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Mysterious Essence
Item Level 30Trade Goods
Current price
52 silver
An Uncommon Trade Goods, item level 30. Crafted with Lesser Mysterious Essence.
- Right now 31,788 units listed across 11 price tiers.AH scan
- Listings are down 38% from their 7 day average (31,788 vs 51,057 units).AH scan
- Today's price is on the high side: only 2% of recorded snapshots were pricier.AH scan
Mysterious Essence Price History
US Region (Commodity)Supply & Availability
US Region (Commodity)31,788Units listed
180Sellers
52 silverCheapest now
Deep supply
Mysterious Essence is listed at 52 silver in the latest US region commodity Auction House snapshot, about 82% above its typical price of 28 silver61 copper. Across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jul 2026) it has ranged from 18 silver55 copper to 1 gold38 silver. About 31,788 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 82% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 28 silver61 copper.
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| Crafted | Lesser Mysterious Essence | Recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Crafted | Mysterious Essence | Recipe |
| Crafted | Ethereal Shatter | Recipe |
First seen in build 5.5.4.69585 (Mists of Pandaria).
- Used in 19 recipes across Enchanting: Elemental Force, Ethereal Shard, Glorious Stats and more.crafting
In MoP Classic it is item level 87.
| Version | Item level | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 30 | Uncommon |
| MoP Classic | 87 | Uncommon |
Crafted By
The Pandaria Enchanting recipe Mysterious Essence takes 5 Spirit Dust.
The Pandaria Enchanting recipe Ethereal Shatter takes 1 Ethereal Shard.
Used In
The 21 recipes below use Mysterious Essence, across Pandaria Enchanting (19). The largest single use is 50 for River's Song.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Cost to Craft: Mysterious Essence
At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 15s. Mysterious Essence lists from 52s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 34s 40c after the 5% auction cut, a 229% margin over its reagents. The recipe Mysterious Essence turns yellow at Pandaria Enchanting skill 1 and grey at 5.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Spirit Dust | 5 | 3 silver | 15 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 15 silver | ||
| Mysterious Essence at its lowest listing | 52 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 34 silver40 copper | ||
What Else the Reagents Make
- Spirit Dust goes into 14 other recipes in Enchanting, including Dancing Steel, Windsong, Major Dodge and Accuracy. It is itself made by the recipe Mysterious Diffusion.
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.
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Mysterious Essence among Trade Goods > Enchanting; 4 of them also come from Mists of Pandaria.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mysterious Essence (this item) | 30 | Crafted with Pandaria Enchanting; Used in 19 recipes (Pandaria Enchanting), including Ethereal Shard and Spirit Dust | 52 silver |
 Ethereal Shard | 30 | Crafted with Pandaria Enchanting; Used in 9 recipes (Pandaria Enchanting), including Sha Crystal and Mysterious Essence | 75 silver |
| Spirit Dust | 30 | Crafted with Pandaria Enchanting; Used in 16 recipes (Pandaria Enchanting), including Mysterious Essence | 3 silver |
 Small Ethereal Shard | 30 | Use: Create Ethereal Shard | 43 silver |
 Sha Crystal | 30 | Crafted with Pandaria Enchanting; Used in 9 recipes (Pandaria Enchanting), including Ethereal Shard and Tome of Illusions: Pandaria | 3 gold |
 Titanium Powder | 30 | 279 gold | |
 Sha Crystal Fragment | 32 | Use: Create Sha Crystal | 6 gold |
 Lesser Celestial Essence | 25 | Used in 6 recipes (Cataclysm Enchanting); Use: Greater Celestial Essence | 4 gold |
 Greater Celestial Essence | 25 | Used in 31 recipes (Cataclysm Enchanting), including Magic Lamp; Use: Lesser Celestial Essence | 9 gold |
 Hypnotic Dust | 25 | Used in 45 recipes, including Rhinestone Sunglasses and Embersilk Bag | 8 gold |
 Small Heavenly Shard | 25 | Use: Create Heavenly Shard | 41 silver |
The lowest listed price among them is Spirit Dust at 3 silver in the US Auction House.
Across Regions
Mysterious Essence has a current Auction House listing in 2 regions. The lowest listed price is in Europe.
| Region | Lowest Listed Price | Listed On | Cheapest Realms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 49 silver | Region-wide | |
| United States | 52 silver | Region-wide |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Items That Share Mysterious Essence's Icon
Mysterious Essence uses icon file 610610, which 2 other items also use. The 2 closest by item ID:
- Greater Mysterious Essence ID 74251 · Trade Goods · item level 30
- Eternity of Wisdom ID 143702 · Gem · item level 50
Items Numbered Next to Mysterious Essence
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 74250 (74246 to 74260) were usually added in the same batch as Mysterious Essence: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Cryptomancer's Decoder Ring ID 74246 · Quest "Pilfered from the Eye of Eternity, but seemingly inert."- Ethereal Shard ID 74247 · Trade Goods · item level 30
- Sha Crystal ID 74248 · Trade Goods · item level 30
- Spirit Dust ID 74249 · Trade Goods · item level 30
- Greater Mysterious Essence ID 74251 · Trade Goods · item level 30
- Small Ethereal Shard ID 74252 · Trade Goods · item level 30
- Cryptomancer's Decoder Ring ID 74256 · Quest "An ethereal merchant should know to activate this."
Staff of Pei-Zhi ID 74258 · Quest "Somehow sturdy after all these years..."
Bamboo Key ID 74260 · Quest "It's a wonder that this flimsy twig can open anything."
Mysterious Essence Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 74250 in the current client build.
- Stacks to
- 1,000
- Material
- Wood
- Expansion ID
- 4
- Flags
- 1024 / -2147475456 / 0 / 16384 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.