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Volatile Crystal
Item Level 44Trade Goods
Requires Level 35
Use: Inscribed Crystal
“Etched with seemingly random characters and glyphs.”
Sell price: 30 silver
Current price
5 gold24 silver
- Right now 530 units listed across 8 price tiers.live market
- Listings cluster between 5 gold and 5 gold: a 5% spread reads as a steady market.live market
- Listings are down 65% from their 7 day average (530 vs 1,521 units).live market
- Today's price is cheaper than 70% of recorded snapshots.live market
Volatile Crystal Price History
US Region (Commodity)Supply & Availability
US Region (Commodity)530Units listed
41Sellers
5 gold24 silverCheapest now
Deep supply
Volatile Crystal is listed at 5 gold24 silver in the latest US region commodity Auction House snapshot, about 197% above its typical price of 1 gold76 silver. Across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jul 2026) it has ranged from 16 silver23 copper to 10 gold29 silver. About 530 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 197% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 1 gold76 silver.
Volatile Crystal Effects
- Use: Inscribed Crystal
Rerolls the secondary properties of an Inscription-crafted weapon with item level 45 or below.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Crafted By
The Draenor Inscription recipe Volatile Crystal takes 12 Cerulean Pigment.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Cost to Craft: Volatile Crystal
At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 16g 68s. Volatile Crystal lists from 79s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 15g 92s less than its reagents cost, after the 5% auction cut. The Draenor Inscription recipe Volatile Crystal is taught by Technique: Volatile Crystal.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cerulean Pigment | 12 | 1 gold39 silver | 16 gold68 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 16 gold68 silver | ||
| Volatile Crystal at its lowest listing | 79 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | −15 gold92 silver | ||
What Else the Reagents Make
- Cerulean Pigment goes into 16 other recipes across Inscription, Tailoring and Engineering, including Laughing Tarot, Ocean Tarot, Savage Tarot and Argussian Circular Rug.
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.
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Volatile Crystal among Trade Goods > Inscription; 2 of them also come from Warlords of Draenor.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volatile Crystal (this item) | 44 | Crafted with Draenor Inscription; Use: Inscribed Crystal | 79 silver |
 Warbinder's Ink | 35 | Crafted with Draenor Inscription; Used in 3 recipes (Draenor Inscription), including Scribe's Research Notes and Tome of the Clear Mind | 1 gold |
| Cerulean Pigment | 35 | Used in 15 recipes, including Volatile Crystal and Ocean Tarot | 1 gold |
 Eight of Immortality | 45 | Use: Immortality Deck | 993 gold |
 Seven of Immortality | 45 | Use: Immortality Deck | 5,000 gold |
 Four of Immortality | 45 | Use: Immortality Deck | 9,025 gold |
 Eight of Promises | 45 | Use: Promises Deck | 244 gold |
 Five of Promises | 45 | Use: Promises Deck | 4,633 gold |
 Three of Promises | 45 | Use: Promises Deck | 888 gold |
 Two of Promises | 45 | Use: Promises Deck | 3,999 gold |
 Seven of Dominion | 45 | Use: Dominion Deck | 1,299 gold |
The lowest listed price among them is Warbinder's Ink at 1 gold in the US Auction House.
Across Regions
Volatile Crystal 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 | 30 silver | Region-wide | |
| United States | 79 silver | Region-wide |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.