Herbs in the game data
In the World of Warcraft item data, Herbs is the Trade Goods subclass Herb: 221 named items in the current game build (12.1.0.69933). Those items carry expansion tags from Classic to Midnight, 12 expansions in all.
By expansion: Classic (61), The Burning Crusade (17), Wrath of the Lich King (17), Cataclysm (12), Mists of Pandaria (13), Warlords of Draenor (14), Legion (14), Battle for Azeroth (8), Shadowlands (19), Dragonflight (14), The War Within (20) and Midnight (11). By quality: 5 poor, 164 common, 45 uncommon and 7 rare.
797 profession recipes list an item from this category among their reagents. By profession: Alchemy (614), Inscription (57), Cooking (29) and Enchanting (28), and 6 more.
134 of these items feed at least one recipe and have a page of their own under Materials, listing every recipe that takes them and the cost per craft.
On the US Auction House, 203 of these items are listed in the latest snapshot. The median price across them is 3 gold, with 4,456,504 units posted across 16,888 auctions. The ten highest prices and the ten deepest markets are listed below.
- Items in the game data
- 221
- Expansion span
- Classic to Midnight
- Recipes using it
- 797
- Professions
- 10
- Material pages
- 134
- Median price
- 3 gold
Herbs at a glance
- Herbs tracked
- 6
- Item class
- Trade Goods › Herb
- Market
- US region commodity
- Gathered by
- Herbalism
Highest-priced Herbs right now
The 10 items in this category with the highest current buyout in the US region snapshot.
- 1
Bloodvine28,980 gold - 2
Nightmare Seed25,000 gold - 3
Mana Thistle Leaf19,310 gold - 4
Fjarnskaggl Seed16,000 gold - 5
Arthas' Tears9,000 gold - 6
Felwort Seed1,200 gold - 7
Black Lotus926 goldrecipes where to farm - 8
Nightmare Vine Stem390 gold - 9
Wildvine380 goldrecipes - 10
Foxflower Seed360 gold
Deepest Herbs markets
The 10 items in this category with the most units posted. A deep market absorbs a buy order without moving the price; a shallow one empties in one purchase.
- 1
Tranquility Bloom1 goldrecipes - 2
Sanguithorn50 silverrecipes - 3
Earthroot2 goldrecipes - 4
Tranquility Bloom2 goldrecipes - 5
Argentleaf4 goldrecipes - 6
Anchor Weed7 goldrecipes - 7
Azeroot38 goldrecipes - 8
Mana Lily4 goldrecipes - 9
Peacebloom1 goldrecipes - 10
Azeroot13 goldrecipes
Professions that craft with Herbs
| Profession | Recipes | Items used |
|---|---|---|
| Alchemy | 614 | 135 |
| Inscription | 57 | 39 |
| Cooking | 29 | 33 |
| Enchanting | 28 | 17 |
| Tailoring | 26 | 14 |
| Leatherworking | 20 | 14 |
| Engineering | 9 | 4 |
| Herbalism | 6 | 5 |
| Jewelcrafting | 6 | 6 |
| Blacksmithing | 2 | 1 |
Alchemy is the heaviest consumer, with 614 recipes drawing on 135 distinct items from the category. 10 professions use the category in all; each one links to its own page with every recipe by expansion.
Where to farm Herbs
7 items in this category have a farming page naming the zones they gather in.
- Rising Glory Shadowlands Bastion
- Hochenblume Dragonflight Dragon Isles
- Writhebark Dragonflight Dragon Isles
- Bubble Poppy Dragonflight Dragon Isles
- Saxifrage Dragonflight Dragon Isles
- Black Lotus Classic Silithus and 3 more zones
- Dreamfoil Classic Blasted Lands
Guides that use Herbs
Guides and routes on this site that cover Herbs and herbalism.
Which Herbs Are Actually Worth FarmingThe current herb list ranked by market depth and rank premium, and why your Herbalism skill pays forty times m
Why a High Herb Price Is Not a Good FarmThe two reasons an expensive herb pays you less than a cheap one: nobody is buying it, and you are reading the
Plan an Eversong Woods Herbalism RouteEversong Woods
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Herb price FAQ
- Which Midnight herb is cheapest?
- Tranquility Bloom, the abundant 1-30 leveling herb. Its current buyout is in the shelf above.
- Which sells for the most?
- Nocturnal Lotus. Its drop is gated behind Knowledge Points and the Imbued Mulch lever, so supply stays tight.
- Are these US or EU prices?
- US. Herbs are commodities in retail WoW: one auction house per region, not one per realm.
- How often do they update?
- About hourly, from the Blizzard Auction House API. The snapshot badge above shows the last pull; verify in-game before you trade.
Elsewhere on the site
- All crafting materials
Every reagent by category, with the recipes that consume it. - Auction House deals
Underpriced auctions across realms, refreshed with the same snapshot. - Item database
Search any item for its price history and per-realm depth.
The six Midnight herbs
Tranquility Bloom is the abundant low-level herb and grays at skill 30. Mana Lily, Argentleaf, Azeroot and Sanguithorn carry 30-60 and feed the weekly Knowledge-Point quests and the herb sub-specs. Nocturnal Lotus is the rare reagent - a low-drop find you force with Imbued Mulch and herb-specific Bountiful Harvests, which is why it holds the highest price of the set.
Why the prices move
Herb prices track what Alchemy and Inscription are crafting this patch. A new consumable tier pulls its reagents up within days. Because herbs are commodities, every realm in the region shares one market, so the only arbitrage left is timing.