On Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 108,318 gold59 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 52,678 gold46 silver to 176,746 gold2 silver. About 3 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 82% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 108,318 gold59 silver.
Taints Essence of Water turning it into Undeath.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Creates 
Essence of Undeath
Using Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath teaches this recipe. The Classic Alchemy recipe Transmute: Water to Undeath takes 1 Essence of Water.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath teaches the Classic Alchemy recipe Transmute: Water to Undeath, which makes Essence of Undeath. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 47g. Essence of Undeath lists from 55g 20s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 5g 44s after the 5% auction cut, a 12% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath itself (14,378g 29s, the lowest of 52 realms listing it) is paid back after 2,644 crafts. It turns yellow at Classic Alchemy skill 275 and grey at 290.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Essence of Water | 1 | 47 gold | 47 gold |
| Reagents for one craft | 47 gold | ||
| Essence of Undeath at its lowest listing | 55 gold20 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 5 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 Water to Undeath in required skill among Recipe > Alchemy, all from Classic like Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath (this item) | Essence of Undeath | 275 | 14,378 gold on 52 realms |
| Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water | Essence of Water | 275 | 6,594 gold on 52 realms |
| Recipe: Transmute Life to Earth |  Essence of Earth | 275 | 5,000 gold on 63 realms |
| Recipe: Transmute Earth to Life |  Living Essence | 275 | 12,000 gold on 56 realms |
 Recipe: Transmute Arcanite |  Arcanite Bar | 275 | 12 gold on 77 realms |
| Recipe: Greater Stoneshield Potion |  Greater Stoneshield Potion | 280 | 20 gold on 64 realms |
| Recipe: Elixir of the Mongoose |  Elixir of the Mongoose | 280 | 3,122 gold on 58 realms |
| Recipe: Greater Fire Protection Potion |  Greater Fire Protection Potion | 290 | 1 gold on 77 realms |
| Recipe: Greater Frost Protection Potion |  Greater Frost Protection Potion | 290 | 2,427 gold on 72 realms |
| Recipe: Greater Nature Protection Potion |  Greater Nature Protection Potion | 290 | 209 gold on 52 realms |
| Recipe: Greater Shadow Protection Potion |  Greater Shadow Protection Potion | 290 | 444 gold on 64 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Recipe: Greater Fire Protection Potion at 1 gold in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath 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 Water to Undeath next to the live retail market on this page.
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