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Living Essence

Elemental

Verified US market

Lowest listed price45 gold43 silver

Median listing49 gold40 silver

5,593 available74 listings

Verified priceAuction House53 min agocommodity

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Living Essence details

Type	Elemental
Item level	10
Max stack	1,000
Vendor sell price	5 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 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	83 silver	45 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	2,731 gold
Heavy Timbermaw Belt	Classic Blacksmithing, Belts, grey at 300	3	12 × Thorium Bar 3 × Essence of Earth	Heavy Timbermaw Belt	180 gold
Heavy Timbermaw Boots	Classic Blacksmithing, Boots, grey at 300	6	4 × Arcanite Bar 6 × Essence of Earth	Heavy Timbermaw Boots	1,139 gold
Ironvine Belt	Classic Blacksmithing, Belts, grey at 300	2	6 × Enchanted Thorium Bar	Ironvine Belt	129 gold
Ironvine Breastplate	Classic Blacksmithing, Chest, grey at 300	2	6 × Enchanted Thorium Bar 2 × Arcanite Bar	Ironvine Breastplate	560 gold
Ironvine Gloves	Classic Blacksmithing, Gauntlets, grey at 300	2	8 × Enchanted Thorium Bar	Ironvine Gloves	142 gold
Wildthorn Mail	Classic Blacksmithing, Chest, grey at 300	4	40 × Thorium Bar 2 × Enchanted Thorium Bar 4 × Wildvine 1 × Huge Emerald	Wildthorn Mail	1,875 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			396 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	2,781 gold
Lifelike Mechanical Toad	Classic Engineering, Devices, grey at 300	1	4 × Thorium Widget 1 × Gold Power Core 1 × Rugged Leather	Lifelike Mechanical Toad	99 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	2,211 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		183 gold
Living Emerald Pendant	Classic Jewelcrafting, Necklaces, grey at 300	4	2 × Huge Emerald 4 × Powerful Mojo	Living Emerald Pendant		184 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	394 gold
Bramblewood Boots	Classic Leatherworking, Boots, grey at 340	3	6 × Enchanted Leather 2 × Cured Rugged Hide	Bramblewood Boots	593 gold
Bramblewood Helm	Classic Leatherworking, Helms, grey at 340	2	12 × Rugged Leather 2 × Cured Rugged Hide	Bramblewood Helm	147 gold
Chimeric Boots	Classic Leatherworking, Boots, grey at 315	1	4 × Rugged Leather 1 × Rune Thread	Chimeric Boots	62 gold
Chimeric Gloves	Classic Leatherworking, Gloves, grey at 305	1	6 × Rugged Leather 1 × Rune Thread	Chimeric Gloves	70 gold
Chimeric Leggings	Classic Leatherworking, Pants, grey at 320	1	8 × Rugged Leather 1 × Rune Thread	Chimeric Leggings	78 gold
Chimeric Vest	Classic Leatherworking, Chest, grey at 330	1	10 × Rugged Leather 1 × Rune Thread	Chimeric Vest	86 gold
Dreamscale Breastplate	Classic Leatherworking, Chest, grey at 340	3	20 × Rugged Leather 3 × Dreamscale 2 × Rune Thread	Dreamscale Breastplate	340 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	869 gold
Living Breastplate	Classic Leatherworking, Chest, grey at 340	8	16 × Rugged Leather 2 × Mooncloth 1 × Cured Rugged Hide 2 × Rune Thread	Living Breastplate	789 gold
Living Leggings	Classic Leatherworking, Pants, grey at 325	6	16 × Rugged Leather 1 × Cured Rugged Hide 1 × Rune Thread	Living Leggings	342 gold
Living Shoulders	Classic Leatherworking, Shoulders, grey at 310	4	12 × Rugged Leather 1 × Rune Thread	Living Shoulders	231 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	312 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	504 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	585 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	744 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	918 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	309 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	1,158 gold
Sylvan Crown	Classic Tailoring, Hats & Hoods, grey at 300	2	4 × Bolt of Runecloth 2 × Mooncloth 2 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Sylvan Crown	494 gold
Sylvan Shoulders	Classic Tailoring, Shoulders, grey at 300	4	2 × Bolt of Runecloth 2 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Sylvan Shoulders	224 gold
Sylvan Vest	Classic Tailoring, Robes & Tunics, grey at 300	2	4 × Bolt of Runecloth 2 × Ironweb Spider Silk	Sylvan Vest	138 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	196 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 83 silver on the US Auction House.

One craft of Transmute: Life to Earth takes 1 Living Essence; at current prices those reagents cost 45 gold42 silver per craft.

The cheapest craft that uses Living Essence is Chimeric Boots (Classic Leatherworking): its reagents cost 62 gold28 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	83 silver

Transmute: Earth to Life (Classic Alchemy) combines 1 Essence of Earth, and those reagents cost 83 silver; buying 1 Living Essence instead costs 45 gold42 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 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.

Now	45 gold42 silver
30-day low	1 gold Sep 9
30-day high	49 gold41 silver Aug 30
30-day median	44 gold
7-day median	44 gold43 silver
Hourly snapshots	687

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)	45 gold43 silver	74	5,593
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

Gem Chip45 gold
Draconic Vial45 gold
Algari Missive of Ingenuity45 gold
Delicate Blood Garnet45 gold
Accurate Demonseye45 gold
Devouring Banding45 gold
Spirit of War45 gold
Charged Dust45 gold
Enchant Boots - Rider's Reassurance45 gold
Flashing Living Ruby45 gold
Enchant Ring - Pact of Haste45 gold
Crafty Ysemerald45 gold

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About Living Essence

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

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