On Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 35,166 gold18 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 6,233 gold54 silver to 216,390 gold70 silver. About 3 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 77% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 35,166 gold18 silver.
Purifies Essence of Undeath turning it into Water.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Creates 
Essence of Water
Using Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water teaches this recipe. The Classic Alchemy recipe Transmute: Undeath to Water takes 1 Essence of Undeath.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water teaches the Classic Alchemy recipe Transmute: Undeath to Water, which makes Essence of Water. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 53g 51s. Essence of Water lists from 61g each, so one craft sold at that price returns 4g 44s after the 5% auction cut, a 8.3% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water itself (8,000g 37s, the lowest of 45 realms listing it) is paid back after 1,802 crafts. It turns yellow at Classic Alchemy skill 275 and grey at 290.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Essence of Undeath | 1 | 53 gold51 silver | 53 gold51 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 53 gold51 silver | ||
| Essence of Water at its lowest listing | 61 gold | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 4 gold44 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: Transmute Undeath to Water in required skill among Recipe > Alchemy, all from Classic like Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water (this item) | Essence of Water | 275 | 8,000 gold on 45 realms |
| Recipe: Transmute Life to Earth |  Essence of Earth | 275 | 5,000 gold on 55 realms |
 Recipe: Transmute Arcanite |  Arcanite Bar | 275 | 35 gold on 73 realms |
| Recipe: Greater Stoneshield Potion |  Greater Stoneshield Potion | 280 | 61 silver on 60 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of the Mongoose |  Elixir of the Mongoose | 280 | 999 gold on 61 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense |  Elixir of Superior Defense | 265 | 40 gold on 53 realms |
| Recipe: Greater Fire Protection Potion |  Greater Fire Protection Potion | 290 | 7 gold on 70 realms |
| Recipe: Greater Frost Protection Potion |  Greater Frost Protection Potion | 290 | 3,000 gold on 64 realms |
| Recipe: Greater Nature Protection Potion |  Greater Nature Protection Potion | 290 | 65 gold on 55 realms |
| Recipe: Greater Shadow Protection Potion |  Greater Shadow Protection Potion | 290 | 555 gold on 60 realms |
| Recipe: Limited Invulnerability Potion |  Limited Invulnerability Potion | 250 | 39 gold on 66 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Recipe: Greater Stoneshield Potion at 61 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water 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 Undeath to Water next to the live retail market on this page.
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