Inscription
Burnished Ink
Burnished Ink is an Uncommon Inscription used in 28 recipes (Inscription) and made by 1 recipe.
Burnished Ink stacks to 1,000. 28 recipes consume it, taught by Inscription. 1 recipe produces it.
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In-game tooltip for Burnished Ink: "A metallic ink crafted by players with the Inscription skill. Can be bought and sold on the auction house."
Burnished Ink quality ranks
Rank 1: Burnished Ink (this page)59 gold
Rank 2:
Burnished Ink48 gold
Rank 3:
Burnished Ink99 gold
Burnished Ink comes in 3 quality ranks in the current game data, from Rank 1 to Rank 3. Each rank is a separate item with its own Auction House listing.
Rank 3 lists at 99 gold75 silver, 69% more than Rank 1 at 59 gold9 silver.
What Burnished Ink is used in
Inscription
"Needs" is how many one craft consumes. Reagent cost adds up the required materials at the cheapest current listing of each; it is left blank when any reagent has no live price. Recipes, quantities, products and skill tiers are read from the game data.
Crafting value of Burnished Ink
Burnished Ink goes into 28 recipes: 28 in Inscription. All of them are Dragon Isles Inscription recipes.
The highest-listed product is Emberscale Sigil, from Dragon Isles Inscription, at 17,421 gold25 silver on the US Auction House.
One craft of Emberscale Sigil takes 2 Burnished Ink plus 1 Blazing Ink and 1 Awakened Fire; at current prices those reagents cost 239 gold11 silver per craft.
Burnished Ink is about 49% of that reagent bill at its current price; Blazing Ink and Awakened Fire make up the rest.
The cheapest craft that uses Burnished Ink is Contract: Valdrakken Accord (Dragon Isles Inscription): its reagents cost 105 gold45 silver and Contract: Valdrakken Accord lists at 175 gold.
15 of the 28 distinct products have a current US commodity price.
Further down the chain, Cosmic Ink is itself a reagent in 11 recipes, such as Darkmoon Deck Box: Inferno, Jetscale Sigil and Crackling Codex of the Isles.
Further down the chain, Azurescale Sigil is itself a reagent in 4 recipes, such as Darkmoon Deck Box: Inferno, Darkmoon Deck Box: Rime and Darkmoon Deck Box: Dance.
Further down the chain, Bronzescale Sigil is itself a reagent in 4 recipes, such as Darkmoon Deck Box: Inferno, Darkmoon Deck Box: Rime and Darkmoon Deck Box: Dance.
Leveling and recipes for Burnished Ink
Leveling with Burnished Ink: Illusion Parchment: Arcane Burst (Scrolls) turns yellow at Inscription skill 20 and grey at 25. Illusion Parchment: Spell Shield (Scrolls) turns yellow at Inscription skill 20 and grey at 25. Draconic Treatise on Alchemy (Profession Specialization) turns yellow at Inscription skill 35 and grey at 50. Draconic Treatise on Blacksmithing (Profession Specialization) turns yellow at Inscription skill 35 and grey at 50. Draconic Treatise on Enchanting (Profession Specialization) turns yellow at Inscription skill 35 and grey at 50. Draconic Treatise on Engineering (Profession Specialization) turns yellow at Inscription skill 35 and grey at 50.
Recipe items that teach these crafts: Technique: Azurescale Sigil, Technique: Bronzescale Sigil, Technique: Contract: Artisan's Consortium, Technique: Contract: Dream Wardens, Technique: Contract: Loamm Niffen, Technique: Contract: Valdrakken Accord, Technique: Cosmic Ink and Technique: Draconic Treatise on Alchemy, and 20 more.
Reagents used with Burnished Ink
Burnished Ink is most often combined with Glittering Parchment, which shares 20 of its 28 recipes; next come Artisan's Mettle, Rockfang Leather and Awakened Frost.
Glittering Parchment 20 shared recipes
Artisan's Mettle 11 shared recipes
Rockfang Leather 11 shared recipes
Awakened Frost 5 shared recipes
Awakened Earth 4 shared recipes
Awakened Fire 4 shared recipes
Awakened Order 3 shared recipes
Chilled Rune 3 shared recipes
Iridescent Water 3 shared recipes
Awakened Air 2 shared recipes
Serene Ink 2 shared recipes
Zaralek Glowspores 2 shared recipes
How to make Burnished Ink
| Recipe | Profession | Skill tier and category | Reagents | Makes | Reagents per craft (US) |
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| Inscription | Dragon Isles Inscription, Inks, grey at 40 |
| 124 gold |
Burnished Ink (Dragon Isles Inscription) combines 2 Blazing Ink, 2 Flourishing Ink, 2 Serene Ink and 1 Iridescent Water, and those reagents cost 124 gold28 silver.
What Burnished Ink is crafted into
Glyph of the Lunar Chameleon (Druid). Made with Glyph of the Lunar Chameleon, 4 Burnished Ink per craft.
Glyph of the Shath'Yar (Priest). Made with Glyph of the Shath'Yar, 4 Burnished Ink per craft.
Mark of the Auric Dreamstag (Druid). Made with Mark of the Auric Dreamstag, 4 Burnished Ink per craft.
Contract: Artisan's Consortium (Other). Made with Contract: Artisan's Consortium, 3 Burnished Ink per craft.
Burnished Ink: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 16% below its 30-day median. Over these 30 days the lowest listing moved more than tenfold, so a single snapshot can sit far from typical.
| Now | 59 gold9 silver |
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| 30-day low | 5 gold Nov 2 |
| 30-day high | 11,111 gold10 silver Oct 6 |
| 30-day median | 70 gold |
| 7-day median | 38 gold65 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 691 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Burnished Ink by region
Americas and Oceania (US) has the lowest listing of the regions we track. Each region is a separate Auction House, so gold and items do not move between them.
| Region | Lowest listed price | Listings | Units |
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| Americas and Oceania (US) | 58 gold96 silver | 34 | 420 |
| Europe (EU) | 80 gold | 32 | 912 |
Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Burnished Ink
Dragon Isles Inscription has 136 recipes. Besides Burnished Ink, the reagents they call for most are Glittering Parchment (72 recipes), Chilled Rune (41 recipes), Iridescent Water (34 recipes), Artisan's Mettle (32 recipes), Awakened Order (32 recipes), Flawless Proto Dragon Scale (28 recipes), Wildercloth (28 recipes), Serene Ink (24 recipes), Blazing Ink (21 recipes), Rockfang Leather (21 recipes).
Inscription priced near Burnished Ink
Eight of Frost58 gold
Chilled Rune59 gold
Three of Fathoms59 gold
Soul Cipher58 gold
Munsell Ink59 gold
Six of Frost60 gold
Burnished Ink60 gold
Five of the Moon55 gold
Shadow Ink54 gold
Eight of Elementals64 gold
Five of Elementals64 gold
Six of Blockades51 gold
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