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Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold
Item Level 1Recipe
Use: Learning
Effect: Transmute: Iron to Gold
“Teaches you how to transmute Iron into Gold.”
Sell price: 20 silver
Current price
250 gold15 silver
Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold Price History on Tichondrius
Tichondrius Auction HouseSupply & Availability
Tichondrius Auction House5Units listed
5Sellers
250 gold15 silverCheapest now
Thin supply
On Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 419 gold46 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 14 gold19 silver to 3,864 gold80 silver. About 5 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 40% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 419 gold46 silver.
Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold Effects
- Use: Learning
- Effect: Transmute: Iron to Gold
Turns a bar of Iron into a bar of Gold.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Teaches
Creates 
Gold Bar
Using Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold teaches this recipe. The Classic Alchemy recipe Transmute: Iron to Gold takes 1 Iron Bar.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Alchemy (225)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
What One Craft Returns: Transmute: Iron to Gold
Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold teaches the Classic Alchemy recipe Transmute: Iron to Gold, which makes Gold Bar. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 3g 45s. Gold Bar lists from 8g 10s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 4g 24s after the 5% auction cut, a 123% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold itself (9g, the lowest of 78 realms listing it) is paid back after 3 crafts. It turns yellow at Classic Alchemy skill 240 and grey at 280.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Iron Bar | 1 | 3 gold45 silver | 3 gold45 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 3 gold45 silver | ||
| Gold Bar at its lowest listing | 8 gold10 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 4 gold24 silver | ||
What Else the Reagents Make
- Iron Bar goes into 34 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting, Alchemy and Mining, including Barbaric Iron Breastplate, Green Iron Hauberk, Barbaric Iron Gloves and Massive Iron Axe. It is itself made by the recipe Smelt Iron.
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: Transmute Iron to Gold in required skill among Recipe > Alchemy, all from Classic like Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold (this item) | Gold Bar | 225 | 9 gold on 78 realms |
| Recipe: Transmute Mithril to Truesilver |  Truesilver Bar | 225 | 35 gold on 64 realms |
 Recipe: Wildvine Potion |  Wildvine Potion | 225 | 20 silver on 81 realms |
| Recipe: Invisibility Potion |  Invisibility Potion | 235 | 24 gold on 61 realms |
| Recipe: Goblin Rocket Fuel |  Goblin Rocket Fuel | 210 | 10 gold on 48 realms |
| Recipe: Gift of Arthas |  Gift of Arthas | 240 | 4,999 gold on 70 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of Dream Vision |  Elixir of Dream Vision | 240 | 3,000 gold on 53 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of Giants |  Elixir of Giants | 245 | 10 gold on 63 realms |
| Recipe: Limited Invulnerability Potion |  Limited Invulnerability Potion | 250 | 44 gold on 62 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of Greater Firepower |  Elixir of Greater Firepower | 250 | 4,159 gold on 63 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of Detect Lesser Invisibility |  Elixir of Detect Lesser Invisibility | 195 | 102 gold on 58 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: Transmute Iron to Gold in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold 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: Transmute Iron to Gold next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold 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: Transmute Iron to Gold in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold is Common quality, item level 45 with no level requirement.
- What does Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 20s for one Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold in Classic Era.
- How much is Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold on the auction house right now?
- 250g 15s 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: Transmute Iron to Gold