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Midnight Ink

Item Level 10
Trade Goods
Sell price: 5 silver
Current price 6 gold15 silver
Verified
All-Time typical 9 gold89 silver
38% below typical-4% over 7 days
US Region (Commodity) Inscription

A Common Trade Goods, item level 10. Crafted with Midnight Ink.

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Midnight Ink Price History

US Region (Commodity)

Midnight Ink is listed at 6 gold15 silver in the latest US region commodity Auction House snapshot, about 38% below its typical price of 9 gold89 silver. Across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jul 2026) it has ranged from 3 gold23 silver to 33 gold54 silver. About 947 were available in the latest snapshot.

The current lowest price is 38% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 9 gold89 silver.

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Where it comes from
CraftedMidnight InkRecipe
Build history

First seen in build 3.80.2.69874 (Wrath of the Lich King).

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Other versions
Across game versions
VersionItem levelQualitySells for
Retail (Midnight)10Common5s
Wrath of the Lich King10Common5s
MoP Classic10Common5s
Midnight Ink Game Data

Crafted By

Midnight Ink Classic Inscription

The Classic Inscription recipe Midnight Ink takes 2 Dusky Pigment.

Used In

The 10 recipes below use Midnight Ink, across Classic Inscription (9). The largest single use is 3 for Glyph of Lingering Ancestors.

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Midnight Ink Crafting Costs

Cost to Craft: Midnight Ink

At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 5g 86s. Midnight Ink lists from 6g 15s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 1s 75c less than its reagents cost, after the 5% auction cut. The recipe Midnight Ink turns yellow at Classic Inscription skill 75 and grey at 80.

ReagentNeededLowest listedCost
Dusky Pigment22 gold93 silver5 gold86 silver
Reagents for one craft5 gold86 silver
Midnight Ink at its lowest listing6 gold15 silver
Return after the 5% auction cut−1 silver75 copper

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.

How Midnight Ink Compares

Similar Items

The 10 items nearest to Midnight Ink among Trade Goods > Inscription, all from Classic like Midnight Ink.

ItemItem LevelDetailsLowest Listed Price
Midnight Ink (this item)10Crafted with Classic Inscription; Used in 9 recipes (Classic Inscription), including Scroll of Intellect II and Scroll of Versatility II6 gold
Alabaster Pigment10Used in Moonglow Ink (Classic Inscription)2 gold
Dusky Pigment10Used in Midnight Ink (Classic Inscription)2 gold
Golden Pigment10Used in Lion's Ink (Classic Inscription)6 gold
Emerald Pigment10Used in Jadefire Ink (Classic Inscription)20 gold
Violet Pigment10Used in Celestial Ink (Classic Inscription)8 gold
Silvery Pigment10Used in Shimmering Ink (Classic Inscription)47 silver
Moonglow Ink10Crafted with Classic Inscription; Used in 11 recipes (Classic Inscription), including Scroll of Stamina and Scroll of Intellect6 gold
Lion's Ink10Crafted with Classic Inscription; Used in 4 recipes (Classic Inscription), including Glyph of the Geist and Glyph of the Blazing Trail16 gold
Jadefire Ink10Crafted with Classic Inscription; Used in 11 recipes (Classic Inscription), including Scroll of Intellect III and Scroll of Versatility III48 gold
Celestial Ink10Crafted with Classic Inscription; Used in 10 recipes (Classic Inscription), including Scroll of Intellect IV and Scroll of Versatility IV24 gold

The lowest listed price among them is Silvery Pigment at 47 silver in the US Auction House.

Across Regions

Midnight Ink has a current Auction House listing in 2 regions. The lowest listed price is in Europe.

RegionLowest Listed PriceListed OnCheapest Realms
Europe4 goldRegion-wide
United States6 goldRegion-wide

Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Where Midnight Ink Fits

Items That Share Midnight Ink's Icon

Midnight Ink uses icon file 237054, which 1 other item also uses. The 1 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Midnight Ink

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 39774 (39769 to 39779) were usually added in the same batch as Midnight Ink: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Midnight Ink Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 39774 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
20 silver
Vendor sell price
5 silver
Stacks to
1,000
Material
Liquid
Flags
0 / -2147475456 / 0 / 16384 / 0

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.