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Orbinid Pigment
Inscription
Verified US market
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Orbinid Pigment details
| Type | Inscription |
|---|---|
| Item level | 70 |
| Requires level | 1 |
| Max stack | 1,000 |
| Vendor sell price | 40 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 Orbinid Pigment: "A pigment milled by players with the Inscription skill. Can be bought and sold on the Auction House."
Orbinid Pigment quality ranks
Rank 1: Orbinid Pigment (this page)5 gold
Rank 2: Orbinid Pigment1 gold
Rank 3: Orbinid Pigment5 gold
Orbinid 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 5 gold35 silver, 5% more than Rank 1 at 5 gold8 silver.
What Orbinid Pigment is used in
Inscription
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shadow Ink | Khaz Algar Inscription, Inks, grey at 35 | 5 |  Shadow Ink | 5 gold | 10 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 Orbinid Pigment
Orbinid Pigment goes into one recipe, Shadow Ink, taught in Khaz Algar Inscription.
Its product, Shadow Ink, from Khaz Algar Inscription, lists at 5 gold50 silver on the US Auction House.
One craft of Shadow Ink takes 5 Orbinid Pigment plus 5 Blossom Pigment and 20 Distilled Algari Freshwater; at current prices those reagents cost 10 gold25 silver per craft.
Further down the chain, Shadow Ink is itself a reagent in 37 recipes, such as Algari Treatise on Mining, Algari Treatise on Blacksmithing and Algari Treatise on Enchanting.
Leveling and recipes for Orbinid Pigment
Shadow Ink (Inks) turns yellow at Inscription skill 25 and grey at 35.
Reagents used with Orbinid Pigment
In Shadow Ink, Orbinid Pigment is combined with Blossom Pigment and Distilled Algari Freshwater.
Blossom Pigment 1 shared recipe
Distilled Algari Freshwater 1 shared recipe
What Orbinid Pigment is crafted into
Shadow Ink (Inscription). Made with Shadow Ink, 5 Orbinid Pigment per craft.
Orbinid Pigment: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 5.1 times 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 | 5 gold8 silver |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 40 silver Sep 14 |
| 30-day high | 197 gold Sep 17 |
| 30-day median | 1 gold |
| 7-day median | 1 gold10 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 681 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Orbinid Pigment by region
The lowest listing is 74% 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) | 5 gold8 silver | 42 | 9,658 |
| Europe (EU) | 1 gold30 silver | 41 | 12,791 |
Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Orbinid Pigment
Khaz Algar Inscription has 78 recipes. Besides Orbinid 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 Orbinid Pigment
Six of Voracity5 gold
Three of Fire5 gold
Eight of Iron4 gold
Three of Visions4 gold
Four of War4 gold- Serene Pigment5 gold
Volatile Crystal5 gold- Four of Iron4 gold
- Orbinid Pigment5 gold
Dawnstar Ink5 gold
Shimmering Pigment5 gold
Ruby Pigment4 gold
About Orbinid Pigment
Orbinid 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 Orbinid 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.