A Common Recipe, item level 1.
On Recipe: Nightfin Soup's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 528,038 gold32 silver across its tracked history (Aug 2024 to Jun 2026), ranging from 207,527 gold69 silver to 2,820,519 gold82 silver. Only 1 was available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 95% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 528,038 gold32 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 50. In Classic Era it is item level 50. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 50. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 50. In MoP Classic it is item level 50.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Common | 50s |
| WoW Forever | 50 | Common | 50s |
| Classic Era | 50 | Common | 50s |
| The Burning Crusade | 50 | Common | 50s |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 50 | Common | 50s |
| MoP Classic | 50 | Common | 50s |
Creates 
Nightfin Soup
Using Recipe: Nightfin Soup teaches this recipe. The Classic Cooking recipe Nightfin Soup takes 1 Raw Nightfin Snapper and 1 Refreshing Spring Water.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Recipe: Nightfin Soup teaches the Classic Cooking recipe Nightfin Soup, which makes Nightfin Soup. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 6g 52s, and Raw Nightfin Snapper is the largest share at 100%. Nightfin Soup lists from 10g 8s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 3g 5s after the 5% auction cut, a 47% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Recipe: Nightfin Soup itself (24,999g 99s, the lowest of 11 realms listing it) is paid back after 8,181 crafts. It turns yellow at Classic Cooking skill 275 and grey at 295.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Raw Nightfin Snapper | 1 | 6 gold50 silver | 6 gold50 silver |
 Refreshing Spring Water | 1 | 2 silver | 2 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 6 gold52 silver | ||
| Nightfin Soup at its lowest listing | 10 gold8 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 3 gold5 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.
Recipe: Nightfin Soup uses icon file 134939, which 1,738 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon ID 13946 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Poached Sunscale Salmon."Recipe: Hot Smoked Bass ID 13943 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Hot Smoked Bass."Recipe: Lobster Stew ID 13947 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Lobster Stew."Recipe: Grilled Squid ID 13942 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Grilled Squid."Recipe: Mightfish Steak ID 13948 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Mightfish Steak."Recipe: Filet of Redgill ID 13941 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Filet of Redgill."Recipe: Baked Salmon ID 13949 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Baked Salmon."Recipe: Cooked Glossy Mightfish ID 13940 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Cooked Glossy Mightfish."Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 13945 (13940 to 13950) were usually added in the same batch as Recipe: Nightfin Soup: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Recipe: Cooked Glossy Mightfish ID 13940 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Cooked Glossy Mightfish."Recipe: Filet of Redgill ID 13941 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Filet of Redgill."Recipe: Grilled Squid ID 13942 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Grilled Squid."Recipe: Hot Smoked Bass ID 13943 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Hot Smoked Bass."
Tombstone Breastplate ID 13944 · Armor - Leather · item level 24Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon ID 13946 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Poached Sunscale Salmon."Recipe: Lobster Stew ID 13947 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Lobster Stew."Recipe: Mightfish Steak ID 13948 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Mightfish Steak."Recipe: Baked Salmon ID 13949 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cook Baked Salmon."
Detention Strap ID 13950 · Armor - Mail · item level 24The raw ItemSparse values for item 13945 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Recipe: Nightfin Soup 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: Nightfin Soup 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: Nightfin Soup
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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