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Golden Pigment
Inscription
Verified US market
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Golden Pigment details
| Type | Inscription |
|---|---|
| Item level | 10 |
| Max stack | 1,000 |
| Vendor sell price | 25 copper |
| Expansion | Classic |
| First seen in our data | build 3.80.2.69874 |
Read from the 12.1.0.69875 game build. Prices are US Auction House data.
In-game tooltip for Golden Pigment: "Commonly obtained when milling Wild Steelbloom, Grave Moss, Kingsblood, or Liferoot."
What Golden Pigment is used in
Inscription
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lion's Ink | Classic Inscription, Ink, grey at 105 | 2 |  Lion's Ink | 18 gold | 18 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 Golden Pigment
Golden Pigment goes into one recipe, Lion's Ink, taught in Classic Inscription.
Its product, Lion's Ink, from Classic Inscription, lists at 18 gold96 silver on the US Auction House.
One craft of Lion's Ink takes 2 Golden Pigment; at current prices those reagents cost 18 gold per craft.
Further down the chain, Lion's Ink is itself a reagent in 5 recipes, such as Glyph of the Geist, Glyph of the Blazing Trail and Glyph of Evaporation.
Leveling and recipes for Golden Pigment
Lion's Ink (Ink) turns yellow at Inscription skill 95 and grey at 105.
What Golden Pigment is crafted into
Lion's Ink (Inscription). Made with Lion's Ink, 2 Golden Pigment per craft.
Golden Pigment: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 6% 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 | 9 gold |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 50 silver Sep 17 |
| 30-day high | 22,222 gold22 silver Sep 4 |
| 30-day median | 9 gold56 silver |
| 7-day median | 9 gold56 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 685 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Golden Pigment 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) | 7 gold61 silver | 28 | 2,155 |
| Europe (EU) | 11 gold98 silver | 27 | 4,875 |
Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Golden Pigment
Classic Inscription has 99 recipes. Besides Golden Pigment, the reagents they call for most are Light Parchment (75 recipes), Jadefire Ink (12 recipes), Moonglow Ink (12 recipes), Shimmering Ink (12 recipes), Celestial Ink (11 recipes), Midnight Ink (10 recipes), Ink of the Sky (5 recipes), Ironwood Lumber (5 recipes), Lion's Ink (5 recipes), Essence of Undeath (4 recipes).
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Two of Swords8 gold
Three of Void8 gold
Four of Mages7 gold
Five of the Moon7 gold
Two of Fathoms7 gold
Two of Blockades7 gold
Five of Void7 gold
About Golden Pigment
Golden Pigment 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 Inscription. When a recipe that uses Golden Pigment spikes in value, the material tends to follow, so watch the recipes above alongside the price history.
To read the chart: compare the current lowest listing against the typical range. A price sitting below its recent band is a buy or craft signal; a price above it favors selling or farming. The method matters more than any single number, since commodity prices move between hourly snapshots.