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Essence of Water

Elemental

Verified US market

Lowest listed price61 gold9 silver

Median listing68 gold28 silver

5,520 available64 listings

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Essence of Water details

Type	Elemental
Item level	10
Max stack	1,000
Vendor sell price	4 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 Water is used in

Alchemy

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Transmute: Water to Air	Classic Alchemy, Transmutation, grey at 290	1		Essence of Air	13 gold	61 gold
Transmute: Water to Undeath	Classic Alchemy, Transmutation, grey at 290	1		Essence of Undeath	54 gold	61 gold

Blacksmithing

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Dawnbringer Shoulders	Classic Blacksmithing, Shoulders, grey at 300	2	20 × Thorium Bar 4 × Arcanite Bar 2 × Huge Emerald	Dawnbringer Shoulders	1,047 gold
Enchanted Thorium Breastplate	Classic Blacksmithing, Chest, grey at 300	4	8 × Arcanite Bar 24 × Enchanted Thorium Bar 4 × Essence of Earth 2 × Huge Emerald 2 × Azerothian Diamond	Enchanted Thorium Breastplate	2,105 gold
Enchanted Thorium Leggings	Classic Blacksmithing, Legs, grey at 300	6	10 × Arcanite Bar 20 × Enchanted Thorium Bar 2 × Blue Sapphire 1 × Huge Emerald	Enchanted Thorium Leggings	2,626 gold
Frostguard	Classic Blacksmithing, Weapons, grey at 300	4	18 × Arcanite Bar 8 × Blue Sapphire 8 × Azerothian Diamond 2 × Dense Grinding Stone 4 × Enchanted Leather	Frostguard	4,417 gold
Icebane Bracers	Classic Blacksmithing, Bracers, grey at 340	2	4 × Frozen Rune 12 × Thorium Bar 2 × Arcanite Bar	Icebane Bracers	710 gold
Icebane Breastplate	Classic Blacksmithing, Chest, grey at 340	4	7 × Frozen Rune 16 × Thorium Bar 2 × Arcanite Bar	Icebane Breastplate	937 gold
Icebane Coif	Classic Blacksmithing, Helms, grey at 340	8	14 × Frozen Rune 32 × Thorium Bar 4 × Arcanite Bar	Icebane Coif	1,874 gold
Icebane Gauntlets	Classic Blacksmithing, Gauntlets, grey at 340	2	5 × Frozen Rune 12 × Thorium Bar 2 × Arcanite Bar	Icebane Gauntlets	740 gold
Icebane Leggings	Classic Blacksmithing, Legs, grey at 340	4	7 × Frozen Rune 16 × Thorium Bar 2 × Arcanite Bar	Icebane Leggings	937 gold
Icebane Mantle	Classic Blacksmithing, Shoulders, grey at 340	6	10 × Frozen Rune 24 × Thorium Bar 3 × Arcanite Bar	Icebane Mantle	1,390 gold
Icebane Trudgers	Classic Blacksmithing, Boots, grey at 340	2	5 × Frozen Rune 12 × Thorium Bar 2 × Arcanite Bar	Icebane Trudgers	740 gold
Icebane Waistguard	Classic Blacksmithing, Belts, grey at 340	2	5 × Frozen Rune 12 × Thorium Bar 2 × Arcanite Bar	Icebane Waistguard	740 gold

Enchanting

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Reagents per craft
Argent Versatility	Classic Enchanting, Bracer Enchantments, grey at 300	2	4 × Rich Illusion Dust 4 × Greater Eternal Essence	185 gold
Frost Power	Classic Enchanting, Glove Enchantments, grey at 300	4	10 × Large Brilliant Shard	245 gold
Healing Power	Classic Enchanting, Weapon Enchantments, grey at 300	4	4 × Large Brilliant Shard 4 × Greater Eternal Essence	305 gold
Icy Chill	Classic Enchanting, Weapon Enchantments, grey at 300	1	4 × Large Brilliant Shard 1 × Essence of Air 1 × Icecap	79 gold

Engineering

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Hyper-Radiant Flame Reflector	Classic Engineering, Devices, grey at 300	6	4 × Dark Iron Bar 3 × Truesilver Transformer 4 × Star Ruby 2 × Azerothian Diamond	Hyper-Radiant Flame Reflector		1,312 gold

Leatherworking

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Dawn Treaders	Classic Leatherworking, Boots, grey at 330	4	30 × Rugged Leather 2 × Guardian Stone 2 × Cured Rugged Hide 2 × Rune Thread	Dawn Treaders	386 gold
Frostsaber Boots	Classic Leatherworking, Boots, grey at 315	1	4 × Rugged Leather 1 × Rune Thread	Frostsaber Boots	72 gold
Frostsaber Gloves	Classic Leatherworking, Gloves, grey at 335	1	6 × Rugged Leather 1 × Rune Thread	Frostsaber Gloves	78 gold
Frostsaber Leggings	Classic Leatherworking, Pants, grey at 325	1	6 × Rugged Leather 1 × Rune Thread	Frostsaber Leggings	78 gold
Frostsaber Tunic	Classic Leatherworking, Chest, grey at 340	1	12 × Rugged Leather 1 × Cured Rugged Hide 2 × Rune Thread	Frostsaber Tunic	99 gold
Icy Scale Bracers	Classic Leatherworking, Bracers, grey at 340	2	4 × Frozen Rune 16 × Heavy Scorpid Scale 2 × Cured Rugged Hide 4 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Icy Scale Bracers	891 gold
Icy Scale Breastplate	Classic Leatherworking, Chest, grey at 340	2	7 × Frozen Rune 24 × Heavy Scorpid Scale 4 × Cured Rugged Hide 4 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Icy Scale Breastplate	1,219 gold
Icy Scale Crown	Classic Leatherworking, Helms, grey at 340	4	14 × Frozen Rune 48 × Heavy Scorpid Scale 8 × Cured Rugged Hide 8 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Icy Scale Crown
Icy Scale Gauntlets	Classic Leatherworking, Gloves, grey at 340	2	5 × Frozen Rune 16 × Heavy Scorpid Scale 3 × Cured Rugged Hide 4 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Icy Scale Gauntlets	924 gold
Icy Scale Leggings	Classic Leatherworking, Pants, grey at 340	2	7 × Frozen Rune 24 × Heavy Scorpid Scale 4 × Cured Rugged Hide 4 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Icy Scale Leggings
Icy Scale Shoulderpads	Classic Leatherworking, Shoulders, grey at 340	3	10 × Frozen Rune 36 × Heavy Scorpid Scale 6 × Cured Rugged Hide 6 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Icy Scale Shoulderpads

Tailoring

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Belt of the Archmage	Classic Tailoring, Belts, grey at 300	12	16 × Bolt of Runecloth 10 × Ghost Dye 10 × Mooncloth 12 × Essence of Fire 6 × Large Brilliant Shard 6 × Rune Thread	Belt of the Archmage	3,160 gold
Glacial Chapeau	Classic Tailoring, Hats & Hoods, grey at 340	12	14 × Frozen Rune 16 × Bolt of Runecloth 16 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Glacial Chapeau	1,911 gold
Glacial Cloak	Classic Tailoring, Cloaks, grey at 340	2	5 × Frozen Rune 4 × Bolt of Runecloth 4 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Glacial Cloak	461 gold
Glacial Epaulets	Classic Tailoring, Shoulders, grey at 340	9	10 × Frozen Rune 12 × Bolt of Runecloth 12 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Glacial Epaulets	1,418 gold
Glacial Footwear	Classic Tailoring, Boots, grey at 340	4	5 × Frozen Rune 4 × Bolt of Runecloth 4 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Glacial Footwear	583 gold
Glacial Gloves	Classic Tailoring, Gloves, grey at 340	4	5 × Frozen Rune 4 × Bolt of Runecloth 4 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Glacial Gloves	583 gold
Glacial Leggings	Classic Tailoring, Pants, grey at 340	6	7 × Frozen Rune 8 × Bolt of Runecloth 8 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Glacial Leggings	955 gold
Glacial Tether	Classic Tailoring, Belts, grey at 340	4	5 × Frozen Rune 4 × Bolt of Runecloth 4 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Glacial Tether	583 gold
Glacial Vest	Classic Tailoring, Robes & Tunics, grey at 340	6	7 × Frozen Rune 8 × Bolt of Runecloth 8 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Glacial Vest	955 gold
Glacial Wrists	Classic Tailoring, Bracers, grey at 340	2	4 × Frozen Rune 2 × Bolt of Runecloth 4 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Glacial Wrists	427 gold

15 more recipes also use Essence of Water:

"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 Water

Essence of Water goes into 55 recipes: 21 in Leatherworking, 13 in Blacksmithing, 13 in Tailoring, 5 in Enchanting, 2 in Alchemy and 1 in Engineering. They come from Classic Alchemy, Classic Blacksmithing, Classic Enchanting, Classic Engineering, Classic Leatherworking and 1 more skill tiers.

The highest-listed product is Essence of Undeath (recipe: Transmute: Water to Undeath), from Classic Alchemy, at 54 gold54 silver on the US Auction House.

One craft of Transmute: Water to Undeath takes 1 Essence of Water; at current prices those reagents cost 61 gold9 silver per craft.

The cheapest craft that uses Essence of Water is Transmute: Water to Air (Classic Alchemy): its reagents cost 61 gold9 silver and Essence of Air lists at 13 gold99 silver.

2 of the 51 distinct products have a current US commodity price.

Further down the chain, Essence of Undeath is itself a reagent in 47 recipes, such as Gnomish Death Ray, Corruption and Annihilator.

Further down the chain, Essence of Air is itself a reagent in 11 recipes, such as Transmute: Air to Fire, Robe of the Archmage and Stormshroud Pants.

Leveling and recipes for Essence of Water

Leveling with Essence of Water: Transmute: Water to Air (Transmutation) turns yellow at Alchemy skill 275 and grey at 290. Transmute: Water to Undeath (Transmutation) turns yellow at Alchemy skill 275 and grey at 290. Argent Versatility (Bracer Enchantments) stops giving Enchanting skill-ups at 300. Belt of the Archmage (Belts) stops giving Tailoring skill-ups at 300. Dawnbringer Shoulders (Shoulders) stops giving Blacksmithing skill-ups at 300. Enchanted Thorium Breastplate (Chest) stops giving Blacksmithing skill-ups at 300.

Recipe items that teach these crafts: Formula: Enchant Bracer - Argent Versatility, Pattern: Belt of the Archmage, Pattern: Dawn Treaders, Plans: Dawnbringer Shoulders, Plans: Enchanted Thorium Breastplate, Plans: Enchanted Thorium Leggings, Formula: Enchant Gloves - Frost Power and Plans: Frostguard, and 46 more.

Reagents used with Essence of Water

Essence of Water is most often combined with Frozen Rune, which shares 34 of its 55 recipes; next come Ironweb Spider Silk, Cured Rugged Hide and Bolt of Runecloth.

Frozen Rune 34 shared recipes
Ironweb Spider Silk 26 shared recipes
Cured Rugged Hide 18 shared recipes
Bolt of Runecloth 13 shared recipes
Arcanite Bar 12 shared recipes
Thorium Bar 10 shared recipes
Enchanted Leather 9 shared recipes
Heavy Scorpid Scale 8 shared recipes
Rune Thread 8 shared recipes
Large Brilliant Shard 5 shared recipes
Rugged Leather 5 shared recipes
Azerothian Diamond 3 shared recipes

How to make Essence of Water

Recipe	Profession	Skill tier and category	Reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft (US)
Transmute: Earth to Water	Alchemy	Classic Alchemy, Transmutation, grey at 290	1 × Essence of Earth	1	83 silver
Transmute: Undeath to Water	Alchemy	Classic Alchemy, Transmutation, grey at 290	1 × Essence of Undeath	1	54 gold

Transmute: Earth to Water (Classic Alchemy) combines 1 Essence of Earth, and those reagents cost 83 silver; buying 1 Essence of Water instead costs 61 gold9 silver.

Transmute: Undeath to Water (Classic Alchemy) combines 1 Essence of Undeath, and those reagents cost 54 gold54 silver; buying 1 Essence of Water instead costs 61 gold9 silver.

What Essence of Water is crafted into

Belt of the Archmage (Cloth). Made with Belt of the Archmage, 12 Essence of Water per craft.

Glacial Chapeau (Cloth). Made with Glacial Chapeau, 12 Essence of Water per craft.

Robe of the Archmage (Cloth). Made with Robe of the Archmage, 10 Essence of Water per craft.

Glacial Epaulets (Cloth). Made with Glacial Epaulets, 9 Essence of Water per craft.

Essence of Water: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 6% below its 30-day median.

Now	61 gold9 silver
30-day low	10 gold Sep 13
30-day high	90 gold Aug 31
30-day median	64 gold99 silver
7-day median	61 gold8 silver
Hourly snapshots	687

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

Essence of Water 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)	61 gold9 silver	64	5,520
Europe (EU)	99 gold79 silver	161	3,800

Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Essence of Water

Classic Leatherworking has 298 recipes. Besides Essence of Water, the reagents they call for most are Rune Thread (84 recipes), Rugged Leather (79 recipes), Cured Rugged Hide (69 recipes), Fine Thread (68 recipes), Heavy Leather (50 recipes), Thick Leather (38 recipes), Light Leather (34 recipes), Medium Leather (33 recipes), Coarse Thread (29 recipes), Enchanted Leather (29 recipes).

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

Other Reagents priced near Essence of Water

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Draconic Missive of Multicraft60 gold
Gleeful Glamour - Blood Elf60 gold
Razor-Sharp Gear60 gold
Frozen Orb60 gold
Illusory Adornment: Air61 gold
Perfect Solid Lapis Lazuli61 gold
Enchant Neck - Gift of Versatility60 gold
Ghost Dye60 gold
Songs of the Horde61 gold
Resolute Monarch Topaz61 gold

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About Essence of Water

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

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