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Essence of Destruction

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Lowest listed price29 silver

Median listing1 gold

2,532 available118 listings

Verified priceAuction House36 min agocommodity

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Essence of Destruction details

Type	Other
Item level	25
Max stack	1,000
Vendor sell price	20 silver
Expansion	Cataclysm
First seen in our data	build 5.5.4.69585

Read from the 12.1.0.69875 game build. Prices are US Auction House data.

Where Essence of Destruction comes from

Drops from

Hagara the StormbinderDragon Soul
Madness of DeathwingDragon Soul
MorchokDragon Soul
Spine of DeathwingDragon Soul
UltraxionDragon Soul
Warlord Zon'ozzDragon Soul
Warmaster BlackhornDragon Soul
Yor'sahj the UnsleepingDragon Soul

What Essence of Destruction is used in

Blacksmithing

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Bracers of Destructive Strength	Cataclysm Blacksmithing, Armor, grey at 75	4	4 × Truegold 30 × Volatile Fire 2 × Chaos Orb	Bracers of Destructive Strength	2,612 gold
Foundations of Courage	Cataclysm Blacksmithing, Armor, grey at 75	8	8 × Truegold 10 × Hardened Elementium Bar 4 × Chaos Orb	Foundations of Courage	5,864 gold
Pyrium Legplates of Purified Evil	Cataclysm Blacksmithing, Armor, grey at 75	8	8 × Truegold 40 × Volatile Life 4 × Chaos Orb	Pyrium Legplates of Purified Evil	4,768 gold
Soul Redeemer Bracers	Cataclysm Blacksmithing, Armor, grey at 75	4	4 × Truegold 30 × Volatile Life 2 × Chaos Orb	Soul Redeemer Bracers	2,435 gold
Titanguard Wristplates	Cataclysm Blacksmithing, Armor, grey at 75	4	4 × Truegold 10 × Hardened Elementium Bar 2 × Chaos Orb	Titanguard Wristplates	3,582 gold
Unstoppable Destroyer's Legplates	Cataclysm Blacksmithing, Armor, grey at 75	8	8 × Truegold 40 × Volatile Fire 4 × Chaos Orb	Unstoppable Destroyer's Legplates	5,005 gold

Leatherworking

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Bladeshadow Leggings	Cataclysm Leatherworking, Pants, grey at 75	8	8 × Pristine Hide 20 × Volatile Fire 20 × Volatile Air 4 × Chaos Orb	Bladeshadow Leggings	3,362 gold
Bladeshadow Wristguards	Cataclysm Leatherworking, Bracers, grey at 75	4	4 × Pristine Hide 20 × Volatile Fire 20 × Volatile Air 2 × Chaos Orb	Bladeshadow Wristguards	1,840 gold
Bracers of Flowing Serenity	Cataclysm Leatherworking, Bracers, grey at 75	4	4 × Pristine Hide 10 × Volatile Life 10 × Volatile Water 10 × Volatile Air 2 × Chaos Orb	Bracers of Flowing Serenity	1,800 gold
Bracers of the Hunter-Killer	Cataclysm Leatherworking, Bracers, grey at 75	4	4 × Pristine Hide 20 × Blackened Dragonscale 20 × Volatile Life 2 × Chaos Orb	Bracers of the Hunter-Killer	1,688 gold
Deathscale Leggings	Cataclysm Leatherworking, Pants, grey at 75	8	8 × Pristine Hide 40 × Blackened Dragonscale 4 × Chaos Orb	Deathscale Leggings	3,173 gold
Leggings of Nature's Champion	Cataclysm Leatherworking, Pants, grey at 75	8	8 × Pristine Hide 40 × Volatile Life 4 × Chaos Orb	Leggings of Nature's Champion	3,248 gold
Rended Earth Leggings	Cataclysm Leatherworking, Pants, grey at 75	8	8 × Pristine Hide 25 × Blackened Dragonscale 10 × Volatile Fire 10 × Volatile Earth 4 × Chaos Orb	Rended Earth Leggings	3,255 gold
Thundering Deathscale Wristguards	Cataclysm Leatherworking, Bracers, grey at 75	4	4 × Pristine Hide 20 × Blackened Dragonscale 30 × Volatile Air 2 × Chaos Orb	Thundering Deathscale Wristguards	1,733 gold

Tailoring

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes
Bracers of Unconquered Power	Cataclysm Tailoring, Bracers, grey at 75	4	5 × Dreamcloth	Bracers of Unconquered Power
Dreamwraps of the Light	Cataclysm Tailoring, Bracers, grey at 75	4	8 × Dreamcloth	Dreamwraps of the Light
Lavaquake Legwraps	Cataclysm Tailoring, Pants, grey at 75	8	8 × Dreamcloth	Lavaquake Legwraps
World Mender's Pants	Cataclysm Tailoring, Pants, grey at 75	8	8 × Dreamcloth	World Mender's Pants

"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 Essence of Destruction

Essence of Destruction goes into 18 recipes: 8 in Leatherworking, 6 in Blacksmithing and 4 in Tailoring. They come from Cataclysm Blacksmithing, Cataclysm Leatherworking and Cataclysm Tailoring.

The cheapest craft that uses Essence of Destruction is Bracers of the Hunter-Killer (Cataclysm Leatherworking): its reagents cost 1,688 gold44 silver per craft.

Leveling and recipes for Essence of Destruction

Leveling with Essence of Destruction: Bladeshadow Leggings (Pants) stops giving Leatherworking skill-ups at 75. Bladeshadow Wristguards (Bracers) stops giving Leatherworking skill-ups at 75. Bracers of Destructive Strength (Armor) stops giving Blacksmithing skill-ups at 75. Bracers of Flowing Serenity (Bracers) stops giving Leatherworking skill-ups at 75. Bracers of Unconquered Power (Bracers) stops giving Tailoring skill-ups at 75. Bracers of the Hunter-Killer (Bracers) stops giving Leatherworking skill-ups at 75.

Recipe items that teach these crafts: Pattern: Bladeshadow Leggings, Pattern: Bladeshadow Wristguards, Plans: Bracers of Destructive Strength, Pattern: Bracers of Flowing Serenity, Pattern: Bracers of Unconquered Power, Pattern: Bracers of the Hunter-Killer, Pattern: Deathscale Leggings and Pattern: Dreamwraps of the Light, and 10 more.

Reagents used with Essence of Destruction

Essence of Destruction is most often combined with Chaos Orb, which shares 14 of its 18 recipes; next come Pristine Hide, Truegold and Volatile Fire.

Chaos Orb 14 shared recipes
Pristine Hide 8 shared recipes
Truegold 6 shared recipes
Volatile Fire 5 shared recipes
Volatile Life 5 shared recipes
Blackened Dragonscale 4 shared recipes
Dreamcloth 4 shared recipes
Volatile Air 4 shared recipes
Hardened Elementium Bar 2 shared recipes
Volatile Earth 1 shared recipe
Volatile Water 1 shared recipe

What Essence of Destruction is crafted into

Bladeshadow Leggings (Leather). Made with Bladeshadow Leggings, 8 Essence of Destruction per craft.

Deathscale Leggings (Mail). Made with Deathscale Leggings, 8 Essence of Destruction per craft.

Foundations of Courage (Plate). Made with Foundations of Courage, 8 Essence of Destruction per craft.

Lavaquake Legwraps (Cloth). Made with Lavaquake Legwraps, 8 Essence of Destruction per craft.

Essence of Destruction: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 45% above 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	29 silver
30-day low	10 silver Sep 11
30-day high	1 gold27 silver Sep 1
30-day median	20 silver
7-day median	20 silver
Hourly snapshots	676

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

Essence of Destruction by region

The lowest listing is 24% lower in Europe (EU) than in Americas and Oceania (US). 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)	29 silver	118	2,532
Europe (EU)	22 silver	339	6,530

Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Essence of Destruction

Cataclysm Leatherworking has 102 recipes. Besides Essence of Destruction, the reagents they call for most are Heavy Savage Leather (41 recipes), Volatile Fire (35 recipes), Pristine Hide (32 recipes), Blackened Dragonscale (29 recipes), Chaos Orb (26 recipes), Volatile Water (22 recipes), Savage Leather (20 recipes), Eternium Thread (13 recipes), Volatile Life (13 recipes), Volatile Air (10 recipes).

Cataclysm Blacksmithing has 96 recipes. Besides Essence of Destruction, the reagents they call for most are Chaos Orb (36 recipes), Elementium Bar (34 recipes), Hardened Elementium Bar (29 recipes), Truegold (29 recipes), Folded Obsidium (28 recipes), Volatile Fire (19 recipes), Volatile Earth (17 recipes), Volatile Water (11 recipes), Living Ember (6 recipes), Luminous Flux (5 recipes).

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About Essence of Destruction

Essence of Destruction 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 Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, Tailoring. When a recipe that uses Essence of Destruction spikes in value, the material tends to follow, so watch the recipes above alongside the price history.

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