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Progenitor Essentia
Elemental
Verified US market
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Progenitor Essentia details
| Type | Elemental |
|---|---|
| Item level | 50 |
| Max stack | 10 |
| Vendor sell price | 50 gold |
| 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.
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
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vestige of the Eternal | Shadowlands Blacksmithing, Optional Reagents, grey at 203 | 2 |
|  Vestige of the Eternal | 581 gold |
Leatherworking
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crafter's Mark of the First Ones | Shadowlands Leatherworking, Optional Reagents, grey at 201 | 1 |
|  Crafter's Mark of the First Ones | 252 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 252 gold80 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.
Curing Salt 1 shared recipe
Heavy Desolate Leather 1 shared recipe
Penumbra Thread 1 shared recipe
Progenium Ore 1 shared recipe
Protogenic Pelt 1 shared recipe
Shadowghast Ingot 1 shared recipe
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.
| Now | 50 gold |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 30 gold Sep 5 |
| 30-day high | 500 gold23 silver Sep 11 |
| 30-day median | 50 gold49 silver |
| 7-day median | 50 gold78 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 688 |
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.
| Region | Lowest listed price | Listings | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas and Oceania (US) | 50 gold | 147 | 316 |
| Europe (EU) | 55 gold5 silver | 189 | 567 |
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).
Other Reagents priced near Progenitor Essentia
Scroll of Protection50 gold
Shadow Oil50 gold
Blue Pearl50 gold
Mystic Lionseye50 gold
Precise Cardinal Ruby50 gold
Austere Earthsiege Diamond50 gold- Eternal Earthsiege Diamond50 gold
Perfect Misty Dark Jade50 gold
Lightning Dream Emerald50 gold
Revitalizing Primal Diamond50 gold
Taladite Recrystallizer50 gold
Potion Absorption Inhibitor50 gold
About Progenitor Essentia
Progenitor Essentia 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 Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting, Leatherworking, Tailoring. When a recipe that uses Progenitor Essentia 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.