A Common Trade Goods, item level 10. Crafted with Light Illusion Dust.
Light Illusion Dust is listed at 50 silver in the latest US region commodity Auction House snapshot, about 22% below its typical price of 64 silver32 copper. Across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jul 2026) it has ranged from 17 silver13 copper to 1 gold80 silver. About 56,216 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 22% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 64 silver32 copper.
| Crafted | Light Illusion Dust | Recipe |
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First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Turn three light illusion dust into one rich dust.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In WoW Forever it is item level 55, sells to vendors for 1c and is named Illusion Dust. In Classic Era it is item level 55 and is named Illusion Dust. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 55 and is named Illusion Dust. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 55 and is named Illusion Dust. In MoP Classic it is item level 55 and is named Illusion Dust.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 10 | Common | - |
| WoW Forever | 55 | Common | 1c |
| Classic Era | 55 | Common | - |
| The Burning Crusade | 55 | Common | - |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 55 | Common | - |
| MoP Classic | 55 | Common | - |
The 25 recipes below use Light Illusion Dust, across Classic Enchanting (23) and Classic Jewelcrafting (1). The largest single use is 6 for Lesser Protection.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
The 10 items nearest to Light Illusion Dust among Trade Goods > Enchanting; 9 of them also come from Classic.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light Illusion Dust (this item) | 10 | Used in 36 recipes, including Lesser Mystic Wand and Greater Mystic Wand; Use: Rich Illusion Dust | 53 silver |
 Strange Dust | 10 | Used in 15 recipes (Classic Enchanting), including Runed Copper Rod and Minor Wizard Oil | 90 silver |
 Rich Illusion Dust | 10 | Used in 43 recipes, including Enchanted Thorium Bar and Greater Arcane Protection Potion; Use: Light Illusion Dust | 1 gold |
 Lesser Magic Essence | 10 | Used in 10 recipes (Classic Enchanting), including Runed Copper Rod and Lesser Magic Wand; Use: Greater Magic Essence | 94 silver |
 Greater Magic Essence | 10 | Used in 7 recipes (Classic Enchanting), including Greater Magic Wand; Use: Lesser Magic Essence | 1 gold |
 Lesser Eternal Essence | 10 | Used in 26 recipes (Classic Enchanting), including Lesser Mystic Wand and Greater Mystic Wand; Use: Greater Eternal Essence | 11 gold |
 Greater Eternal Essence | 10 | Used in 36 recipes, including Enchanted Leather and Enchanted Runecloth Bag; Use: Lesser Eternal Essence | 14 gold |
 Small Brilliant Shard | 10 | Used in 14 recipes (Classic Enchanting) | 34 silver |
 Large Brilliant Shard | 10 | Used in 48 recipes, including Smoking Heart of the Mountain and Bottomless Bag | 6 silver |
 Sha Crystal Fragment | 32 | Use: Create Sha Crystal | 4 gold |
 Arcane Dust | 15 | Crafted with Outland Enchanting; Used in 50 recipes, including Bolt of Imbued Netherweave and Arcanoweave Bracers | 5 gold |
The lowest listed price among them is Large Brilliant Shard at 6 silver in the US Auction House.
Light Illusion Dust has a current Auction House listing in 2 regions. The lowest listed price is in United States.
| Region | Lowest Listed Price | Listed On | Cheapest Realms |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 53 silver | Region-wide | |
| Europe | 85 silver | Region-wide |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Light Illusion Dust uses icon file 133852, which 12 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:
Rina's Diminution Powder ID 30251 · QuestDarkclaw Guano ID 33084 · Quest "Ammonia, uric, phosphoric, oxalic, and carbonic acids. Mmm, all the good stuff!"Bileberry Smelling Salts ID 57325 · Armor · item level 35Red Ash ID 71375 · Miscellaneous "Ingredient in certain types of plant food."Handful of Duskwing Dust ID 108645 · Quest "The fine dust from the wings shimmers in your hands."Pile of Elemental Ash ID 110438 · Quest "The remains of a lava elemental whose magic has been completely used up."Snagwood Spice ID 150371 · Quest "The heat of the desert has staved off decay, preserving the rich spice beneath the bark."Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 16204 (16189 to 16209) were usually added in the same batch as Light Illusion Dust: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Maggran's Reserve Letter ID 16189 · Quest
Bloodfury Ripper's Remains ID 16190 · Quest
Besseleth's Fang ID 16192 · QuestLesser Eternal Essence ID 16202 · Trade Goods · item level 10Greater Eternal Essence ID 16203 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Gaea Seed ID 16205 · Quest
Arcanite Rod ID 16206 · Trade Goods · item level 23
Runed Arcanite Rod ID 16207 · Profession · item level 24 "Can also serve as any lesser runed enchanting rod."Enchanted Gaea Seeds ID 16208 · Quest
Morris's Order ID 16209 · QuestThe raw ItemSparse values for item 16204 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Light Illusion Dust 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 Light Illusion Dust 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 Light Illusion Dust
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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