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Lion's Ink

Lion's Ink is a Common Inscription used in 5 recipes (Inscription) and made by 1 recipe.

Lion's Ink stacks to 1,000. 5 recipes consume it, taught by Inscription. 1 recipe produces it.

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Crafted by Lion's Ink

Verified US market

Lowest listed price16 gold78 silver
Median listing22 gold
2,155 available9 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 Lion's Ink is used in

Inscription

RecipeSkill tier and categoryNeedsOther reagentsMakesLists at (US)Reagents per craft
Glyph of EvaporationClassic Inscription, Glyphs, grey at 3003Glyph of Evaporation42 gold50 gold
Glyph of Spirit RaptorsClassic Inscription, Glyphs, grey at 3003Glyph of Spirit Raptors38 gold50 gold
Glyph of the Blazing TrailClassic Inscription, Glyphs, grey at 3003Glyph of the Blazing Trail194 gold50 gold
Glyph of the GeistClassic Inscription, Glyphs, grey at 3003Glyph of the Geist115 gold50 gold
Research: Lion's InkClassic Inscription, Research, learn at 100, grey at 300350 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 Lion's Ink

Lion's Ink goes into 5 recipes: 5 in Inscription. All of them are Classic Inscription recipes.

The highest-listed product is Glyph of the Blazing Trail, from Classic Inscription, at 194 gold52 silver on the US Auction House.

One craft of Glyph of the Blazing Trail takes 3 Lion's Ink plus 1 Light Parchment; at current prices those reagents cost 50 gold35 silver per craft.

The cheapest craft that uses Lion's Ink is Glyph of Evaporation (Classic Inscription): its reagents cost 50 gold35 silver and Glyph of Evaporation lists at 42 gold86 silver.

All 4 distinct products have a current US commodity price.

Leveling and recipes for Lion's Ink

Leveling with Lion's Ink: Glyph of Evaporation (Glyphs) stops giving Inscription skill-ups at 300. Glyph of Spirit Raptors (Glyphs) stops giving Inscription skill-ups at 300. Glyph of the Blazing Trail (Glyphs) stops giving Inscription skill-ups at 300. Glyph of the Geist (Glyphs) stops giving Inscription skill-ups at 300. Research: Lion's Ink (Research) turns yellow at Inscription skill 200 and grey at 300.

Recipe items that teach these crafts: Technique: Glyph of Evaporation and Technique: Glyph of Spirit Raptors.

Reagents used with Lion's Ink

Lion's Ink is most often combined with Light Parchment, which shares 5 of its 5 recipes.

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How to make Lion's Ink

RecipeProfessionSkill tier and categoryReagentsMakesReagents per craft (US)
Lion's InkInscriptionClassic Inscription, Ink, grey at 105113 gold

Lion's Ink (Classic Inscription) combines 2 Golden Pigment, and those reagents cost 13 gold40 silver; buying 1 Lion's Ink instead costs 16 gold78 silver.

What Lion's Ink is crafted into

Glyph of Evaporation (Mage). Made with Glyph of Evaporation, 3 Lion's Ink per craft.

Glyph of Spirit Raptors (Shaman). Made with Glyph of Spirit Raptors, 3 Lion's Ink per craft.

Glyph of the Blazing Trail (Warrior). Made with Glyph of the Blazing Trail, 3 Lion's Ink per craft.

Glyph of the Geist (Death Knight). Made with Glyph of the Geist, 3 Lion's Ink per craft.

Lion's Ink: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 12% 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.

Now16 gold78 silver
30-day low9 gold87 silver Oct 19
30-day high99 gold99 silver Oct 14
30-day median18 gold99 silver
7-day median19 gold3 silver
Hourly snapshots692

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

Lion's Ink 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.

RegionLowest listed priceListingsUnits
Americas and Oceania (US)16 gold78 silver92,155
Europe (EU)17 gold79 silver131,988

Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Lion's Ink

Classic Inscription has 99 recipes. Besides Lion's Ink, 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), Essence of Undeath (4 recipes), Fiery Ink (4 recipes).

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