On Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 480 gold49 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 35 gold49 silver to 7,270 gold19 silver. About 3 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 79% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 480 gold49 silver.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Creates 
Elixir of Superior Defense
Using Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense teaches this recipe. The Classic Alchemy recipe Elixir of Superior Defense takes 2 Stonescale Oil, 1 Sungrass and 1 Crystal Vial.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense teaches the Classic Alchemy recipe Elixir of Superior Defense, which makes Elixir of Superior Defense. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 11g 63s, and Stonescale Oil is the largest share at 68%. Elixir of Superior Defense lists from 18g 64s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 6g 7s after the 5% auction cut, a 52% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense itself (40g, the lowest of 47 realms listing it) is paid back after 7 crafts. It turns yellow at Classic Alchemy skill 280 and grey at 300.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Stonescale Oil | 2 | 3 gold95 silver | 7 gold90 silver |
 Sungrass | 1 | 3 gold72 silver | 3 gold72 silver |
 Crystal Vial | 1 | 1 silver | 1 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 11 gold63 silver | ||
| Elixir of Superior Defense at its lowest listing | 18 gold64 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 6 gold7 silver | ||
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.
The 10 recipes nearest to Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense in required skill among Recipe > Alchemy, all from Classic like Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense (this item) | 265 | 40 gold on 47 realms | |
| Recipe: Transmute Arcanite |  Arcanite Bar | 275 | 9 gold on 74 realms |
 Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath |  Essence of Undeath | 275 | 4,999 gold on 51 realms |
| Recipe: Transmute Life to Earth |  Essence of Earth | 275 | 10,800 gold on 53 realms |
| Recipe: Transmute Earth to Life |  Living Essence | 275 | 25 gold on 48 realms |
| Recipe: Limited Invulnerability Potion |  Limited Invulnerability Potion | 250 | 44 gold on 62 realms |
| Recipe: Greater Stoneshield Potion |  Greater Stoneshield Potion | 280 | 49 gold on 59 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of Greater Firepower |  Elixir of Greater Firepower | 250 | 4,159 gold on 63 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of Giants |  Elixir of Giants | 245 | 10 gold on 63 realms |
| Recipe: Gift of Arthas |  Gift of Arthas | 240 | 4,999 gold on 70 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of Dream Vision |  Elixir of Dream Vision | 240 | 3,000 gold on 53 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Recipe: Transmute Arcanite at 9 gold in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense 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 Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense 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 Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense
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