This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
An Uncommon Trinket, item level 29, binds when picked up. Crafted with Summon Spectral Essence.
| Crafted | Summon Spectral Essence | Recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Crafted | Empower Spectral Essence | Recipe |
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In Classic Era it is item level 60. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 60. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 60. In MoP Classic it is item level 60.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Binding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 29 | Uncommon | Binds when picked up |
| Classic Era | 60 | Uncommon | Binds when picked up |
| The Burning Crusade | 60 | Uncommon | Binds when picked up |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 60 | Uncommon | Binds when picked up |
| MoP Classic | 60 | Uncommon | Binds when picked up |
The recipe Empower Spectral Essence takes 5 Essence of Undeath and 3 Dark Rune.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
The 3 items nearest to Spectral Essence (item level 29) in item level among Armor > Miscellaneous, Trinket slot, from item level 26 to 31.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spectral Essence (this item) | 29 | Not listed | ||
 Mercurial Stone | 31 | 26 | +12 Critical Strike, +8 Stamina. Crafted with Outland Alchemy | 99 gold on 57 realms |
 High-Powered Flashlight | 27 | 21 | +16 Critical Strike. Crafted with Classic Engineering | 2 gold on 65 realms |
 Six Demon Bag | 26 | 20 | 249 gold on 53 realms |
Mercurial Stone has the highest item level here (31). The lowest listed price among them is High-Powered Flashlight at 2 gold in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Spectral Essence among Armor > Miscellaneous, Trinket slot: Ocean Tarot (item level 41), Laughing Tarot (item level 42), Savage Tarot (item level 43), Prophecy Tarot (item level 46) and Endless Tincture of Renewed Combat (item level 52).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
1 other item in the current build is also called Spectral Essence. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.
Spectral Essence ID 113106 · Quest "It is able to be held, but seems to fade in and out of existence."Spectral Essence uses icon file 134337, which 64 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:
Father Flame ID 13371 · Armor · item level 29Magmus Stone ID 11935 · Armor · item level 28Elunarian Sphere ID 15968 · Armor · item level 29Beaded Orb ID 15969 · Armor · item level 5Darkmist Orb ID 15980 · Armor · item level 24Pyrestone Orb ID 10709 · Armor · item level 28Demonic Figurine ID 16583 · Miscellaneous · item level 25Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 13544 (13536 to 13583) were usually added in the same batch as Spectral Essence: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Horn of Awakening ID 13536 · Quest
Chillhide Bracers ID 13537 · Armor - Leather · item level 27
Windshrieker Pauldrons ID 13538 · Armor - Mail · item level 27
Banshee's Touch ID 13539 · Armor - Plate · item level 27
Demon Box ID 13542 · Quest
Shellfish ID 13545 · Quest
Bloodbelly Fish ID 13546 · Consumable · item level 15
Remains of Trey Lightforge ID 13562 · Consumable
Zergling Leash ID 13582 · Miscellaneous "Teaches you how to summon this companion."
Panda Collar ID 13583 · Miscellaneous "Teaches you how to summon this companion."The raw ItemSparse values for item 13544 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Spectral Essence 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 Spectral Essence next to the live retail market on this page.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's class revamps and new race and class combinations · Classic Era page for Spectral Essence
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
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