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Missive of Critical Strike

Optional Reagents

Verified US market

Lowest listed price14 gold

Median listing500 gold

359 available20 listings

Verified priceAuction House37 min agocommodity

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Missive of Critical Strike details

Type	Optional Reagents
Item level	51
Max stack	1,000
Vendor sell price	1 copper
Expansion	Shadowlands
First seen in our data	build 12.0.7.68887

Read from the 12.1.0.69933 game build. Prices are US Auction House data.

What Missive of Critical Strike is used in

Blacksmithing

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Shadowsteel Armguards	Shadowlands Blacksmithing, Armor, grey at 70	1 optional	3 × Laestrite Ore 4 × Shadowghast Ingot 1 × Elethium Ore 1 × Luminous Flux	Shadowsteel Armguards	126 gold
Shadowsteel Breastplate	Shadowlands Blacksmithing, Armor, grey at 100	1 optional	6 × Laestrite Ore 12 × Shadowghast Ingot 2 × Elethium Ore 3 × Luminous Flux	Shadowsteel Breastplate	362 gold
Shadowsteel Gauntlets	Shadowlands Blacksmithing, Armor, grey at 85	1 optional	5 × Laestrite Ore 7 × Shadowghast Ingot 1 × Elethium Ore 2 × Luminous Flux	Shadowsteel Gauntlets	214 gold
Shadowsteel Greaves	Shadowlands Blacksmithing, Armor, grey at 100	1 optional	6 × Laestrite Ore 12 × Shadowghast Ingot 2 × Elethium Ore 3 × Luminous Flux	Shadowsteel Greaves	362 gold
Shadowsteel Helm	Shadowlands Blacksmithing, Armor, grey at 95	1 optional	6 × Laestrite Ore 10 × Shadowghast Ingot 2 × Elethium Ore 2 × Luminous Flux	Shadowsteel Helm	303 gold
Shadowsteel Pauldrons	Shadowlands Blacksmithing, Armor, grey at 100	1 optional	5 × Laestrite Ore 7 × Shadowghast Ingot 1 × Elethium Ore 3 × Luminous Flux	Shadowsteel Pauldrons	223 gold
Shadowsteel Sabatons	Shadowlands Blacksmithing, Armor, grey at 75	1 optional	5 × Laestrite Ore 7 × Shadowghast Ingot 1 × Elethium Ore 2 × Luminous Flux	Shadowsteel Sabatons	214 gold

Engineering

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Articulated Ectoplasmic Specs	Shadowlands Engineering, Goggles, grey at 100	1 optional	3 × Wormfed Gear Assembly 5 × Handful of Laestrite Bolts 1 × Angerseye 1 × Umbryl 5 × Desolate Leather 5 × Pallid Bone	Articulated Ectoplasmic Specs	67 gold
Flexible Ectoplasmic Specs	Shadowlands Engineering, Goggles, grey at 100	1 optional	3 × Wormfed Gear Assembly 5 × Handful of Laestrite Bolts 2 × Umbryl 10 × Shrouded Cloth	Flexible Ectoplasmic Specs	68 gold
Grounded Ectoplasmic Specs	Shadowlands Engineering, Goggles, grey at 100	1 optional	3 × Wormfed Gear Assembly 5 × Handful of Laestrite Bolts 1 × Umbryl 1 × Oriblase 10 × Desolate Leather	Grounded Ectoplasmic Specs	67 gold
Reinforced Ectoplasmic Specs	Shadowlands Engineering, Goggles, grey at 100	1 optional	3 × Wormfed Gear Assembly 5 × Handful of Laestrite Bolts 2 × Angerseye 10 × Sinvyr Ore	Reinforced Ectoplasmic Specs	92 gold

Jewelcrafting

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Masterful Phaedrum Necklace	Shadowlands Jewelcrafting, Necklaces, grey at 100	1 optional	2 × Masterful Jewel Cluster 2 × Phaedrum Ore 2 × Malleable Wire	Masterful Phaedrum Necklace	36 gold
Masterful Phaedrum Ring	Shadowlands Jewelcrafting, Rings, grey at 100	1 optional	2 × Masterful Jewel Cluster 2 × Phaedrum Ore 1 × Malleable Wire	Masterful Phaedrum Ring	34 gold
Quick Oxxein Necklace	Shadowlands Jewelcrafting, Necklaces, grey at 100	1 optional	2 × Quick Jewel Cluster 2 × Oxxein Ore 2 × Malleable Wire	Quick Oxxein Necklace	39 gold
Quick Oxxein Ring	Shadowlands Jewelcrafting, Rings, grey at 100	1 optional	2 × Quick Jewel Cluster 2 × Oxxein Ore 1 × Malleable Wire	Quick Oxxein Ring	37 gold

Leatherworking

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Shadebound Armguards	Shadowlands Leatherworking, Leather Armor, grey at 70	1 optional	30 × Desolate Leather 2 × Callous Hide 1 × Penumbra Thread	Shadebound Armguards	12 gold
Shadebound Gauntlets	Shadowlands Leatherworking, Leather Armor, grey at 85	1 optional	40 × Desolate Leather 2 × Callous Hide 2 × Penumbra Thread	Shadebound Gauntlets	23 gold
Shadebound Helm	Shadowlands Leatherworking, Leather Armor, grey at 95	1 optional	6 × Heavy Desolate Leather 5 × Callous Hide 2 × Penumbra Thread	Shadebound Helm	25 gold
Shadebound Leggings	Shadowlands Leatherworking, Leather Armor, grey at 100	1 optional	8 × Heavy Desolate Leather 1 × Heavy Callous Hide 3 × Penumbra Thread	Shadebound Greaves	36 gold
Shadebound Pauldrons	Shadowlands Leatherworking, Leather Armor, grey at 100	1 optional	8 × Heavy Desolate Leather 1 × Heavy Callous Hide 3 × Penumbra Thread	Shadebound Pauldrons	36 gold
Shadebound Treads	Shadowlands Leatherworking, Leather Armor, grey at 75	1 optional	30 × Desolate Leather 2 × Callous Hide 2 × Penumbra Thread	Shadebound Treads	21 gold
Shadebound Vest	Shadowlands Leatherworking, Leather Armor, grey at 100	1 optional	8 × Heavy Desolate Leather 1 × Heavy Callous Hide 3 × Penumbra Thread	Shadebound Vest	36 gold
Shadebound Waistguard	Shadowlands Leatherworking, Leather Armor, grey at 80	1 optional	30 × Desolate Leather 1 × Callous Hide 1 × Penumbra Thread	Shadebound Waistguard	12 gold
Shadowscale Armguards	Shadowlands Leatherworking, Mail Armor, grey at 70	1 optional	2 × Callous Hide 4 × Pallid Bone 20 × Desolate Leather 1 × Penumbra Thread	Shadowscale Armguards	11 gold
Shadowscale Gauntlets	Shadowlands Leatherworking, Mail Armor, grey at 85	1 optional	2 × Callous Hide 5 × Pallid Bone 25 × Desolate Leather 2 × Penumbra Thread	Shadowscale Gauntlets	21 gold
Shadowscale Helm	Shadowlands Leatherworking, Mail Armor, grey at 95	1 optional	5 × Callous Hide 7 × Pallid Bone 4 × Heavy Desolate Leather 2 × Penumbra Thread	Shadowscale Helm	23 gold
Shadowscale Leggings	Shadowlands Leatherworking, Mail Armor, grey at 100	1 optional	1 × Heavy Callous Hide 7 × Pallid Bone 6 × Heavy Desolate Leather 3 × Penumbra Thread	Shadowscale Greaves	34 gold
Shadowscale Pauldrons	Shadowlands Leatherworking, Mail Armor, grey at 100	1 optional	1 × Heavy Callous Hide 7 × Pallid Bone 6 × Heavy Desolate Leather 3 × Penumbra Thread	Shadowscale Pauldrons	34 gold
Shadowscale Treads	Shadowlands Leatherworking, Mail Armor, grey at 75	1 optional	2 × Callous Hide 4 × Pallid Bone 20 × Desolate Leather 2 × Penumbra Thread	Shadowscale Treads	20 gold
Shadowscale Vest	Shadowlands Leatherworking, Mail Armor, grey at 100	1 optional	1 × Heavy Callous Hide 7 × Pallid Bone 6 × Heavy Desolate Leather 3 × Penumbra Thread	Shadowscale Vest	34 gold
Shadowscale Waistguard	Shadowlands Leatherworking, Mail Armor, grey at 80	1 optional	1 × Callous Hide 4 × Pallid Bone 20 × Desolate Leather 1 × Penumbra Thread	Shadowscale Waistguard	11 gold

Tailoring

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Shadowlace Cloak	Shadowlands Tailoring, Armor, grey at 90	1 optional	15 × Shrouded Cloth 3 × Lightless Silk 10 × Penumbra Thread	Shadowlace Cloak	91 gold
Shadowlace Cord	Shadowlands Tailoring, Armor, grey at 80	1 optional	20 × Shrouded Cloth 4 × Lightless Silk 3 × Penumbra Thread	Shadowlace Cord	29 gold
Shadowlace Cowl	Shadowlands Tailoring, Armor, grey at 95	1 optional	25 × Shrouded Cloth 5 × Lightless Silk 6 × Penumbra Thread	Shadowlace Cowl	56 gold
Shadowlace Cuffs	Shadowlands Tailoring, Armor, grey at 70	1 optional	10 × Shrouded Cloth 2 × Lightless Silk 3 × Penumbra Thread	Shadowlace Cuffs	28 gold
Shadowlace Footwraps	Shadowlands Tailoring, Armor, grey at 75	1 optional	20 × Shrouded Cloth 4 × Lightless Silk 6 × Penumbra Thread	Shadowlace Footwraps	56 gold
Shadowlace Handwraps	Shadowlands Tailoring, Armor, grey at 85	1 optional	20 × Shrouded Cloth 4 × Lightless Silk 6 × Penumbra Thread	Shadowlace Handwraps	56 gold
Shadowlace Mantle	Shadowlands Tailoring, Armor, grey at 100	1 optional	25 × Shrouded Cloth 5 × Lightless Silk 10 × Penumbra Thread	Shadowlace Mantle	92 gold
Shadowlace Trousers	Shadowlands Tailoring, Armor, grey at 100	1 optional	30 × Shrouded Cloth 6 × Lightless Silk 10 × Penumbra Thread	Shadowlace Trousers	93 gold
Shadowlace Tunic	Shadowlands Tailoring, Armor, grey at 100	1 optional	30 × Shrouded Cloth 6 × Lightless Silk 10 × Penumbra Thread	Shadowlace Tunic	93 gold

3 more recipes also use Missive of Critical Strike:

"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 Missive of Critical Strike

Missive of Critical Strike goes into 43 recipes: 16 in Leatherworking, 9 in Tailoring, 8 in Blacksmithing, 6 in Jewelcrafting and 4 in Engineering. They come from Shadowlands Blacksmithing, Shadowlands Engineering, Shadowlands Jewelcrafting, Shadowlands Leatherworking and Shadowlands Tailoring.

In 43 recipes it fills an optional slot rather than a required one, so it is left out of those crafts' reagent cost.

How to make Missive of Critical Strike

Recipe	Profession	Skill tier and category	Reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft (US)
Missive of Critical Strike	Inscription	Shadowlands Inscription, Optional Reagents, grey at 100	8 × Luminous Ink 2 × Umbral Ink 1 × Tranquil Ink 1 × Dark Parchment	1	231 gold

Missive of Critical Strike (Shadowlands Inscription) combines 8 Luminous Ink, 2 Umbral Ink, 1 Tranquil Ink and 1 Dark Parchment, and those reagents cost 231 gold15 silver; buying 1 Missive of Critical Strike instead costs 14 gold.

Missive of Critical Strike: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 65% 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.

Now	14 gold
30-day low	1 gold Sep 3
30-day high	500 gold Sep 13
30-day median	40 gold10 silver
7-day median	47 gold
Hourly snapshots	687

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

Missive of Critical Strike 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)	14 gold	20	359
Europe (EU)	130 gold	20	84

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About Missive of Critical Strike

Missive of Critical Strike 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 Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting, Leatherworking, Tailoring. When a recipe that uses Missive of Critical Strike spikes in value, the material tends to follow, so watch the recipes above alongside the price history.

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