Is Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir in World of Warcraft: Forever?

Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir is a Classic Era item and Forever is built on vanilla World of Warcraft with its story set in year one and a level 60 cap, so this page tracks it. Forever launches November 4, 2026.

What level is Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir in WoW Classic?

In Classic Era, Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir is uncommon quality, item level 57 with no level requirement.

What does Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir sell for to a vendor in Classic?

A vendor pays 50s for one Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir in Classic Era.

Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir - WoW Classic and Forever Item Sources

An Uncommon Recipe, item level 1.

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Build history

First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).

Use: Learning
Effect: Greater Arcane Elixir

Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.

Other versions

Across game versions

In WoW Forever it is item level 57. In Classic Era it is item level 57. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 57. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 57. In MoP Classic it is item level 57.

Version	Item level	Quality	Sells for
Retail (Midnight)	1	Uncommon	50s
WoW Forever	57	Uncommon	50s
Classic Era	57	Uncommon	50s
The Burning Crusade	57	Uncommon	50s
Wrath of the Lich King	57	Uncommon	50s
MoP Classic	57	Uncommon	50s

Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir Game Data

Teaches

Greater Arcane Elixir Classic Alchemy

Creates Greater Arcane Elixir

Using Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir teaches this recipe. The Classic Alchemy recipe Greater Arcane Elixir takes 3 Dreamfoil, 1 Mountain Silversage and 1 Crystal Vial.

Requirements & Properties

Requires: Classic Alchemy (285)

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir Crafting Costs

What One Craft Returns: Greater Arcane Elixir

Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir teaches the Classic Alchemy recipe Greater Arcane Elixir, which makes Greater Arcane Elixir. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 27g 1s, and Dreamfoil is the largest share at 56%. Greater Arcane Elixir lists from 400g each, so one craft sold at that price returns 352g 99s after the 5% auction cut, a 1,307% margin over its reagents.

Reagent	Needed	Lowest listed	Cost
Dreamfoil	3	5 gold	15 gold
Mountain Silversage	1	12 gold	12 gold
Crystal Vial	1	1 silver	1 silver
Reagents for one craft			27 gold1 silver
Greater Arcane Elixir at its lowest listing			400 gold
Return after the 5% auction cut			352 gold99 silver

What Else the Reagents Make

Dreamfoil goes into 14 other recipes in Alchemy, including Flask of Distilled Wisdom, Flask of Supreme Power, Major Rejuvenation Potion and Major Mana Potion.
Mountain Silversage goes into 7 other recipes in Alchemy, including Alchemist's Flask, Flask of Supreme Power, Elixir of the Mongoose and Elixir of Major Strength.
Crystal Vial goes into 321 other recipes across Alchemy, Enchanting and Inscription, including Apothecary's Worktable, Potion of Prolonged Power, Major Arcane Protection Potion and Major Fire Protection Potion.

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.

Where Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir Fits

Items That Share Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir's Icon

Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir uses icon file 134942, which 554 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Recipe: Purification Potion ID 13492 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Purification Potion."
Recipe: Greater Fire Protection Potion ID 13494 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Greater Fire Protection Potion."
Recipe: Elixir of the Mongoose ID 13491 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Elixir of the Mongoose."
Recipe: Greater Frost Protection Potion ID 13495 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Greater Frost Protection Potion."
Recipe: Greater Stoneshield Potion ID 13490 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Greater Stoneshield Potion."
Recipe: Greater Nature Protection Potion ID 13496 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Greater Nature Protection Potion."
Recipe: Transmute Earth to Life ID 13489 · Recipe "Teaches you how to transmute Essence of Earth into Living Essence."
Recipe: Greater Arcane Protection Potion ID 13497 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Greater Arcane Protection Potion."

Items Numbered Next to Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 13493 (13488 to 13498) were usually added in the same batch as Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Recipe: Transmute Life to Earth ID 13488 · Recipe "Teaches you how to transmute Living Essence into Essence of Earth."
Recipe: Transmute Earth to Life ID 13489 · Recipe "Teaches you how to transmute Essence of Earth into Living Essence."
Recipe: Greater Stoneshield Potion ID 13490 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Greater Stoneshield Potion."
Recipe: Elixir of the Mongoose ID 13491 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make an Elixir of the Mongoose."
Recipe: Purification Potion ID 13492 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Purification Potion."
Recipe: Greater Fire Protection Potion ID 13494 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Greater Fire Protection Potion."
Recipe: Greater Frost Protection Potion ID 13495 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Greater Frost Protection Potion."
Recipe: Greater Nature Protection Potion ID 13496 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Greater Nature Protection Potion."
Recipe: Greater Arcane Protection Potion ID 13497 · Recipe "Teaches you how to make a Greater Arcane Protection Potion."
Handcrafted Mastersmith Leggings ID 13498 · Armor - Plate · item level 29

Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 13493 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price: 2 gold
Vendor sell price: 50 silver
Flags: 64 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.

Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever

Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir 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: Greater Arcane Elixir next to the live retail market on this page.

Is Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir in World of Warcraft: Forever?: Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir is a Classic Era item and Forever is built on vanilla World of Warcraft with its story set in year one and a level 60 cap, so this page tracks it. Forever launches November 4, 2026.
What level is Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir in WoW Classic?: In Classic Era, Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir is uncommon quality, item level 57 with no level requirement.
What does Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir sell for to a vendor in Classic?: A vendor pays 50s for one Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir in Classic Era.

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client: Build 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era client: Yes - this item is in the Classic Era client's data too

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

Recipe: Greater Arcane Elixir