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Luminous Pigment
Inscription
Verified US market
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Luminous Pigment details
| Type | Inscription |
|---|---|
| Item level | 50 |
| Requires level | 1 |
| Max stack | 1,000 |
| Vendor sell price | 5 copper |
| Expansion | Shadowlands |
| First seen in our data | build 12.0.7.68887 |
Read from the 12.1.0.69875 game build. Prices are US Auction House data.
In-game tooltip for Luminous Pigment: "Commonly found when milling herbs native to the Shadowlands."
What Luminous Pigment is used in
Inscription
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Luminous Ink | Shadowlands Inscription, Ink, grey at 25 | 1 |
|  Luminous Ink | 32 gold | 24 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 Luminous Pigment
Luminous Pigment goes into one recipe, Luminous Ink, taught in Shadowlands Inscription.
Its product, Luminous Ink, from Shadowlands Inscription, lists at 32 gold99 silver on the US Auction House.
One craft of Luminous Ink takes 1 Luminous Pigment plus 1 Aerated Water and 1 Rune Etched Vial; at current prices those reagents cost 24 gold51 silver per craft.
Luminous Pigment is about 98% of that reagent bill at its current price; Aerated Water and Rune Etched Vial make up the rest.
Further down the chain, Luminous Ink is itself a reagent in 31 recipes, such as Newly Departed Codex, Contract: The Ascended and Contract: The Wild Hunt.
Leveling and recipes for Luminous Pigment
Luminous Ink (Ink) turns yellow at Inscription skill 15 and grey at 25.
Reagents used with Luminous Pigment
In Luminous Ink, Luminous Pigment is combined with Aerated Water and Rune Etched Vial.
Aerated Water 1 shared recipe
Rune Etched Vial 1 shared recipe
What Luminous Pigment is crafted into
Luminous Ink (Inscription). Made with Luminous Ink, 1 Luminous Pigment per craft.
Luminous Pigment: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing sits at 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 | 23 gold94 silver |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 10 gold Sep 4 |
| 30-day high | 23,333 gold33 silver Sep 11 |
| 30-day median | 23 gold94 silver |
| 7-day median | 23 gold95 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 678 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Luminous Pigment by region
The lowest listing is 95% 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) | 23 gold94 silver | 41 | 16,239 |
| Europe (EU) | 1 gold23 silver | 45 | 28,481 |
Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Luminous Pigment
Shadowlands Inscription has 54 recipes. Besides Luminous Pigment, the reagents they call for most are Luminous Ink (31 recipes), Umbral Ink (30 recipes), Dark Parchment (29 recipes), Tranquil Ink (18 recipes), Arden Lumber (7 recipes), Sealing Wax (6 recipes), Twilight Bark (5 recipes), Aerated Water (3 recipes), Rune Etched Vial (3 recipes), Protogenic Pelt (2 recipes).
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Three of Radiance25 gold
About Luminous Pigment
Luminous 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 Luminous 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.