicate Living Ruby."Design: Bold Living Ruby ID 24193 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Bold Living Ruby."Design: Delicate Living Ruby ID 24194 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Delicate Living Ruby."Design: Brilliant Living Ruby ID 24196 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Brilliant Living Ruby."Design: Subtle Dawnstone ID 24197 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Subtle Dawnstone."Design: Flashing Living Ruby ID 24198 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Flashing Living Ruby."Design: Solid Star of Elune ID 24199 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Solid Star of Elune."Design: Sparkling Star of Elune ID 24200 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to cut a Sparkling Star of Elune."The raw ItemSparse values for item 24195 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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