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Essence of Undeath

Elemental

Verified US market

Lowest listed price54 gold56 silver

Median listing199 gold30 silver

29,967 available76 listings

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Essence of Undeath details

Type	Elemental
Item level	10
Max stack	1,000
Vendor sell price	10 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 Essence of Undeath is used in

Alchemy

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Apothecary's Worktable	Classic Alchemy, House Decor, grey at 300	16	40 × Ironwood Lumber 12 × Arcanite Bar 8 × Black Lotus 6 × Crystal Vial	Apothecary's Worktable
Transmute: Undeath to Water	Classic Alchemy, Transmutation, grey at 290	1		Essence of Water	61 gold	54 gold

Blacksmithing

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Annihilator	Classic Blacksmithing, Weapons, grey at 300	10	40 × Thorium Bar 12 × Arcanite Bar 8 × Huge Emerald 2 × Dense Grinding Stone 4 × Enchanted Leather	Annihilator	3,536 gold
Axe of Sundered Bone	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	8	40 × Wartorn Scrap 16 × Large Opal 8 × Arcanite Bar 60 × Thorium Bar	Axe of Sundered Bone
Belt of the Mentor	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	30	15 × Wartorn Scrap 45 × Truesilver Bar 8 × Arcanite Bar 4 × Azerothian Diamond	Belt of the Mentor
Blade of Unholy Might	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	20	80 × Wartorn Scrap 20 × Arcanite Bar 40 × Gold Bar 4 × Golden Pearl	Blade of Unholy Might
Blade of the Fallen Seraph	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	16	40 × Wartorn Scrap 30 × Enchanted Thorium Bar 2 × Pristine Black Diamond 8 × Frozen Rune 20 × Large Brilliant Shard	Blade of the Fallen Seraph	5,830 gold
Corruption	Classic Blacksmithing, Weapons, grey at 300	8	40 × Thorium Bar 2 × Arcanite Bar 16 × Demonic Rune 2 × Blue Sapphire 2 × Dense Grinding Stone 4 × Rugged Leather	Corruption
Dawn of Demise	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	20	40 × Wartorn Scrap 8 × Large Fang 16 × Enchanted Thorium Bar 6 × Dark Rune 12 × Arcanite Bar	Dawn of Demise	7,486 gold
Death's Gamble	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	40	60 × Wartorn Scrap 20 × Huge Emerald 60 × Ghost Dye 12 × Arcanite Bar	Death's Gamble
Harbinger of Death	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	16	40 × Wartorn Scrap 40 × Dense Grinding Stone 8 × Arcanite Bar 6 × Pristine Black Diamond	Harbinger of Death
Persuader	Classic Blacksmithing, Weapons, grey at 300	20	15 × Arcanite Bar 10 × Dark Iron Bar 20 × Dark Rune 10 × Devilsaur Leather	Persuader	8,371 gold
Plated Construct's Ribcage	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	15	50 × Wartorn Scrap 36 × Truesilver Bar 6 × Arcanite Bar 8 × Azerothian Diamond 40 × Ghost Dye	Plated Construct's Ribcage	8,574 gold
Shade's Blade	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	16	40 × Wartorn Scrap 30 × Enchanted Thorium Bar 2 × Pristine Black Diamond 8 × Dark Rune 20 × Large Brilliant Shard	Shade's Blade	6,350 gold

Cooking

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Haunted Herring	Northrend Cooking, Everyday Cooking, grey at 5	1	1 × Fangtooth Herring	Haunted Herring ×5	11 gold	55 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	16	30 × Ironwood Lumber 12 × Large Brilliant Shard 8 × Greater Eternal Essence 8 × Dark Rune	Darkmaster's Mystical Brazier
Lifestealing	Classic Enchanting, Weapon Enchantments, grey at 300	4	4 × Large Brilliant Shard 4 × Living Essence		400 gold
Shadow Power	Classic Enchanting, Glove Enchantments, grey at 300	6	10 × Large Brilliant Shard		328 gold

Engineering

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Gnomish Death Ray	Classic Engineering, Devices, grey at 280	1	2 × Mithril Tube 1 × Unstable Trigger 4 × Ichor of Undeath 1 × Inlaid Mithril Cylinder	Gnomish Death Ray	182 gold
Replaced Servo Arm	Classic Engineering, Ancient Schematics, grey at 300	20	40 × Wartorn Scrap 12 × Delicate Arcanite Converter 20 × Unstable Trigger 16 × Gyrochronatom 200 × Fused Wiring	Replaced Servo Arm	10,002 gold
Skullstone Bludgeon	Classic Engineering, Ancient Schematics, grey at 300	6	1 × Arclight Spanner 5 × Whirring Bronze Gizmo 6 × Truesilver Bar 3 × Thorium Widget	Skullstone Bludgeon

Inscription

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes
Brill Coffin	Classic Inscription, House Decor, grey at 300	8	25 × Ironwood Lumber 8 × Essence of Earth 5 × Ink of the Sky	Brill Coffin
Brill Coffin Lid	Classic Inscription, House Decor, grey at 300	4	15 × Ironwood Lumber 4 × Essence of Earth 2 × Ink of the Sky	Brill Coffin Lid
Encased Frigid Heart	Classic Inscription, Ancient Techniques, grey at 300	20	16 × Frozen Rune 6 × Arcanite Bar 20 × Dark Rune 16 × Truesilver Bar	Encased Frigid Heart
Soulscryer	Classic Inscription, Ancient Techniques, grey at 300	40	12 × Frozen Rune 20 × Blue Sapphire 12 × Gold Bar 1 × Simple Wood	Soulscryer

Jewelcrafting

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Frostwyrm's Frigid Stare	Classic Jewelcrafting, Ancient Designs, grey at 300	40	20 × Wartorn Scrap 8 × Frozen Rune 10 × Blue Sapphire 15 × Ghost Dye	Frostwyrm's Frigid Stare
Frostwyrm's Icy Gaze	Classic Jewelcrafting, Ancient Designs, grey at 300	40	20 × Wartorn Scrap 8 × Frozen Rune 2 × Pristine Black Diamond 15 × Ghost Dye	Frostwyrm's Icy Gaze
Ring of Bitter Shadows	Classic Jewelcrafting, Rings, grey at 300	2	1 × Arcane Crystal 1 × Demonic Rune	Ring of Bitter Shadows
Sapphire Pendant of Winter Night	Classic Jewelcrafting, Necklaces, grey at 300	1	1 × Blue Sapphire 1 × Thorium Setting	Sapphire Pendant of Winter Night	63 gold

Leatherworking

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Languished Leather	Classic Leatherworking, Materials, grey at 310	6	50 × Wartorn Scrap 40 × Enchanted Leather 2 × Dark Rune 1 × Frozen Rune	Languished Leather	7,484 gold
Lucien's Lost Soles	Classic Leatherworking, Ancient Patterns, grey at 300	6	16 × Rugged Leather 4 × Cured Rugged Hide 6 × Rune Thread	Lucien's Lost Soles	409 gold
Nerubian Persuader	Classic Leatherworking, Ancient Patterns, grey at 300	12	80 × Wartorn Scrap 4 × Star Ruby 20 × Ironweb Spider Silk 8 × Arcanite Bar	Nerubian Persuader	9,041 gold
Scourged Scales	Classic Leatherworking, Materials, grey at 310	6	50 × Wartorn Scrap 40 × Enchanted Leather 2 × Dark Rune 1 × Frozen Rune	Scourged Scales	7,484 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	10	15 × Wartorn Scrap 8 × Felcloth 6 × Bolt of Runecloth 4 × Frozen Rune 5 × Dark Rune	Bindings of the Harvested Soul	2,969 gold
Cursed Cloth	Classic Tailoring, Materials, grey at 310	6	50 × Wartorn Scrap 20 × Felcloth 2 × Dark Rune 1 × Frozen Rune	Cursed Cloth	6,066 gold
Felcloth Gloves	Classic Tailoring, Gloves, grey at 300	8	12 × Bolt of Runecloth 20 × Felcloth 6 × Demonic Rune 2 × Rune Thread	Felcloth Gloves
Necrotic Gown	Classic Tailoring, Ancient Patterns, grey at 300	40	50 × Wartorn Scrap 20 × Felcloth 12 × Bolt of Runecloth 12 × Frozen Rune 15 × Dark Rune	Necrotic Gown	9,515 gold
Robe of Winter Night	Classic Tailoring, Robes & Tunics, grey at 300	4	10 × Bolt of Runecloth 12 × Felcloth 4 × Essence of Water 1 × Rune Thread	Robe of Winter Night	1,437 gold
Robe of the Void	Classic Tailoring, Robes & Tunics, grey at 300	12	12 × Bolt of Runecloth 20 × Demonic Rune 40 × Felcloth 12 × Essence of Fire 2 × Rune Thread	Robe of the Void
Shroud of Forbidden Magic	Classic Tailoring, Ancient Patterns, grey at 300	100	200 × Wartorn Scrap 50 × Felcloth 60 × Large Brilliant Shard 25 × Dark Rune 20 × Ghost Dye	Shroud of Forbidden Magic	28,746 gold

7 more recipes also use Essence of Undeath:

"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 Undeath

Essence of Undeath goes into 47 recipes: 16 in Blacksmithing, 7 in Tailoring, 5 in Enchanting, 4 in Engineering, 4 in Inscription, 4 in Jewelcrafting, 4 in Leatherworking, 2 in Alchemy and 1 in Cooking. They come from Classic Alchemy, Classic Blacksmithing, Classic Enchanting, Classic Engineering, Classic Inscription and 4 more skill tiers.

The highest-listed product is Essence of Water (recipe: Transmute: Undeath to Water), from Classic Alchemy, at 61 gold14 silver on the US Auction House.

One craft of Transmute: Undeath to Water takes 1 Essence of Undeath; at current prices those reagents cost 54 gold56 silver per craft.

The cheapest craft that uses Essence of Undeath is Haunted Herring (Northrend Cooking): its reagents cost 55 gold33 silver and Haunted Herring lists at 11 gold99 silver.

2 of the 44 distinct products have a current US commodity price.

Further down the chain, Essence of Water is itself a reagent in 55 recipes, such as Dawnbringer Shoulders, Storm Gauntlets and Enchanted Thorium Leggings.

Leveling and recipes for Essence of Undeath

Leveling with Essence of Undeath: Haunted Herring (Everyday Cooking) turns yellow at Cooking skill 1 and grey at 5. Gnomish Death Ray (Devices) turns yellow at Engineering skill 260 and grey at 280. Transmute: Undeath to Water (Transmutation) turns yellow at Alchemy skill 275 and grey at 290. Annihilator (Weapons) stops giving Blacksmithing skill-ups at 300. Apothecary's Worktable (House Decor) turns yellow at Alchemy skill 260 and grey at 300. Axe of Sundered Bone (Ancient Plans) stops giving Blacksmithing skill-ups at 300.

Recipe items that teach these crafts: Recipe: Haunted Herring, Plans: Annihilator, Ancient Plans: Axe of Sundered Bone, Ancient Plans: Belt of the Mentor, Ancient Pattern: Bindings of the Harvested Soul, Ancient Plans: Blade of Unholy Might, Ancient Plans: Blade of the Fallen Seraph and Plans: Corruption, and 32 more.

Reagents used with Essence of Undeath

Essence of Undeath is most often combined with Wartorn Scrap, which shares 23 of its 47 recipes; next come Arcanite Bar, Dark Rune and Frozen Rune.

Wartorn Scrap 23 shared recipes
Arcanite Bar 17 shared recipes
Dark Rune 13 shared recipes
Frozen Rune 11 shared recipes
Large Brilliant Shard 8 shared recipes
Felcloth 7 shared recipes
Bolt of Runecloth 5 shared recipes
Ghost Dye 5 shared recipes
Pristine Black Diamond 5 shared recipes
Azerothian Diamond 4 shared recipes
Blue Sapphire 4 shared recipes
Demonic Rune 4 shared recipes

How to make Essence of Undeath

Recipe	Profession	Skill tier and category	Reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft (US)
Transmute: Water to Undeath	Alchemy	Classic Alchemy, Transmutation, grey at 290	1 × Essence of Water	1	61 gold

Transmute: Water to Undeath (Classic Alchemy) combines 1 Essence of Water, and those reagents cost 61 gold14 silver; buying 1 Essence of Undeath instead costs 54 gold56 silver.

What Essence of Undeath is crafted into

Shroud of Forbidden Magic (Cosmetic). Made with Shroud of Forbidden Magic, 100 Essence of Undeath per craft.

Death's Gamble (Shield). Made with Death's Gamble, 40 Essence of Undeath per craft.

Frostwyrm's Frigid Stare (Miscellaneous). Made with Frostwyrm's Frigid Stare, 40 Essence of Undeath per craft.

Frostwyrm's Icy Gaze (Miscellaneous). Made with Frostwyrm's Icy Gaze, 40 Essence of Undeath per craft.

Essence of Undeath: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 20% 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	54 gold56 silver
30-day low	5 gold Sep 12
30-day high	126 gold97 silver Aug 31
30-day median	67 gold82 silver
7-day median	55 gold71 silver
Hourly snapshots	687

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

Essence of Undeath 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)	54 gold56 silver	76	29,967
Europe (EU)	89 gold	191	9,081

Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Essence of Undeath

Classic Blacksmithing has 305 recipes. Besides Essence of Undeath, 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 Essence of Undeath, 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).

Other Reagents priced near Essence of Undeath

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Pristine Falcosaur Feather54 gold
Masterful Garnet54 gold
Enchant Neck - Mark of the Versatile54 gold
Draconic Missive of Deftness54 gold
Radiant Malygite54 gold
Enchant Cloak - Greater Critical Strike54 gold
Highborne Scroll54 gold
Algari Missive of the Aurora55 gold
Algari Missive of the Feverflare55 gold

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About Essence of Undeath

Essence of Undeath 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, Cooking, Enchanting, Engineering, Inscription. When a recipe that uses Essence of Undeath spikes in value, the material tends to follow, so watch the recipes above alongside the price history.

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