Ominous Octopus is listed at 14 gold50 silver in the latest US region commodity Auction House snapshot, about 78% below its typical price of 64 gold78 silver. Across its tracked history (Feb 2026 to Jul 2026) it has ranged from 40 gold30 silver to 232 gold. About 16,207 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 78% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 64 gold78 silver.
First seen in build 12.0.7.68887 (Midnight (patch 12.0.7)).
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
The 3 recipes below use Ominous Octopus, across Midnight Cooking (2) and Midnight Skinning (1). The largest single use is 6 for Crimson Calamari.
| Creates | Recipe | Profession | Needs |
|---|---|---|---|
 Crimson CalamariAlso takes 3 A Big Ol' Stick of Butter, 3 Pouch of Spices and 6 Sanguithorn. | Crimson Calamari | Midnight Cooking | 6 |
 Null and Void PlateAlso takes 2 Warping Wise, 1 A Big Ol' Stick of Butter, 1 Pouch of Spices and 1 Tavern Fixings. | Null and Void Plate | Midnight Cooking | 1 |
 Majestic Voidstorm Lure | Majestic Voidstorm Lure | Midnight Skinning | 4 |
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
The 10 items nearest to Ominous Octopus among Trade Goods > Cooking, all from Midnight like Ominous Octopus.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ominous Octopus (this item) | 70 | Used in 3 recipes, including Majestic Voidstorm Lure and Crimson Calamari | 14 gold |
 Twisted Tetra | 70 | Used in Tasty Smoked Tetra (Midnight Cooking) | 19 gold |
 Lucky Loa | 70 | Used in Loa's Gathering and Sweet-And-Sour Skewers (Midnight Cooking) | 21 gold |
 Blood Hunter | 70 | Used in 5 recipes, including Amani Angler's Ward and Braised Blood Hunter | 19 gold |
 Null Voidfish | 70 | Used in Grand Beast Lure and Ominous Octopus Lure | 70 gold |
 Eversong Trout | 70 | Used in 4 recipes, including Quel'dorei Medley and Eversong Pudding | 15 gold |
 Bloomtail Minnow | 70 | Used in Fried Bloomtail and School of Gems | 25 gold |
 Shimmer Spinefish | 70 | 37 silver | |
 Restored Songfish | 70 | Used in Quel'dorei Medley (Midnight Cooking) | 86 silver |
 Tender Lumifin | 70 | Used in Majestic Harandar Lure and Sun-Seared Lumifin | 75 silver |
 Fungalskin Pike | 70 | Used in Majestic Harandar Lure (Midnight Skinning) | 4 gold |
The lowest listed price among them is Shimmer Spinefish at 37 silver in the US Auction House.
Ominous Octopus 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 | 14 gold | Region-wide | |
| Europe | 23 gold | Region-wide |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 238373 (238368 to 238378) were usually added in the same batch as Ominous Octopus: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Twisted Tetra ID 238368 · Trade Goods · item level 70 "A rare fish in Quel'Thalas. Can be bought and sold on the Auction House."Bloomtail Minnow ID 238369 · Trade Goods · item level 70 "An uncommon fish native to Quel'Thalas. Can be bought and sold on the Auction House."Shimmer Spinefish ID 238370 · Trade Goods · item level 70 "An uncommon fish native to Quel'Thalas. Can be bought and sold on the Auction House."
Arcane Wyrmfish ID 238371 · Trade Goods · item level 70 "A common fish in Quel'Thalas. Can be bought and sold on the Auction House."Restored Songfish ID 238372 · Trade Goods · item level 70 "An uncommon fish native to Quel'Thalas. Can be bought and sold on the Auction House."Tender Lumifin ID 238374 · Trade Goods · item level 70 "An uncommon fish native to Quel'Thalas. Can be bought and sold on the Auction House."Fungalskin Pike ID 238375 · Trade Goods · item level 70 "An uncommon fish in Quel'Thalas. Can be bought and sold on the Auction House."Lucky Loa ID 238376 · Trade Goods · item level 70 "A rare fish native to Quel'Thalas. Can be bought and sold on the Auction House."Blood Hunter ID 238377 · Trade Goods · item level 70 "A rare fish native to Quel'Thalas and sometimes found in Voidstorm. Can be bought and sold on the Auction..."
Shimmersiren ID 238378 · Trade Goods · item level 70 "An uncommon fish native to Voidstorm. Can be bought and sold on the Auction House."The raw ItemSparse values for item 238373 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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