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Manaforged Instrument
Metal & Stone
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Manaforged Instrument details
| Type | Metal & Stone |
|---|---|
| Item level | 80 |
| Requires level | 1 |
| Max stack | 1,000 |
| Vendor sell price | 1 gold |
| Expansion | The War Within |
| 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 Manaforged Instrument: "Exquisite and inscrutable, this piece of machinery is extremely volatile. Rarely obtained from defeating Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega. Can be bought and sold on the Auction House."
What Manaforged Instrument is used in
Enchanting
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gleeful Glamour - Ethereal | Khaz Algar Enchanting, Algari Illusions, grey at 55 | 1 |
|  Gleeful Glamour - Ethereal | 199 gold | 60 gold |
Inscription
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Deal: Cartel Ba | Khaz Algar Inscription, Miscellaneous Goods, grey at 100 | 1 |
|  Deal: Cartel Ba | 752 gold | 548 gold |
| Deal: Cartel Om | Khaz Algar Inscription, Miscellaneous Goods, grey at 100 | 1 |
| Deal: Cartel Om | 637 gold | 548 gold |
| Deal: Cartel Zo | Khaz Algar Inscription, Miscellaneous Goods, grey at 100 | 1 |
| Deal: Cartel Zo | 333 gold | 548 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 Manaforged Instrument
Manaforged Instrument goes into 4 recipes: 3 in Inscription and 1 in Enchanting. They come from Khaz Algar Enchanting and Khaz Algar Inscription.
The highest-listed product is Deal: Cartel Ba, from Khaz Algar Inscription, at 752 gold99 silver on the US Auction House.
One craft of Deal: Cartel Ba takes 1 Manaforged Instrument plus 25 Apricate Ink and 1 Fresh Parchment; at current prices those reagents cost 548 gold95 silver per craft.
Manaforged Instrument is about 3% of that reagent bill at its current price; Apricate Ink and Fresh Parchment make up the rest.
The cheapest craft that uses Manaforged Instrument is Gleeful Glamour - Ethereal (Khaz Algar Enchanting): its reagents cost 60 gold5 silver and Gleeful Glamour - Ethereal lists at 199 gold99 silver.
All 4 distinct products have a current US commodity price.
Leveling and recipes for Manaforged Instrument
Leveling with Manaforged Instrument: Gleeful Glamour - Ethereal (Algari Illusions) turns yellow at Enchanting skill 40 and grey at 55. Deal: Cartel Ba (Miscellaneous Goods) turns yellow at Inscription skill 80 and grey at 100. Deal: Cartel Om (Miscellaneous Goods) turns yellow at Inscription skill 80 and grey at 100. Deal: Cartel Zo (Miscellaneous Goods) turns yellow at Inscription skill 80 and grey at 100.
Recipe items that teach these crafts: Technique: Deal: Cartel Ba, Technique: Deal: Cartel Om, Technique: Deal: Cartel Zo and Formula: Gleeful Glamour - Ethereal.
Technique: Deal: Cartel Ba
Technique: Deal: Cartel Om
Technique: Deal: Cartel Zo
Formula: Gleeful Glamour - EtherealReagents used with Manaforged Instrument
Manaforged Instrument is most often combined with Apricate Ink, which shares 3 of its 4 recipes; next come Fresh Parchment, Leyline Residue and Storm Dust.
Apricate Ink 3 shared recipes
Fresh Parchment 3 shared recipes
Leyline Residue 1 shared recipe
Storm Dust 1 shared recipe
Viridescent Spores 1 shared recipe
Quests that reward Manaforged Instrument
Manaforged Instrument is handed out as a reward by Head Hunting: Forgeweaver Araz.
What Manaforged Instrument is crafted into
Deal: Cartel Ba (Other). Made with Deal: Cartel Ba, 1 Manaforged Instrument per craft.
Deal: Cartel Om (Other). Made with Deal: Cartel Om, 1 Manaforged Instrument per craft.
Deal: Cartel Zo (Other). Made with Deal: Cartel Zo, 1 Manaforged Instrument per craft.
Gleeful Glamour - Ethereal (Other). Made with Gleeful Glamour - Ethereal, 1 Manaforged Instrument per craft.
Manaforged Instrument: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 26% 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 | 16 gold90 silver |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 2 gold99 silver Sep 8 |
| 30-day high | 200 gold Sep 11 |
| 30-day median | 13 gold36 silver |
| 7-day median | 15 gold54 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 685 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Manaforged Instrument 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) | 16 gold90 silver | 208 | 2,558 |
| Europe (EU) | 17 gold | 58 | 306 |
Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Manaforged Instrument
Khaz Algar Inscription has 78 recipes. Besides Manaforged Instrument, the reagents they call for most are Boundless Cipher (49 recipes), Shadow Ink (36 recipes), Apricate Ink (35 recipes), Fresh Parchment (29 recipes), Artisan's Acuity (18 recipes), Distilled Algari Freshwater (18 recipes), Viridescent Spores (14 recipes), Codified Greenwood (13 recipes), Leyline Residue (10 recipes), Writhing Sample (9 recipes).
Khaz Algar Enchanting has 90 recipes. Besides Manaforged Instrument, the reagents they call for most are Storm Dust (87 recipes), Gleaming Shard (46 recipes), Leyline Residue (29 recipes), Viridescent Spores (25 recipes), Refulgent Crystal (21 recipes), Ringing Deeps Ingot (14 recipes), Profaned Tinderbox (12 recipes), Crystalline Powder (8 recipes), Vial of Kaheti Oils (8 recipes), Writhing Sample (6 recipes).
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K'areshi Resonating Stone19 gold
Obsidium Bar14 gold
Cobalt Bar14 gold
Demonsteel Bar13 gold
Dark Iron Ore20 gold
Black Trillium Ore20 gold
About Manaforged Instrument
Manaforged Instrument 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 Enchanting, Inscription. When a recipe that uses Manaforged Instrument 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.