Leatherworking

Elemental

Living Essence

Living Essence is an Uncommon Elemental used in 37 recipes (Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Enchanting and Engineering) and made by 1 recipe.

Living Essence stacks to 1,000. 37 recipes consume it, taught by Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Enchanting, Engineering, Jewelcrafting and Leatherworking. 1 recipe produces it.

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Where it comes from

Crafted by	Transmute: Earth to Life

Verified US market

Lowest listed price44 gold55 silver

Median listing49 gold25 silver

5,630 available59 listings

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What Living Essence is used in

Alchemy

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Transmute: Life to Earth	Classic Alchemy, Transmutation, grey at 290	1		Essence of Earth	2 gold	44 gold

Blacksmithing

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Bleakwood Hew	Classic Blacksmithing, Weapons, grey at 300	6	30 × Thorium Bar 6 × Wildvine 6 × Large Opal 2 × Dense Grinding Stone 8 × Rugged Leather	Bleakwood Hew	2,869 gold
Heavy Timbermaw Belt	Classic Blacksmithing, Belts, grey at 300	3	12 × Thorium Bar 3 × Essence of Earth	Heavy Timbermaw Belt	198 gold
Heavy Timbermaw Boots	Classic Blacksmithing, Boots, grey at 300	6	4 × Arcanite Bar 6 × Essence of Earth	Heavy Timbermaw Boots	983 gold
Ironvine Belt	Classic Blacksmithing, Belts, grey at 300	2	6 × Enchanted Thorium Bar	Ironvine Belt	131 gold
Ironvine Breastplate	Classic Blacksmithing, Chest, grey at 300	2	6 × Enchanted Thorium Bar 2 × Arcanite Bar	Ironvine Breastplate	480 gold
Ironvine Gloves	Classic Blacksmithing, Gauntlets, grey at 300	2	8 × Enchanted Thorium Bar	Ironvine Gloves	145 gold
Wildthorn Mail	Classic Blacksmithing, Chest, grey at 300	4	40 × Thorium Bar 2 × Enchanted Thorium Bar 4 × Wildvine 1 × Huge Emerald	Wildthorn Mail	1,988 gold

Enchanting

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Lifestealing	Classic Enchanting, Weapon Enchantments, grey at 300	4	4 × Large Brilliant Shard 4 × Essence of Undeath			387 gold

Engineering

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Force Reactive Disk	Classic Engineering, Devices, grey at 300	12	6 × Arcanite Bar 2 × Delicate Arcanite Converter 8 × Essence of Air 8 × Essence of Earth	Force Reactive Disk	2,592 gold
Lifelike Mechanical Toad	Classic Engineering, Devices, grey at 300	1	4 × Thorium Widget 1 × Gold Power Core 1 × Rugged Leather	Lifelike Mechanical Toad	107 gold
Ultra-Flash Shadow Reflector	Classic Engineering, Devices, grey at 300	6	8 × Dark Iron Bar 4 × Truesilver Transformer 4 × Essence of Undeath 2 × Azerothian Diamond 2 × Large Opal	Ultra-Flash Shadow Reflector	2,040 gold

Jewelcrafting

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Band of Natural Fire	Outland Jewelcrafting, Rings, grey at 40	4	1 × Flame Spessarite 4 × Essence of Fire	Band of Natural Fire		180 gold
Living Emerald Pendant	Classic Jewelcrafting, Necklaces, grey at 300	4	2 × Huge Emerald 4 × Powerful Mojo	Living Emerald Pendant		186 gold

Leatherworking

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Bramblewood Belt	Classic Leatherworking, Belts, grey at 340	2	4 × Enchanted Leather 1 × Cured Rugged Hide	Bramblewood Belt	353 gold
Bramblewood Boots	Classic Leatherworking, Boots, grey at 340	3	6 × Enchanted Leather 2 × Cured Rugged Hide	Bramblewood Boots	532 gold
Bramblewood Helm	Classic Leatherworking, Helms, grey at 340	2	12 × Rugged Leather 2 × Cured Rugged Hide	Bramblewood Helm	160 gold
Chimeric Boots	Classic Leatherworking, Boots, grey at 315	1	4 × Rugged Leather 1 × Rune Thread	Chimeric Boots	66 gold
Chimeric Gloves	Classic Leatherworking, Gloves, grey at 305	1	6 × Rugged Leather 1 × Rune Thread	Chimeric Gloves	76 gold
Chimeric Leggings	Classic Leatherworking, Pants, grey at 320	1	8 × Rugged Leather 1 × Rune Thread	Chimeric Leggings	87 gold
Chimeric Vest	Classic Leatherworking, Chest, grey at 330	1	10 × Rugged Leather 1 × Rune Thread	Chimeric Vest	97 gold
Dreamscale Breastplate	Classic Leatherworking, Chest, grey at 340	3	20 × Rugged Leather 3 × Dreamscale 2 × Rune Thread	Dreamscale Breastplate	355 gold
Golden Mantle of the Dawn	Classic Leatherworking, Shoulders, grey at 340	4	8 × Enchanted Leather 4 × Guardian Stone 2 × Cured Rugged Hide 2 × Rune Thread	Golden Mantle of the Dawn	890 gold
Living Breastplate	Classic Leatherworking, Chest, grey at 340	8	16 × Rugged Leather 2 × Mooncloth 1 × Cured Rugged Hide 2 × Rune Thread	Living Breastplate	787 gold
Living Leggings	Classic Leatherworking, Pants, grey at 325	6	16 × Rugged Leather 1 × Cured Rugged Hide 1 × Rune Thread	Living Leggings	355 gold
Living Shoulders	Classic Leatherworking, Shoulders, grey at 310	4	12 × Rugged Leather 1 × Rune Thread	Living Shoulders	241 gold
Might of the Timbermaw	Classic Leatherworking, Belts, grey at 330	4	30 × Rugged Leather 2 × Cured Rugged Hide 2 × Rune Thread	Might of the Timbermaw	344 gold
Primal Batskin Bracers	Classic Leatherworking, Bracers, grey at 340	4	8 × Primal Bat Leather 3 × Cured Rugged Hide 3 × Rune Thread	Primal Batskin Bracers	360 gold
Primal Batskin Gloves	Classic Leatherworking, Gloves, grey at 340	4	10 × Primal Bat Leather 4 × Cured Rugged Hide 3 × Rune Thread	Primal Batskin Gloves	406 gold
Primal Batskin Jerkin	Classic Leatherworking, Chest, grey at 340	4	14 × Primal Bat Leather 5 × Cured Rugged Hide 4 × Rune Thread	Primal Batskin Jerkin	494 gold
Timbermaw Brawlers	Classic Leatherworking, Gloves, grey at 340	6	8 × Enchanted Leather 6 × Powerful Mojo 2 × Cured Rugged Hide 2 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Timbermaw Brawlers	833 gold

Tailoring

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Gaea's Embrace	Classic Tailoring, Cloaks, grey at 300	5	3 × Bolt of Runecloth 4 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Gaea's Embrace	300 gold
Mantle of the Timbermaw	Classic Tailoring, Shoulders, grey at 300	5	5 × Mooncloth 5 × Essence of Earth 2 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Mantle of the Timbermaw	1,127 gold
Sylvan Crown	Classic Tailoring, Hats & Hoods, grey at 300	2	4 × Bolt of Runecloth 2 × Mooncloth 2 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Sylvan Crown	475 gold
Sylvan Shoulders	Classic Tailoring, Shoulders, grey at 300	4	2 × Bolt of Runecloth 2 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Sylvan Shoulders	218 gold
Sylvan Vest	Classic Tailoring, Robes & Tunics, grey at 300	2	4 × Bolt of Runecloth 2 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Sylvan Vest	133 gold
Wisdom of the Timbermaw	Classic Tailoring, Belts, grey at 300	3	8 × Bolt of Runecloth 3 × Essence of Earth 2 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Wisdom of the Timbermaw	194 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 Living Essence

Living Essence goes into 37 recipes: 17 in Leatherworking, 7 in Blacksmithing, 6 in Tailoring, 3 in Engineering, 2 in Jewelcrafting, 1 in Alchemy and 1 in Enchanting. They come from Classic Alchemy, Classic Blacksmithing, Classic Enchanting, Classic Engineering, Classic Jewelcrafting and 3 more skill tiers.

Its product, Essence of Earth (recipe: Transmute: Life to Earth), from Classic Alchemy, lists at 2 gold80 silver on the US Auction House.

One craft of Transmute: Life to Earth takes 1 Living Essence; at current prices those reagents cost 44 gold55 silver per craft.

The cheapest craft that uses Living Essence is Chimeric Boots (Classic Leatherworking): its reagents cost 66 gold8 silver per craft.

1 of the 36 distinct products have a current US commodity price.

Further down the chain, Essence of Earth is itself a reagent in 29 recipes, such as Thorium Shield Spike, Stronghold Gauntlets and Enchanted Thorium Helm.

Leveling and recipes for Living Essence

Leveling with Living Essence: Band of Natural Fire (Rings) turns yellow at Jewelcrafting skill 20 and grey at 40. Transmute: Life to Earth (Transmutation) turns yellow at Alchemy skill 275 and grey at 290. Bleakwood Hew (Weapons) turns yellow at Blacksmithing skill 295 and grey at 300. Force Reactive Disk (Devices) stops giving Engineering skill-ups at 300. Gaea's Embrace (Cloaks) stops giving Tailoring skill-ups at 300. Heavy Timbermaw Belt (Belts) stops giving Blacksmithing skill-ups at 300.

Recipe items that teach these crafts: Plans: Bleakwood Hew, Pattern: Bramblewood Belt, Pattern: Bramblewood Boots, Pattern: Bramblewood Helm, Pattern: Chimeric Boots, Pattern: Chimeric Gloves, Pattern: Chimeric Leggings and Pattern: Chimeric Vest, and 27 more.

Reagents used with Living Essence

Living Essence is most often combined with Rune Thread, which shares 13 of its 37 recipes; next come Rugged Leather, Cured Rugged Hide and Ironweb Spider Silk.

Rune Thread 13 shared recipes
Rugged Leather 12 shared recipes
Cured Rugged Hide 11 shared recipes
Ironweb Spider Silk 7 shared recipes
Bolt of Runecloth 5 shared recipes
Essence of Earth 5 shared recipes
Enchanted Leather 4 shared recipes
Enchanted Thorium Bar 4 shared recipes
Arcanite Bar 3 shared recipes
Mooncloth 3 shared recipes
Primal Bat Leather 3 shared recipes
Thorium Bar 3 shared recipes

How to make Living Essence

Recipe	Profession	Skill tier and category	Reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft (US)
Transmute: Earth to Life	Alchemy	Classic Alchemy, Transmutation, grey at 290	1 × Essence of Earth	1	2 gold

Transmute: Earth to Life (Classic Alchemy) combines 1 Essence of Earth, and those reagents cost 2 gold80 silver; buying 1 Living Essence instead costs 44 gold55 silver.

What Living Essence is crafted into

Force Reactive Disk (Shield). Made with Force Reactive Disk, 12 Living Essence per craft.

Living Breastplate (Leather). Made with Living Breastplate, 8 Living Essence per craft.

Bleakwood Hew (Axe). Made with Bleakwood Hew, 6 Living Essence per craft.

Heavy Timbermaw Boots (Mail). Made with Heavy Timbermaw Boots, 6 Living Essence per craft.

Living Essence: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 7% 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.

Now	44 gold55 silver
30-day low	19 silver Nov 6
30-day high	49 gold25 silver Nov 7
30-day median	41 gold58 silver
7-day median	44 gold
Hourly snapshots	683

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

Living Essence by region

The lowest listing is 78% 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.

Region	Lowest listed price	Listings	Units
Americas and Oceania (US)	44 gold55 silver	59	5,630
Europe (EU)	9 gold99 silver	186	2,948

Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Living Essence

Classic Leatherworking has 298 recipes. Besides Living Essence, 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 Living Essence, 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 Living Essence

Enchant Chest - Stats18 gold
Ember Primal Diamond18 gold
Straddling Jewel Doublet18 gold
Blue Fireflight18 gold
Enchant Chest - Sustained Strength18 gold
Illusory Adornment: Frost18 gold
Enchant Cloak - Whisper of Silken Speed18 gold
Enchant Weapon - Stonebound Artistry18 gold
Deadly Jewel Cluster17 gold
Kul Tiran Steel Dye17 gold
M3DDY, Travel-Sized17 gold
Perfect Defender's Roguestone17 gold

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What Living Essence is used in

Alchemy

Blacksmithing

Enchanting

Engineering

Jewelcrafting

Leatherworking

Tailoring

Crafting value of Living Essence

Leveling and recipes for Living Essence

Reagents used with Living Essence

How to make Living Essence

What Living Essence is crafted into

Living Essence: lowest listed price, last 30 days

Living Essence by region

Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Living Essence

Other Reagents priced near Living Essence

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