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Pygmy Oil
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Pygmy Oil details
| Type | Other |
|---|---|
| Item level | 20 |
| Max stack | 1,000 |
| Vendor sell price | 2 silver50 copper |
| Expansion | Wrath of the Lich King |
| First seen in our data | build 3.80.2.69874 |
Read from the 12.1.0.69875 game build. Prices are US Auction House data.
What Pygmy Oil is used in
Alchemy
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Flask of Pure Mojo | Northrend Alchemy, Flasks, grey at 75 | 3 |
|  Flask of Pure Mojo ×2 | 3 gold | 26 gold |
| Guru's Elixir | Northrend Alchemy, Elixirs, grey at 15 | 3 |
|  Guru's Elixir | 1 gold | 6 gold |
| Indestructible Alchemist Stone | Northrend Alchemy, Trinkets, grey at 55 | 12 |
|  Indestructible Alchemist Stone | 85 gold | |
| Potion of Speed | Northrend Alchemy, Potions, grey at 55 | 1 |
|  Potion of Speed | 5 gold | 9 gold |
| Potion of Wild Magic | Northrend Alchemy, Potions, grey at 55 | 1 |
|  Potion of Wild Magic | 2 gold | 8 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 Pygmy Oil
Pygmy Oil goes into 5 recipes: 5 in Alchemy. All of them are Northrend Alchemy recipes.
The highest-listed product is Potion of Speed, from Northrend Alchemy, at 5 gold on the US Auction House.
One craft of Potion of Speed takes 1 Pygmy Oil plus 2 Adder's Tongue and 1 Crystal Vial; at current prices those reagents cost 9 gold36 silver per craft.
Pygmy Oil is about 24% of that reagent bill at its current price; Adder's Tongue and Crystal Vial make up the rest.
The cheapest craft that uses Pygmy Oil is Guru's Elixir (Northrend Alchemy): its reagents cost 6 gold88 silver and Guru's Elixir lists at 1 gold.
4 of the 5 distinct products have a current US commodity price.
Leveling and recipes for Pygmy Oil
Leveling with Pygmy Oil: Guru's Elixir (Elixirs) turns yellow at Alchemy skill 5 and grey at 15. Indestructible Alchemist Stone (Trinkets) turns yellow at Alchemy skill 45 and grey at 55. Potion of Speed (Potions) turns yellow at Alchemy skill 40 and grey at 55. Potion of Wild Magic (Potions) turns yellow at Alchemy skill 40 and grey at 55. Flask of Pure Mojo (Flasks) stops giving Alchemy skill-ups at 75.
Reagents used with Pygmy Oil
Pygmy Oil is most often combined with Crystal Vial, which shares 4 of its 5 recipes; next come Frost Lotus, Adder's Tongue and Deadnettle.
Crystal Vial 4 shared recipes
Frost Lotus 2 shared recipes
Adder's Tongue 1 shared recipe
Deadnettle 1 shared recipe
Icethorn 1 shared recipe
Lichbloom 1 shared recipe
How to make Pygmy Oil
| Recipe | Profession | Skill tier and category | Reagents | Makes | Reagents per craft (US) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pygmy Oil | Alchemy | Northrend Alchemy, Oils, grey at 15 |
| 2 | 1 gold |
Pygmy SuckerfishPygmy Oil (Northrend Alchemy) combines 1 Pygmy Suckerfish, and those reagents cost 1 gold22 silver; buying 2 Pygmy Oil instead costs 4 gold58 silver.
What Pygmy Oil is crafted into
Indestructible Alchemist Stone (Miscellaneous). Made with Indestructible Alchemist Stone, 12 Pygmy Oil per craft.
Flask of Pure Mojo (Flasks & Phials). Made with Flask of Pure Mojo, 3 Pygmy Oil per craft.
Guru's Elixir (Elixirs). Made with Guru's Elixir, 3 Pygmy Oil per craft.
Potion of Speed (Potions). Made with Potion of Speed, 1 Pygmy Oil per craft.
Pygmy Oil: 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 | 2 gold29 silver |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 35 silver Aug 29 |
| 30-day high | 196 gold50 silver Sep 10 |
| 30-day median | 2 gold |
| 7-day median | 4 gold65 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 676 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Pygmy Oil by region
The lowest listing is 65% 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 gold29 silver | 62 | 17,448 |
| Europe (EU) | 80 silver | 166 | 3,332 |
Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Pygmy Oil
Northrend Alchemy has 69 recipes. Besides Pygmy Oil, the reagents they call for most are Crystal Vial (41 recipes), Goldclover (16 recipes), Frost Lotus (9 recipes), Lichbloom (8 recipes), Talandra's Rose (7 recipes), Adder's Tongue (6 recipes), Icethorn (6 recipes), Deadnettle (5 recipes), Eternal Air (5 recipes), Eternal Fire (5 recipes).
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About Pygmy Oil
Pygmy Oil 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. When a recipe that uses Pygmy Oil 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.