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Dark Rune

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Lowest listed price100 gold

Median listing117 gold

7,442 available66 listings

Verified priceAuction House16 min agocommodity

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Dark Rune details

Type	Other
Item level	10
Max stack	1,000
Vendor sell price	20 silver
Expansion	Classic
First seen in our data	build 1.15.9.68940

Read from the 12.1.0.69933 game build. Prices are US Auction House data.

What Dark Rune is used in

Alchemy

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Stoppered Black Potion	Classic Alchemy, House Decor, grey at 300	2	10 × Ironwood Lumber 2 × Black Dye 1 × Crystal Vial	Stoppered Black Potion

Blacksmithing

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Darkrune Breastplate	Classic Blacksmithing, Chest, grey at 300	10	20 × Thorium Bar 10 × Truesilver Bar	Darkrune Breastplate	1,099 gold
Darkrune Gauntlets	Classic Blacksmithing, Gauntlets, grey at 300	6	12 × Thorium Bar 6 × Truesilver Bar 2 × Enchanted Leather	Darkrune Gauntlets	809 gold
Darkrune Helm	Classic Blacksmithing, Helms, grey at 300	8	16 × Thorium Bar 8 × Truesilver Bar 1 × Black Diamond	Darkrune Helm	880 gold
Dawn of Demise	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	6	40 × Wartorn Scrap 8 × Large Fang 16 × Enchanted Thorium Bar 20 × Essence of Undeath 12 × Arcanite Bar	Dawn of Demise	7,570 gold
Gauntlets of the Unrelenting	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	2	35 × Wartorn Scrap 1 × Blood of Innocents 2 × Steel Weapon Chain 4 × Star Ruby 8 × Arcanite Bar	Gauntlets of the Unrelenting
Gurubashi Crusher	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	3	20 × Arcanite Bar 10 × Enchanted Thorium Bar 8 × Felcloth 4 × Massive Mojo 2 × Gurubashi Mojo Madness	Gurubashi Crusher	6,267 gold
Gurubashi Slicer	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	10	18 × Truesilver Bar 6 × Enchanted Thorium Bar 3 × Mageblood Elixir 2 × Pristine Black Diamond 4 × Guardian Stone	Gurubashi Slicer	3,991 gold
Persuader	Classic Blacksmithing, Weapons, grey at 300	20	15 × Arcanite Bar 10 × Dark Iron Bar 20 × Essence of Undeath 10 × Devilsaur Leather	Persuader	8,481 gold
Shade's Blade	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	8	40 × Wartorn Scrap 30 × Enchanted Thorium Bar 2 × Pristine Black Diamond 20 × Large Brilliant Shard 16 × Essence of Undeath	Shade's Blade	6,360 gold
The Final Dream	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	12	40 × Wartorn Scrap 30 × Essence of Undeath 10 × Arcanite Bar	The Final Dream	8,151 gold
Undeath Metal	Classic Blacksmithing, Materials, grey at 310	2	50 × Wartorn Scrap 10 × Arcanite Bar 6 × Essence of Undeath 1 × Frozen Rune	Undeath Metal	6,691 gold
Warblades of the Hakkari, Reborn	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	20	24 × Arcanite Bar 30 × Enchanted Thorium Bar 30 × Heart of Fire 2 × Huge Emerald 10 × Massive Mojo 6 × Gurubashi Mojo Madness		10,125 gold

Enchanting

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Darkmaster's Mystical Brazier	Classic Enchanting, House Decor, grey at 300	8	30 × Ironwood Lumber 16 × Essence of Undeath 12 × Large Brilliant Shard 8 × Greater Eternal Essence	Darkmaster's Mystical Brazier
Magebane Nexus	Classic Enchanting, Ancient Formulas, grey at 300	4	20 × Greater Eternal Essence 1 × Righteous Orb 1 × Simple Wood	Magebane Nexus	680 gold
Mindslave's Reach	Classic Enchanting, Ancient Formulas, grey at 300	20	18 × Felcloth 3 × Gurubashi Mojo Madness 1 × Greater Dreamless Sleep Potion 1 × Simple Wood	Mindslave's Reach	4,520 gold

Inscription

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Encased Frigid Heart	Classic Inscription, Ancient Techniques, grey at 300	20	16 × Frozen Rune 6 × Arcanite Bar 16 × Truesilver Bar 20 × Essence of Undeath	Encased Frigid Heart
Gurubashi Ceremonial Staff	Classic Inscription, Ancient Techniques, grey at 300	10	6 × Arcanite Bar 32 × Primal Bat Leather 2 × Pristine Black Diamond 1 × Gurubashi Mojo Madness 1 × Simple Wood	Gurubashi Ceremonial Staff	5,206 gold
Gurubashi Hoodoo Stick	Classic Inscription, Ancient Techniques, grey at 300	12	3 × Gurubashi Mojo Madness 3 × Greater Dreamless Sleep Potion 1 × Simple Wood 10 × Powerful Mojo 1 × Azerothian Diamond	Gurubashi Hoodoo Stick	2,360 gold

Leatherworking

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Displacement Boots	Classic Leatherworking, Ancient Patterns, grey at 300	8	35 × Wartorn Scrap 40 × Enchanted Leather 20 × Rugged Leather 12 × Cured Rugged Hide 10 × Rune Thread	Displacement Boots	6,720 gold
Gurubashi's Grasp	Classic Leatherworking, Ancient Patterns, grey at 300	8	24 × Primal Bat Leather 12 × Enchanted Thorium Bar 4 × Massive Mojo 2 × Star Ruby 2 × Gurubashi Mojo Madness	Gurubashi's Grasp	2,769 gold
Languished Leather	Classic Leatherworking, Materials, grey at 310	2	50 × Wartorn Scrap 40 × Enchanted Leather 6 × Essence of Undeath 1 × Frozen Rune	Languished Leather	7,536 gold
Scourged Scales	Classic Leatherworking, Materials, grey at 310	2	50 × Wartorn Scrap 40 × Enchanted Leather 6 × Essence of Undeath 1 × Frozen Rune	Scourged Scales	7,536 gold

Tailoring

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Bindings of the Harvested Soul	Classic Tailoring, Ancient Patterns, grey at 300	5	15 × Wartorn Scrap 10 × Essence of Undeath 8 × Felcloth 6 × Bolt of Runecloth 4 × Frozen Rune	Bindings of the Harvested Soul	2,991 gold
Cursed Cloth	Classic Tailoring, Materials, grey at 310	2	50 × Wartorn Scrap 20 × Felcloth 6 × Essence of Undeath 1 × Frozen Rune	Cursed Cloth	6,118 gold
Felcloth Bag	Classic Tailoring, Bags, grey at 300	2	12 × Felcloth 6 × Enchanted Leather 4 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Felcloth Bag	1,674 gold
Necrotic Gown	Classic Tailoring, Ancient Patterns, grey at 300	15	50 × Wartorn Scrap 40 × Essence of Undeath 20 × Felcloth 12 × Bolt of Runecloth 12 × Frozen Rune	Necrotic Gown	9,577 gold
Ritualistic Legwarmers	Classic Tailoring, Ancient Patterns, grey at 300	6	12 × Bolt of Runecloth 6 × Powerful Mojo 5 × Red Dye 8 × Felcloth 4 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Ritualistic Legwarmers	1,339 gold
Runed Stygian Belt	Classic Tailoring, Belts, grey at 300	6	2 × Bolt of Runecloth 2 × Felcloth 2 × Enchanted Leather 2 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Runed Stygian Belt	950 gold
Runed Stygian Boots	Classic Tailoring, Boots, grey at 300	6	4 × Bolt of Runecloth 4 × Felcloth 2 × Enchanted Leather 2 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Runed Stygian Boots	1,113 gold
Runed Stygian Leggings	Classic Tailoring, Pants, grey at 300	8	6 × Bolt of Runecloth 6 × Felcloth 2 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Runed Stygian Leggings	1,327 gold
Shroud of Forbidden Magic	Classic Tailoring, Ancient Patterns, grey at 300	25	200 × Wartorn Scrap 100 × Essence of Undeath 50 × Felcloth 60 × Large Brilliant Shard 20 × Ghost Dye	Shroud of Forbidden Magic	28,971 gold

"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 Dark Rune

Dark Rune goes into 32 recipes: 12 in Blacksmithing, 9 in Tailoring, 4 in Leatherworking, 3 in Enchanting, 3 in Inscription and 1 in Alchemy. They come from Classic Alchemy, Classic Blacksmithing, Classic Enchanting, Classic Inscription, Classic Leatherworking and 1 more skill tiers.

The cheapest craft that uses Dark Rune is Magebane Nexus (Classic Enchanting): its reagents cost 680 gold80 silver per craft.

Leveling and recipes for Dark Rune

Leveling with Dark Rune: Bindings of the Harvested Soul (Ancient Patterns) stops giving Tailoring skill-ups at 300. Darkmaster's Mystical Brazier (House Decor) turns yellow at Enchanting skill 260 and grey at 300. Darkrune Breastplate (Chest) stops giving Blacksmithing skill-ups at 300. Darkrune Gauntlets (Gauntlets) stops giving Blacksmithing skill-ups at 300. Darkrune Helm (Helms) stops giving Blacksmithing skill-ups at 300. Dawn of Demise (Ancient Plans) stops giving Blacksmithing skill-ups at 300.

Recipe items that teach these crafts: Ancient Pattern: Bindings of the Harvested Soul, Pattern: Cursed Cloth, Plans: Darkrune Breastplate, Plans: Darkrune Gauntlets, Plans: Darkrune Helm, Ancient Plans: Dawn of Demise, Ancient Pattern: Displacement Boots and Ancient Technique: Encased Frigid Heart, and 22 more.

Reagents used with Dark Rune

Dark Rune is most often combined with Essence of Undeath, which shares 13 of its 32 recipes; next come Wartorn Scrap, Felcloth and Arcanite Bar.

Essence of Undeath 13 shared recipes
Wartorn Scrap 12 shared recipes
Felcloth 11 shared recipes
Arcanite Bar 9 shared recipes
Enchanted Leather 7 shared recipes
Frozen Rune 7 shared recipes
Bolt of Runecloth 6 shared recipes
Enchanted Thorium Bar 6 shared recipes
Gurubashi Mojo Madness 6 shared recipes
Ironweb Spider Silk 5 shared recipes
Truesilver Bar 5 shared recipes
Simple Wood 4 shared recipes

What Dark Rune is crafted into

Shroud of Forbidden Magic (Cosmetic). Made with Shroud of Forbidden Magic, 25 Dark Rune per craft.

Encased Frigid Heart (Miscellaneous). Made with Encased Frigid Heart, 20 Dark Rune per craft.

Mindslave's Reach (Wand). Made with Mindslave's Reach, 20 Dark Rune per craft.

Persuader (Mace). Made with Persuader, 20 Dark Rune per craft.

Dark Rune: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing sits at its 30-day median.

Now	100 gold
30-day low	44 gold31 silver Sep 13
30-day high	205 gold82 silver Sep 4
30-day median	100 gold86 silver
7-day median	80 gold
Hourly snapshots	688

US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.

Dark Rune 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
Americas and Oceania (US)	100 gold	66	7,442
Europe (EU)	110 gold	199	8,374

Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Dark Rune

Classic Blacksmithing has 305 recipes. Besides Dark Rune, the reagents they call for most are Arcanite Bar (75 recipes), Thorium Bar (74 recipes), Enchanted Thorium Bar (42 recipes), Truesilver Bar (36 recipes), Mithril Bar (35 recipes), Bronze Bar (24 recipes), Copper Bar (24 recipes), Heavy Grinding Stone (24 recipes), Dark Iron Bar (23 recipes), Dense Grinding Stone (23 recipes).

Classic Tailoring has 270 recipes. Besides Dark Rune, the reagents they call for most are Bolt of Runecloth (90 recipes), Rune Thread (57 recipes), Fine Thread (54 recipes), Bolt of Mageweave (49 recipes), Bolt of Silk Cloth (43 recipes), Heavy Silken Thread (42 recipes), Ironweb Spider Silk (37 recipes), Red Dye (30 recipes), Bolt of Linen Cloth (28 recipes), Bolt of Woolen Cloth (28 recipes).

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About Dark Rune

Dark Rune is a crafting material in World of Warcraft. This page tracks its verified Auction House price and the recipes that consume it, so you can judge whether it is worth farming, buying, or selling right now.

Demand comes from Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Enchanting, Inscription, Leatherworking, Tailoring. When a recipe that uses Dark Rune spikes in value, the material tends to follow, so watch the recipes above alongside the price history.

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