A Common Recipe, item level 1.
On Recipe: Ghost Dye's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 555 gold34 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to May 2026), ranging from 40 gold34 silver to 8,755 gold6 silver. About 2 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 10% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 555 gold34 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 49 and binds when picked up. In Classic Era it is item level 49. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 49. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 49. In MoP Classic it is item level 49.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Binding | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Common | - | 22s 50c |
| WoW Forever | 49 | Common | Binds when picked up | 22s 50c |
| Classic Era | 49 | Common | - | 22s 50c |
| The Burning Crusade | 49 | Common | - | 22s 50c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 49 | Common | - | 22s 50c |
| MoP Classic | 49 | Common | - | 22s 50c |
Creates 
Ghost Dye
Using Recipe: Ghost Dye teaches this recipe. The Classic Alchemy recipe Ghost Dye takes 2 Ghost Mushroom, 1 Purple Dye and 1 Crystal Vial.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Recipe: Ghost Dye teaches the Classic Alchemy recipe Ghost Dye, which makes Ghost Dye. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 56g 25s, and Ghost Mushroom is the largest share at 100%. Ghost Dye lists from 76g 68s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 16g 59s after the 5% auction cut, a 30% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Recipe: Ghost Dye itself (450g 34s, the lowest of 47 realms listing it) is paid back after 28 crafts. It turns yellow at Classic Alchemy skill 260 and grey at 300.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ghost Mushroom | 2 | 28 gold | 56 gold |
 Purple Dye | 1 | 24 silver | 24 silver |
 Crystal Vial | 1 | 1 silver | 1 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 56 gold25 silver | ||
| Ghost Dye at its lowest listing | 76 gold68 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 16 gold59 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: Ghost Dye in required skill among Recipe > Alchemy, all from Classic like Recipe: Ghost Dye.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipe: Ghost Dye (this item) | 245 | 450 gold on 47 realms | |
 Recipe: Elixir of Giants |  Elixir of Giants | 245 | 34 silver on 67 realms |
 Recipe: Limited Invulnerability Potion |  Limited Invulnerability Potion | 250 | 10 gold on 65 realms |
| Recipe: Gift of Arthas |  Gift of Arthas | 240 | 5,000 gold on 77 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of Dream Vision |  Elixir of Dream Vision | 240 | 3,425 gold on 55 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of Greater Firepower |  Elixir of Greater Firepower | 250 | 4,159 gold on 64 realms |
| Recipe: Invisibility Potion |  Invisibility Potion | 235 | 20 gold on 66 realms |
| Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold |  Gold Bar | 225 | 33 gold on 80 realms |
| Recipe: Transmute Mithril to Truesilver |  Truesilver Bar | 225 | 18 gold on 59 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense |  Elixir of Superior Defense | 265 | 19 gold on 56 realms |
| Recipe: Wildvine Potion |  Wildvine Potion | 225 | 20 silver on 78 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Recipe: Wildvine Potion at 20 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Recipe: Ghost Dye uses icon file 134941, which 939 other items also use. The 6 closest by item ID:
Plans: Inlaid Mithril Cylinder ID 10713 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Inlaid Mithril Cylinder. This item is used by Gnomish Engineers."Shindrell's Note ID 12060 · QuestPlans: Lionheart Helm ID 12717 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Lionheart Helm."Plans: Enchanted Thorium Helm ID 12725 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Enchanted Thorium Helm."Plans: Enchanted Thorium Leggings ID 12726 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make Enchanted Thorium Leggings."Plans: Enchanted Thorium Breastplate ID 12727 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Enchanted Thorium Breastplate."Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 9302 (9296 to 9307) were usually added in the same batch as Recipe: Ghost Dye: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Recipe: Gift of Arthas ID 9296 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Gift of Arthas."Recipe: Elixir of Dream Vision ID 9297 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Elixir of Dream Vision."Recipe: Elixir of Giants ID 9298 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Elixir of Giants."Recipe: Elixir of Demonslaying ID 9300 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Elixir of Demonslaying."Recipe: Elixir of Shadow Power ID 9301 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Elixir of Shadow Power."Recipe: Philosopher's Stone ID 9303 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Philosopher's Stone."Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold ID 9304 · Recipe "Teaches you how to transmute Iron into Gold."Recipe: Transmute Mithril to Truesilver ID 9305 · Recipe "Teaches you how to transmute Mithril into Truesilver."
Stave of Equinex ID 9306 · Quest
A Sparkling Stone ID 9307 · QuestThe raw ItemSparse values for item 9302 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Recipe: Ghost Dye 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: Ghost Dye 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: Ghost Dye
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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