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Recipe: Philosopher's Stone
Item Level 1Recipe
Use: Learning
Effect: Philosopher's Stone
“Teaches you how to make a Philosopher's Stone.”
Sell price: 20 silver
Current price
896 gold
Recipe: Philosopher's Stone Price History on Tichondrius
Tichondrius Auction HouseSupply & Availability
Tichondrius Auction House9Units listed
9Sellers
896 goldCheapest now
Thin supply
On Recipe: Philosopher's Stone's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 910 gold4 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 128 gold43 silver to 3,394 gold57 silver. About 9 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is around its All-Time typical of 910 gold4 silver.
Recipe: Philosopher's Stone Effects
- Use: Learning
- Effect: Philosopher's Stone
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Teaches
Creates 
Philosopher's Stone Uncommon Trinket, item level 24
Using Recipe: Philosopher's Stone teaches this recipe. The Classic Alchemy recipe Philosopher's Stone takes 4 Iron Bar, 1 Black Vitriol, 4 Purple Lotus and 4 Firebloom.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Alchemy (50)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
What One Craft Returns: Philosopher's Stone
Recipe: Philosopher's Stone teaches the Classic Alchemy recipe Philosopher's Stone, which makes Philosopher's Stone. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 111g 47s, and Purple Lotus is the largest share at 66%. It turns yellow at Classic Alchemy skill 240 and grey at 280.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Iron Bar | 4 | 5 gold | 20 gold |
 Black Vitriol | 1 | 75 silver | 75 silver |
 Purple Lotus | 4 | 18 gold32 silver | 73 gold28 silver |
 Firebloom | 4 | 4 gold36 silver | 17 gold44 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 111 gold47 silver | ||
What Else the Reagents Make
- Iron Bar goes into 34 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting, Mining and Alchemy, including Barbaric Iron Breastplate, Green Iron Hauberk, Barbaric Iron Gloves and Massive Iron Axe. It is itself made by the recipe Smelt Iron.
- Purple Lotus goes into 8 other recipes across Alchemy, Enchanting and Tailoring, including Dreamless Sleep Potion, Elixir of Dream Vision, Elixir of Greater Water Breathing and Cenarion Herb Bag.
- Firebloom goes into 7 other recipes across Alchemy, Enchanting and Tailoring, including Elixir of Greater Firepower, Brilliant Wizard Oil, Festival Dress and Festival Suit.
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.
Similar Items
The 10 recipes nearest to Recipe: Philosopher's Stone in required skill among Recipe > Alchemy, all from Classic like Recipe: Philosopher's Stone.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipe: Philosopher's Stone (this item) | Philosopher's Stone | 50 | 10 gold on 82 realms |
 Recipe: Elixir of Minor Agility |  Elixir of Minor Agility | 50 | 1 gold on 54 realms |
| Recipe: Rage Potion |  Rage Potion | 60 | 8 gold on 68 realms |
| Recipe: Swiftness Potion |  Swiftness Potion | 60 | 75 gold on 66 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of Giant Growth |  Elixir of Giant Growth | 90 | 3 silver on 78 realms |
 Manual: Strong Anti-Venom |  Strong Anti-Venom | 1 | 765 gold on 65 realms |
| Recipe: Potion of Curing |  Potion of Curing | 120 | 190 gold on 48 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of Lesser Agility |  Elixir of Lesser Agility | 140 | 100 gold on 61 realms |
| Recipe: Free Action Potion |  Free Action Potion | 150 | 40 gold on 50 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of Ogre's Strength |  Elixir of Ogre's Strength | 150 | 288 gold on 58 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of Fortitude |  Elixir of Fortitude | 175 | 1 gold on 60 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Recipe: Elixir of Giant Growth at 3 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Recipe: Philosopher's Stone in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Recipe: Philosopher's Stone 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: Philosopher's Stone next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Recipe: Philosopher's Stone in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Recipe: Philosopher's Stone 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: Philosopher's Stone in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Recipe: Philosopher's Stone is Common quality, item level 45 with no level requirement.
- What does Recipe: Philosopher's Stone sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 20s for one Recipe: Philosopher's Stone in Classic Era.
- How much is Recipe: Philosopher's Stone on the auction house right now?
- 896g on Tichondrius, on live retail servers, from the latest Blizzard auction house snapshot. Blizzard publishes no Classic Era auction house feed, and Forever has not launched, so those two have no price here yet.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Recipe: Philosopher's Stone