A Common Recipe, item level 1.
On Formula: Minor Wizard Oil's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 149 gold16 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 14 gold74 silver to 4,030 gold60 silver. About 6 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 92% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 149 gold16 silver.
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Creates Minor Wizard Oil.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In WoW Forever it is item level 15. In Classic Era it is item level 15. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 15. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 15. In MoP Classic it is item level 15.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Common | 1s 25c |
| WoW Forever | 15 | Common | 1s 25c |
| Classic Era | 15 | Common | 1s 25c |
| The Burning Crusade | 15 | Common | 1s 25c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 15 | Common | 1s 25c |
| MoP Classic | 15 | Common | 1s 25c |
Creates 
Minor Wizard Oil
Using Formula: Minor Wizard Oil teaches this recipe. The Classic Enchanting recipe Minor Wizard Oil takes 2 Strange Dust and 1 Crystal Vial.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Formula: Minor Wizard Oil teaches the Classic Enchanting recipe Minor Wizard Oil, which makes Minor Wizard Oil. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 59s, and Strange Dust is the largest share at 98%. It turns yellow at Classic Enchanting skill 55 and grey at 75.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Strange Dust | 2 | 29 silver | 58 silver |
 Crystal Vial | 1 | 1 silver | 1 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 59 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.
Formula: Minor Wizard Oil uses icon file 134327, which 256 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Formula: Brilliant Mana Oil ID 20757 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to create Brilliant Mana Oil."Formula: Brilliant Wizard Oil ID 20756 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to create Brilliant Wizard Oil."Formula: Wizard Oil ID 20755 · Recipe "Teaches you how to create Wizard Oil."Formula: Lesser Mana Oil ID 20754 · Recipe "Teaches you how to create Lesser Mana Oil."Formula: Lesser Wizard Oil ID 20753 · Recipe "Teaches you how to create Lesser Wizard Oil."Formula: Minor Mana Oil ID 20752 · Recipe "Teaches you how to create Minor Mana Oil."Formula: Enchant Cloak - Dodge ID 20736 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to perform the Dodge enchantment on cloaks."Formula: Enchant Cloak - Subtlety ID 20735 · Recipe · item level 27 "Teaches you how to perform the Subtlety enchantment on cloaks."Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 20758 (20753 to 20764) were usually added in the same batch as Formula: Minor Wizard Oil: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Formula: Lesser Wizard Oil ID 20753 · Recipe "Teaches you how to create Lesser Wizard Oil."Formula: Lesser Mana Oil ID 20754 · Recipe "Teaches you how to create Lesser Mana Oil."Formula: Wizard Oil ID 20755 · Recipe "Teaches you how to create Wizard Oil."Formula: Brilliant Wizard Oil ID 20756 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to create Brilliant Wizard Oil."Formula: Brilliant Mana Oil ID 20757 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to create Brilliant Mana Oil."
Otembe's Hammer ID 20759 · Quest
Chieftain Zul'Marosh's Head ID 20760 · Quest
Recipe: Transmute Elemental Fire ID 20761 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to transmute a Heart of Fire into three Elemental Fires."
Broken Weapon ID 20763 · Miscellaneous
Prospector Anvilward's Head ID 20764 · QuestThe raw ItemSparse values for item 20758 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Formula: Minor Wizard Oil 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 Formula: Minor Wizard Oil next to the live retail market on this page.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Formula: Minor Wizard Oil
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
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