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Fool's Cap

Fool's Cap is a Common Herb used in 5 recipes (Alchemy) and made by 1 recipe.

Fool's Cap stacks to 1,000. 5 recipes consume it, taught by Alchemy. 1 recipe produces it.

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Verified US market

Lowest listed price1 gold
Median listing1 gold10 silver
10,271 available99 listings
Verified priceAuction Housecommodity

Commodities share one Auction House per region, so this price applies account-wide on US realms. Verify in-game before you trade.

What Fool's Cap is used in

Alchemy

RecipeSkill tier and categoryNeedsOther reagentsMakesLists at (US)Reagents per craft
Elixir of MirrorsPandaria Alchemy, Elixirs, grey at 651Elixir of Mirrors99 silver2 gold
Elixir of PeacePandaria Alchemy, Elixirs, grey at 651Elixir of Peace50 silver2 gold
Flask of Winter's BitePandaria Alchemy, Flasks, grey at 754Flask of Winter's Bite12 gold9 gold
Master Mana PotionPandaria Alchemy, Potions, grey at 751Master Mana Potion ×22 gold4 gold
Potion of Mogu PowerPandaria Alchemy, Potions, grey at 651Potion of Mogu Power50 silver2 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 Fool's Cap

Fool's Cap goes into 5 recipes: 5 in Alchemy. All of them are Pandaria Alchemy recipes.

The highest-listed product is Flask of Winter's Bite, from Pandaria Alchemy, at 12 gold on the US Auction House.

One craft of Flask of Winter's Bite takes 4 Fool's Cap plus 1 Crystal Vial and 1 Golden Lotus; at current prices those reagents cost 9 gold per craft.

Fool's Cap is about 44% of that reagent bill at its current price; Crystal Vial and Golden Lotus make up the rest.

The cheapest craft that uses Fool's Cap is Elixir of Mirrors (Pandaria Alchemy): its reagents cost 2 gold1 silver and Elixir of Mirrors lists at 99 silver.

All 5 distinct products have a current US commodity price.

Further down the chain, Master Mana Potion is itself a reagent in 1 recipe, such as Pandaren Alchemist's Kit.

Leveling and recipes for Fool's Cap

Leveling with Fool's Cap: Elixir of Mirrors (Elixirs) turns yellow at Alchemy skill 40 and grey at 65. Elixir of Peace (Elixirs) turns yellow at Alchemy skill 40 and grey at 65. Potion of Mogu Power (Potions) turns yellow at Alchemy skill 40 and grey at 65. Flask of Winter's Bite (Flasks) stops giving Alchemy skill-ups at 75. Master Mana Potion (Potions) stops giving Alchemy skill-ups at 75.

Reagents used with Fool's Cap

Fool's Cap is most often combined with Crystal Vial, which shares 5 of its 5 recipes; next come Green Tea Leaf, Golden Lotus and Rain Poppy.

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How to make Fool's Cap

Crafting recipes that create this material.

What Fool's Cap is crafted into

Flask of Winter's Bite (Flasks & Phials). Made with Flask of Winter's Bite, 4 Fool's Cap per craft.

Elixir of Mirrors (Elixirs). Made with Elixir of Mirrors, 1 Fool's Cap per craft.

Elixir of Peace (Elixirs). Made with Elixir of Peace, 1 Fool's Cap per craft.

Master Mana Potion (Potions). Made with Master Mana Potion, 1 Fool's Cap per craft.

Fool's Cap: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 3% 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.

Now1 gold
30-day low25 silver Oct 29
30-day high6 gold6 silver Oct 18
30-day median97 silver
7-day median91 silver
Hourly snapshots692

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

Fool's Cap 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.

RegionLowest listed priceListingsUnits
Americas and Oceania (US)1 gold9910,271
Europe (EU)76 silver1215,611

Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Fool's Cap

Pandaria Alchemy has 37 recipes. Besides Fool's Cap, the reagents they call for most are Crystal Vial (24 recipes), Golden Lotus (14 recipes), Green Tea Leaf (10 recipes), Rain Poppy (7 recipes), Silkweed (6 recipes), Snow Lily (6 recipes), Bamboo Lumber (2 recipes), Ghost Iron Bar (2 recipes), Spirit of Harmony (2 recipes), Trillium Bar (2 recipes).

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