A Common Trade Goods, item level 25. Crafted with Create Obsidium Ore.
Obsidium Ore is listed at 11 gold20 silver in the latest US region commodity Auction House snapshot, about 25% below its typical price of 14 gold95 silver. Across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jul 2026) it has ranged from 6 gold36 silver to 26 gold73 silver. About 19,301 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 25% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 14 gold95 silver.
| Crafted | Create Obsidium Ore | Recipe |
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First seen in build 5.5.4.69585 (Mists of Pandaria).
In MoP Classic it is item level 81.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 25 | Common | 20s |
| MoP Classic | 81 | Common | 20s |
The 4 recipes below use Obsidium Ore, across Cataclysm Blacksmithing (3) and Cataclysm Mining (1). The largest single use is 6 for Relic of the Past III.
| Creates | Recipe | Profession | Needs |
|---|---|---|---|
 Relic of the Past IIIAlso takes 3 Luminous Flux. | Relic of the Past III | Cataclysm Blacksmithing | 6 |
 Relic of the Past IAlso takes 1 Luminous Flux. | Relic of the Past I | Cataclysm Blacksmithing | 5 |
 Relic of the Past IIAlso takes 2 Luminous Flux. | Relic of the Past II | Cataclysm Blacksmithing | 5 |
 Obsidium Bar | Smelt Obsidium | Cataclysm Mining | 2 |
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
The 10 items nearest to Obsidium Ore among Trade Goods > Metal & Stone; 8 of them also come from Cataclysm.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obsidium Ore (this item) | 25 | Used in 4 recipes, including Obsidium Bar and Relic of the Past I | 11 gold |
 Elementium Ore | 25 | Used in 3 recipes, including Elementium Bar and Relic of the Past IV | 9 gold |
 Elementium Bar | 25 | Crafted with Cataclysm Mining; Used in 56 recipes, including Band of Blades and Ring of Warring Elements | 21 gold |
 Hardened Elementium Bar | 25 | Crafted with Cataclysm Mining; Used in 47 recipes, including Hardened Elementium Hauberk and Hardened Elementium Girdle | 194 gold |
| Obsidium Bar | 25 | Crafted with Cataclysm Mining; Used in 20 recipes, including Folded Obsidium and Handful of Obsidium Bolts | 24 gold |
 Folded Obsidium | 25 | Crafted with Cataclysm Blacksmithing; Used in 28 recipes (Cataclysm Blacksmithing), including Hardened Obsidium Bracers and Hardened Obsidium Gauntlets | 74 gold |
 Pyrium Bar | 25 | Crafted with Cataclysm Mining; Used in 4 recipes, including Ebonsteel Belt Buckle and Pyrium Shield Spike | 30 gold |
 Pyrite Ore | 25 | Used in Pyrium Bar (Cataclysm Mining) | 6 gold |
 Truegold | 25 | Crafted with Cataclysm Alchemy; Used in 41 recipes, including Rhinestone Sunglasses and Hardened Elementium Hauberk | 595 gold |
 Enchanted Elementium Bar | 25 | Crafted with Classic Mining | 1,698 gold |
 Cobalt Ore | 20 | Used in 4 recipes, including Cobalt Bar and Relic of the Past I | 17 gold |
The lowest listed price among them is Pyrite Ore at 6 gold in the US Auction House.
Obsidium Ore 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 | 7 gold | Region-wide | |
| United States | 11 gold | Region-wide |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Obsidium Ore uses icon file 348542, which 6 other items also use. The 6 closest by item ID:
Nascent Elementium Spike ID 60738 · Quest "A crude and brittle spike summoned by an ogre."Elementium Shard ID 62331 · Quest "Raw Elementium pieces. Very valuable. Covered in spider excretions."Black Steel Fragment ID 187685 · Quest "The Jailer's magic emanates from this chunk of steel..."Black Steel Fragment ID 189493 · Quest "The Jailer's magic emanates from this chunk of steel."Ancient Elementium Fragment ID 204857 · Trade Goods · item level 60 "Residual Elementium from Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible. Fragments of this legendary ore still linger on..."Surplus Elementium ID 248205 · Quest "Raw Elementium pieces. Not as valuable as they once were, but useful in dark rituals."Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 53038 (53039 to 53039) were usually added in the same batch as Obsidium Ore: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Hardened Elementium Bar ID 53039 · Trade Goods · item level 25The raw ItemSparse values for item 53038 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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