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Nacreous Pigment
Inscription
Verified US market
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Nacreous Pigment details
| Type | Inscription |
|---|---|
| Item level | 70 |
| Requires level | 1 |
| Max stack | 1,000 |
| Vendor sell price | 20 silver |
| 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 Nacreous Pigment: "A pigment milled by players with the Inscription skill. Can be bought and sold on the Auction House."
Nacreous Pigment quality ranks
Rank 1: Nacreous Pigment (this page)2 gold
Rank 2: Nacreous Pigment1 gold
Rank 3: Nacreous Pigment3 gold
Nacreous Pigment comes in 3 quality ranks in the current game data, from Rank 1 to Rank 3. Each rank is a separate item with its own Auction House listing.
Rank 3 lists at 3 gold19 silver, 51% more than Rank 1 at 2 gold11 silver.
What Nacreous Pigment is used in
Inscription
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Apricate Ink | Khaz Algar Inscription, Inks, grey at 30 | 10 |  Apricate Ink | 20 gold | 23 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 Nacreous Pigment
Nacreous Pigment goes into one recipe, Apricate Ink, taught in Khaz Algar Inscription.
Its product, Apricate Ink, from Khaz Algar Inscription, lists at 20 gold on the US Auction House.
One craft of Apricate Ink takes 10 Nacreous Pigment plus 5 Luredrop Pigment and 20 Distilled Algari Freshwater; at current prices those reagents cost 23 gold25 silver per craft.
Nacreous Pigment is about 91% of that reagent bill at its current price; Luredrop Pigment and Distilled Algari Freshwater make up the rest.
Further down the chain, Apricate Ink is itself a reagent in 37 recipes, such as Algari Treatise on Herbalism, Algari Treatise on Leatherworking and Algari Treatise on Tailoring.
Leveling and recipes for Nacreous Pigment
Apricate Ink (Inks) turns yellow at Inscription skill 20 and grey at 30.
Reagents used with Nacreous Pigment
In Apricate Ink, Nacreous Pigment is combined with Distilled Algari Freshwater and Luredrop Pigment.
Distilled Algari Freshwater 1 shared recipe
Luredrop Pigment 1 shared recipe
What Nacreous Pigment is crafted into
Apricate Ink (Inscription). Made with Apricate Ink, 10 Nacreous Pigment per craft.
Nacreous Pigment: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 7% 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 | 2 gold11 silver |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 50 silver Sep 13 |
| 30-day high | 180 gold Aug 22 |
| 30-day median | 1 gold97 silver |
| 7-day median | 1 gold55 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 681 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Nacreous Pigment by region
The lowest listing is 48% 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) | 2 gold11 silver | 25 | 3,306 |
| Europe (EU) | 1 gold10 silver | 40 | 8,555 |
Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Nacreous Pigment
Khaz Algar Inscription has 78 recipes. Besides Nacreous Pigment, 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).
Inscription priced near Nacreous Pigment
Blazing Pigment2 gold
Four of Swords2 gold- Luredrop Pigment2 gold
- Tranquil Pigment1 gold
Two of Mages1 gold
Powder Pigment1 gold
Mana Lily Pigment1 gold- Nacreous Pigment1 gold
- Eight of Blessings2 gold
- Five of Blessings2 gold
Darkflame Ink1 gold
Six of Lunacy2 gold
About Nacreous Pigment
Nacreous 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 Nacreous 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.