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Shadowy Potion
Item Level 1Binds when picked up
Quest
Use: Taint of Shadow
Sell price: 50 silver
Not sold on the Auction House
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Shadowy Potion Effects
- Use: Taint of Shadow - 20 min
Infuses imbiber with a taint of shadow, making him friendly to the denizens of Jaedenar. Lasts 20 minutes.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Shadowy Potion is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no Auction House price. Its first-party game data (identity, effects and sources) is read from the official World of Warcraft client build.
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Shadowy Potion among Quest, all from Classic like Shadowy Potion.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadowy Potion (this item) | 1 | Not listed | |
 Telemancy Orbs | 1 | Use: Throw Telemancy Orb | 1 silver on 60 realms |
 Iskaaran Harpoon | 1 | Use: Harpoon | 1 silver on 53 realms |
 Imbued Crystal | 1 | 555 gold on 77 realms | |
 Monstrous Egg | 1 | 555 gold on 78 realms | |
 Mysterious Grimoire | 1 | 526 gold on 77 realms | |
 Ornate Weapon | 1 | 550 gold on 75 realms | |
 A Treatise on Strategy | 1 | 600 gold on 76 realms | |
 Banner of the Fallen | 1 | 300 gold on 76 realms | |
 Captured Insignia | 1 | 300 gold on 78 realms | |
 Fallen Adventurer's Journal | 1 | 300 gold on 79 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Telemancy Orbs at 1 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Shadowy Potion in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Shadowy Potion 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 Shadowy Potion next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Shadowy Potion in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Shadowy Potion 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 Shadowy Potion in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Shadowy Potion is common quality, item level 1 with no level requirement.
- What does Shadowy Potion sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 50s for one Shadowy Potion in Classic Era; it stacks to 5.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Classic Era page for Shadowy Potion
WoW Forever: what our data shows
- Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client
- Build 1.60.1.70205, read from the beta game data we hold
- Also in the Classic Era client
- Yes - this item is in the Classic Era client's data too
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