A Common Recipe, item level 1.
On Recipe: Free Action Potion's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 788 gold16 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 7 silver to 21,172 gold67 silver. About 2 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 90% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 788 gold16 silver.
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In WoW Forever it is item level 30. In Classic Era it is item level 30. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 30. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 30. In MoP Classic it is item level 30.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Common | 4s 50c |
| WoW Forever | 30 | Common | 4s 50c |
| Classic Era | 30 | Common | 4s 50c |
| The Burning Crusade | 30 | Common | 4s 50c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 30 | Common | 4s 50c |
| MoP Classic | 30 | Common | 4s 50c |
Creates 
Free Action Potion
Using Recipe: Free Action Potion teaches this recipe. The Classic Alchemy recipe Free Action Potion takes 2 Blackmouth Oil, 1 Stranglekelp and 1 Crystal Vial.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Recipe: Free Action Potion teaches the Classic Alchemy recipe Free Action Potion, which makes Free Action Potion. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 32g 24s, and Blackmouth Oil is the largest share at 87%. Free Action Potion lists from 24g 75s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 8g 72s less than its reagents cost, after the 5% auction cut. It turns yellow at Classic Alchemy skill 175 and grey at 215.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Blackmouth Oil | 2 | 14 gold | 28 gold |
 Stranglekelp | 1 | 4 gold22 silver | 4 gold22 silver |
 Crystal Vial | 1 | 2 silver | 2 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 32 gold24 silver | ||
| Free Action Potion at its lowest listing | 24 gold75 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | −8 gold72 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: Free Action Potion in required skill among Recipe > Alchemy, all from Classic like Recipe: Free Action Potion.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipe: Free Action Potion (this item) | 150 | 22 gold on 40 realms | |
| Recipe: Elixir of Ogre's Strength |  Elixir of Ogre's Strength | 150 | 20 gold on 52 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of Lesser Agility |  Elixir of Lesser Agility | 140 | 40 gold on 50 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of Fortitude |  Elixir of Fortitude | 175 | 1 gold on 53 realms |
| Recipe: Great Rage Potion |  Great Rage Potion | 175 | 40 gold on 52 realms |
| Recipe: Potion of Curing |  Potion of Curing | 120 | 100 gold on 52 realms |
| Recipe: Major Troll's Blood Elixir |  Major Troll's Blood Elixir | 180 | 75 gold on 59 realms |
| Recipe: Nature Protection Potion |  Nature Protection Potion | 190 | 22 gold on 66 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of Frost Power |  Elixir of Frost Power | 190 | 1 silver on 72 realms |
 Recipe: Elixir of Detect Lesser Invisibility |  Elixir of Detect Lesser Invisibility | 195 | 9 silver on 57 realms |
| Recipe: Holy Protection Potion |  Holy Protection Potion | 100 | 7 gold on 44 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Recipe: Elixir of Frost Power at 1 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Recipe: Free Action Potion uses icon file 134939, which 1,738 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:
Recipe: Great Rage Potion ID 5643 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Great Rage Potion."Recipe: Rage Potion ID 5640 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Rage Potion."Venture Co. Engineering Plans ID 5718 · QuestRecipe: Clam Chowder ID 5528 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook a delicious Clam Chowder."Pattern: Red Linen Bag ID 5771 · Recipe "Teaches you how to sew a Red Linen Bag."Pattern: Red Woolen Bag ID 5772 · Recipe "Teaches you how to sew a Red Woolen Bag."Pattern: Murloc Scale Belt ID 5786 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft a Murloc Scale Belt."Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 5642 (5636 to 5646) were usually added in the same batch as Recipe: Free Action Potion: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Delicate Feather ID 5636 · Miscellaneous · item level 11
Large Fang ID 5637 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Toxic Fogger ID 5638 · Quest
Filled Jade Phial ID 5639 · QuestRecipe: Rage Potion ID 5640 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Rage Potion."Recipe: Great Rage Potion ID 5643 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Great Rage Potion."
Filled Tourmaline Phial ID 5645 · Quest
Vial of Blessed Water ID 5646 · QuestThe raw ItemSparse values for item 5642 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Recipe: Free Action Potion 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: Free Action Potion 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: Free Action Potion
A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4
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