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Progenitor Essentia

Progenitor Essentia is a Legendary Elemental used in 10 recipes (Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Engineering and Jewelcrafting).

Progenitor Essentia stacks to 10. 10 recipes consume it, taught by Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting, Leatherworking and Tailoring.

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Verified US market

Lowest listed price50 gold95 silver
Median listing51 gold
177 available65 listings
Verified priceAuction Housecommodity

Commodities share one Auction House per region, so this price applies account-wide on US realms. Verify in-game before you trade.

In-game tooltip for Progenitor Essentia: "An extraordinarily rare remnant of the Progenitors which can be used to craft powerful enhancements. Can be bought and sold on the auction house."

What Progenitor Essentia is used in

Blacksmithing

RecipeSkill tier and categoryNeedsOther reagentsMakesLists at (US)Reagents per craft
Vestige of the EternalShadowlands Blacksmithing, Optional Reagents, grey at 2032Vestige of the Eternal443 gold

Leatherworking

RecipeSkill tier and categoryNeedsOther reagentsMakesLists at (US)Reagents per craft
Crafter's Mark of the First OnesShadowlands Leatherworking, Optional Reagents, grey at 2011Crafter's Mark of the First Ones331 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 Progenitor Essentia

Progenitor Essentia goes into 2 recipes: 1 in Blacksmithing and 1 in Leatherworking. They come from Shadowlands Blacksmithing and Shadowlands Leatherworking.

The cheapest craft that uses Progenitor Essentia is Crafter's Mark of the First Ones (Shadowlands Leatherworking): its reagents cost 331 gold40 silver per craft.

Further down the chain, Crafter's Mark of the First Ones is itself a reagent in 46 recipes, such as Spiritual Alchemy Stone, Shadebound Treads and Shadebound Vest.

Further down the chain, Vestige of the Eternal is itself a reagent in 35 recipes, such as Shadowghast Armguards, Shadowghast Waistguard and Shadowghast Pauldrons.

Leveling and recipes for Progenitor Essentia

Leveling with Progenitor Essentia: Crafter's Mark of the First Ones (Optional Reagents) stops giving Leatherworking skill-ups at 201. Vestige of the Eternal (Optional Reagents) stops giving Blacksmithing skill-ups at 203.

Reagents used with Progenitor Essentia

Progenitor Essentia is most often combined with Curing Salt, which shares 1 of its 2 recipes; next come Heavy Desolate Leather, Penumbra Thread and Progenium Ore.

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What Progenitor Essentia is crafted into

Vestige of the Eternal (Optional Reagents). Made with Vestige of the Eternal, 2 Progenitor Essentia per craft.

Crafter's Mark of the First Ones (Optional Reagents). Made with Crafter's Mark of the First Ones, 1 Progenitor Essentia per craft.

Progenitor Essentia: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing sits at its 30-day median. Over these 30 days the lowest listing moved more than tenfold, so a single snapshot can sit far from typical.

Now50 gold95 silver
30-day low15 gold Oct 21
30-day high600 gold Oct 22
30-day median50 gold49 silver
7-day median50 gold49 silver
Hourly snapshots684

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

Progenitor Essentia 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.

RegionLowest listed priceListingsUnits
Americas and Oceania (US)50 gold95 silver65177
Europe (EU)55 gold5 silver189567

Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Progenitor Essentia

Shadowlands Leatherworking has 120 recipes. Besides Progenitor Essentia, the reagents they call for most are Heavy Desolate Leather (79 recipes), Heavy Callous Hide (74 recipes), Desolate Leather (66 recipes), Orboreal Shard (65 recipes), Enchanted Heavy Callous Hide (64 recipes), Pallid Bone (61 recipes), Penumbra Thread (49 recipes), Callous Hide (14 recipes), Curing Salt (7 recipes), Protogenic Pelt (3 recipes).

Shadowlands Tailoring has 72 recipes. Besides Progenitor Essentia, the reagents they call for most are Shrouded Cloth (68 recipes), Enchanted Lightless Silk (37 recipes), Orboreal Shard (37 recipes), Penumbra Thread (33 recipes), Lightless Silk (15 recipes), Arden Lumber (3 recipes), Silken Protofiber (3 recipes), Essence of Rebirth (1 recipe), Essence of Valor (1 recipe), Korthite Crystal (1 recipe).

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