Is Tainted Vial in World of Warcraft: Forever?

Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Tainted Vial 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 Tainted Vial in WoW Classic?

In Classic Era, Tainted Vial is Common quality, item level 35 with no level requirement.

What does Tainted Vial sell for to a vendor in Classic?

A vendor pays 1s 25c for one Tainted Vial in Classic Era.

What is Tainted Vial used for in WoW Classic?

Tainted Vial is a reagent in 60 Classic Era recipes, including Arcane Elixir, Atrophic Poison, Conductive Shield Coating, Crippling Poison II and 56 more.

How much is Tainted Vial on the auction house right now?

4,900g 94s on the US region auction house, 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.

Tainted Vial Price - WoW Auction House, Classic and Forever

Auction House

Listings are down 16% from their 7 day average (19 vs 23 units).AH scan
Today's price is cheaper than 77% of recorded snapshots.AH scan
Lowest recorded price (400 gold) in 30 days.AH scan

20Units listed

1Sellers

4,900 gold94 silverCheapest now

Thin supply

Auction House snapshot rebuilding.

Pricing

This is a commodity - it shares one region-wide Auction House price across all US realms, so there is no per-realm comparison. Prices come from recorded Blizzard snapshots.

Tainted Vial is listed at 4,900 gold94 silver in the latest US region commodity Auction House snapshot, about 880% above its 30-day median of 500 gold4 silver. Over the last 30 days it has ranged from 2 gold94 silver to 49,999 gold94 silver, a wide spread for a 30-day window. About 20 were available in the latest snapshot.

The current lowest price is 880% above typical, against a 30D typical of 500 gold4 silver.

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Build history

First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).

Across game versions

In WoW Forever it is item level 35, Common quality, sells to vendors for 1s 25c and is named Crystal Vial. In Classic Era it is item level 35, Common quality, sells to vendors for 1s 25c and is named Crystal Vial. In MoP Classic it is item level 35.

Version	Item level	Quality	Sells for
Retail (Midnight)	15	Poor	2s 50c
WoW Forever	35	Common	1s 25c
Classic Era	35	Common	1s 25c
MoP Classic	35	Poor	2s 50c

How Tainted Vial Compares

Similar Items

The 10 items nearest to Tainted Vial among Trade Goods > Other, all from Classic like Tainted Vial.

Item	Item Level	Details	Lowest Listed Price
Tainted Vial (this item)	15		4,900 gold
Common Parchment	17		57,254 gold
Big-Mouth Clam	17		9 gold
Cracked Vial	11		4,900 gold
Large Venom Sac	10	Used in Potion of Curing and Strong Anti-Venom (Classic Alchemy)	2 silver
Small Venom Sac	10	Used in Anti-Venom (Classic Alchemy)	1 gold
Bleach	10	Used in 11 recipes, including White Linen Shirt and Phoenix Gloves	7 silver
Mild Spices	10	Used in Spice Bread and Delicious Chocolate Cake (Classic Cooking)	1 silver
Weak Flux	10	Used in 13 recipes (Classic Blacksmithing), including Bronze Shortsword and Heavy Copper Broadsword	1 silver
Discolored Worg Heart	10	Used in Discolored Healing Potion (Classic Alchemy)	1,852 gold
Strong Flux	10	Used in 15 recipes (Classic Blacksmithing), including Deadly Bronze Poniard and Heavy Bronze Mace	43 silver

The lowest listed price among them is Mild Spices at 1 silver in the US Auction House.

Across Regions

Tainted Vial has a current Auction House listing in 2 regions. The lowest listed price is in Europe.

Region	Lowest Listed Price	Listed On	Cheapest Realms
Europe	450 gold	Region-wide
United States	4,900 gold	Region-wide

Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Where Tainted Vial Fits

Items That Share Tainted Vial's Icon

Tainted Vial uses icon file 134867, which 9 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Untapped Dowsing Widget ID 8584 · Quest
Empty Thaumaturgy Vessel ID 7866 · Quest
Shimmering Vessel ID 24157 · Quest "A delicate container made of an indistinguishable material."
Flat Widget ID 49459 · Quest
Progressive Widget ID 49460 · Quest
Furnace Flasks ID 62826 · Quest "Made of specially-tempered glass. Able to withstand incredible amounts of heat."
Brilliant Vial ID 150747 · Miscellaneous · item level 45
Arathor Single Cask ID 163639 · Consumable · item level 47 "Bottled from the only cask remaining from the ancient Empire of Arathor, this spirit's age is impossible to..."

Items Numbered Next to Tainted Vial

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 8925 (8923 to 8932) were usually added in the same batch as Tainted Vial: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Essence of Agony ID 8923 · Miscellaneous · item level 21 "Used by rogues to brew poison."
Dust of Deterioration ID 8924 · Miscellaneous · item level 13 "Used by rogues to brew poison."
Empty Poison Vial ID 8926 · Consumable · item level 19 "A leftover poison vial, predating Rogues' discovery of replenishable toxin pouches."
Empty Poison Vial ID 8927 · Consumable · item level 22 "A leftover poison vial, predating Rogues' discovery of replenishable toxin pouches."
Empty Poison Vial ID 8928 · Consumable · item level 25 "A leftover poison vial, predating Rogues' discovery of replenishable toxin pouches."
Alterac Swiss ID 8932 · Consumable · item level 20

Tainted Vial Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 8925 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price: 50 silver
Vendor sell price: 2 silver50 copper
Stacks to: 20
Material: Liquid
Flags: 0 / 24576 / 0 / 16384 / 0

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.

Tainted Vial in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever

Tainted Vial 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 Tainted Vial next to the live retail market on this page.

Is Tainted Vial in World of Warcraft: Forever?: Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Tainted Vial 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 Tainted Vial in WoW Classic?: In Classic Era, Tainted Vial is Common quality, item level 35 with no level requirement.
What does Tainted Vial sell for to a vendor in Classic?: A vendor pays 1s 25c for one Tainted Vial in Classic Era.
What is Tainted Vial used for in WoW Classic?: Tainted Vial is a reagent in 60 Classic Era recipes, including Arcane Elixir, Atrophic Poison, Conductive Shield Coating, Crippling Poison II and 56 more.
How much is Tainted Vial on the auction house right now?: 4,900g 94s on the US region auction house, 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.

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client: Build 1.60.1.70532, 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
Listed as: Crystal Vial

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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