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Mysterious Essence
Enchanting
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Mysterious Essence details
| Type | Enchanting |
|---|---|
| Item level | 30 |
| Max stack | 1,000 |
| Expansion | Mists of Pandaria |
| First seen in our data | build 5.5.4.69585 |
Read from the 12.1.0.69875 game build. Prices are US Auction House data.
What Mysterious Essence is used in
Enchanting
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Elemental Force | Pandaria Enchanting, Weapon Enchantments, grey at 60 | 3 | 1 gold | |||
 Ethereal Shard | Pandaria Enchanting, Reagents, grey at 5 | 5 |  Ethereal Shard | 90 silver | 2 gold | |
| Glorious Stats | Pandaria Enchanting, Armor Enchantments, grey at 75 | 3 |
| 1 gold | ||
| Greater Haste | Pandaria Enchanting, Armor Enchantments, grey at 75 | 1 |
| 68 silver | ||
 Greater Parry | Pandaria Enchanting, Shield and Off-Hand Enchantments, grey at 75 | 3 |
| 2 gold | ||
| Greater Precision | Pandaria Enchanting, Armor Enchantments, grey at 60 | 1 |
| 68 silver | ||
| Jade Spirit | Pandaria Enchanting, Weapon Enchantments, grey at 75 | 4 |
| 62 gold | ||
| Major Dodge | Pandaria Enchanting, Armor Enchantments, grey at 60 | 2 |
| 1 gold | ||
| Major Intellect | Pandaria Enchanting, Shield and Off-Hand Enchantments, grey at 75 | 3 | 1 gold | |||
 Mysterious Diffusion | Pandaria Enchanting, Reagents, grey at 5 | 1 |  Spirit Dust ×3 | 9 silver | 50 silver | |
| Pandaren's Step | Pandaria Enchanting, Armor Enchantments, grey at 75 | 3 |
| 1 gold | ||
| River's Song | Pandaria Enchanting, Weapon Enchantments, grey at 75 | 50 |
| 29 gold | ||
| Super Armor | Pandaria Enchanting, Armor Enchantments, grey at 60 | 1 |
| 77 silver | ||
| Super Strength | Pandaria Enchanting, Armor Enchantments, grey at 75 | 1 |
| 1 gold | ||
| Superior Critical Strike | Pandaria Enchanting, Armor Enchantments, grey at 10 | 1 | 50 silver | |||
| Superior Haste | Pandaria Enchanting, Armor Enchantments, grey at 75 | 2 | 1 gold | |||
| Superior Intellect | Pandaria Enchanting, Armor Enchantments, grey at 60 | 3 |
| 1 gold | ||
| Superior Mastery | Pandaria Enchanting, Armor Enchantments, grey at 75 | 3 | 1 gold | |||
| Superior Stamina | Pandaria Enchanting, Armor Enchantments, grey at 75 | 1 |
| 86 silver |
"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 Mysterious Essence
Mysterious Essence goes into 19 recipes: 19 in Enchanting. All of them are Pandaria Enchanting recipes.
The highest-listed product is Ethereal Shard, from Pandaria Enchanting, at 90 silver on the US Auction House.
One craft of Ethereal Shard takes 5 Mysterious Essence; at current prices those reagents cost 2 gold50 silver per craft.
The cheapest craft that uses Mysterious Essence is Mysterious Diffusion (Pandaria Enchanting): its reagents cost 50 silver and Spirit Dust lists at 9 silver.
All 2 distinct products have a current US commodity price.
Further down the chain, Spirit Dust is itself a reagent in 15 recipes, such as Mastery, Major Dodge and Super Armor.
Further down the chain, Ethereal Shard is itself a reagent in 9 recipes, such as Greater Protection, Blurred Speed and Super Strength.
Leveling and recipes for Mysterious Essence
Leveling with Mysterious Essence: Ethereal Shard (Reagents) turns yellow at Enchanting skill 1 and grey at 5. Mysterious Diffusion (Reagents) turns yellow at Enchanting skill 1 and grey at 5. Superior Critical Strike (Armor Enchantments) turns yellow at Enchanting skill 1 and grey at 10. Elemental Force (Weapon Enchantments) turns yellow at Enchanting skill 25 and grey at 60. Greater Precision (Armor Enchantments) turns yellow at Enchanting skill 25 and grey at 60. Major Dodge (Armor Enchantments) turns yellow at Enchanting skill 25 and grey at 60.
Recipe items that teach these crafts: Formula: Enchant Weapon - Jade Spirit and Formula: Enchant Weapon - River's Song.
Formula: Enchant Weapon - Jade SpiritReagents used with Mysterious Essence
Mysterious Essence is most often combined with Spirit Dust, which shares 9 of its 19 recipes; next come Ethereal Shard, River's Heart and Sha Crystal.
- Spirit Dust 9 shared recipes
- Ethereal Shard 2 shared recipes
River's Heart 1 shared recipe
Sha Crystal 1 shared recipe
How to make Mysterious Essence
| Recipe | Profession | Skill tier and category | Reagents | Makes | Reagents per craft (US) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mysterious Essence | Enchanting | Pandaria Enchanting, Reagents, grey at 5 |
| 1 | 45 silver |
| Ethereal Shatter | Enchanting | Pandaria Enchanting, Reagents, grey at 5 |
| 3 | 90 silver |
Mysterious Essence (Pandaria Enchanting) combines 5 Spirit Dust, and those reagents cost 45 silver; buying 1 Mysterious Essence instead costs 50 silver.
Ethereal Shatter (Pandaria Enchanting) combines 1 Ethereal Shard, and those reagents cost 90 silver; buying 3 Mysterious Essence instead costs 1 gold50 silver.
Also created by:
Lesser Mysterious EssenceWhat Mysterious Essence is crafted into
Ethereal Shard (Enchanting). Made with Ethereal Shard, 5 Mysterious Essence per craft.
Spirit Dust (Enchanting). Made with Mysterious Diffusion, 1 Mysterious Essence per craft.
Mysterious Essence: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 14% 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 | 50 silver |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 1 silver Sep 10 |
| 30-day high | 7 gold50 silver Sep 16 |
| 30-day median | 44 silver |
| 7-day median | 41 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 681 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Mysterious Essence by region
The lowest listing is 9% 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) | 54 silver | 47 | 59,738 |
| Europe (EU) | 49 silver | 128 | 117,056 |
Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Mysterious Essence
Pandaria Enchanting has 39 recipes. Besides Mysterious Essence, the reagents they call for most are Spirit Dust (16 recipes), Ethereal Shard (9 recipes), Sha Crystal (9 recipes), Bamboo Lumber (2 recipes), Light Parchment (2 recipes), River's Heart (2 recipes), Coal (1 recipe), Haunting Spirit (1 recipe), Imperial Amethyst (1 recipe), Primordial Ruby (1 recipe).
Enchanting priced near Mysterious Essence
Sacred Shard54 silver
Vantus Rune: Vault of the Incarnates54 silver
Lesser Magic Essence55 silver
Small Ethereal Shard52 silver
Strange Dust46 silver
Small Prismatic Shard46 silver
Light Illusion Dust45 silver
Lesser Cosmic Essence45 silver
Small Brilliant Shard26 silver
Eversinging Dust83 silver
Soul Dust16 silver
Rich Illusion Dust92 silver
About Mysterious Essence
Mysterious 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 Enchanting. When a recipe that uses Mysterious Essence 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.