TheWoWDB
Verified - US Auction House - Crafting material
Royal Ink
Inscription
Verified US market
Commodities share one Auction House per region, so this price applies account-wide on US realms. Verify in-game before you trade.
Royal Ink details
| Type | Inscription |
|---|---|
| Item level | 10 |
| Max stack | 1,000 |
| Vendor sell price | 5 silver |
| Expansion | Classic |
| 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 Royal Ink is used in
Inscription
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Arcane Tarot | Classic Inscription, Card, grey at 210 | 2 |
| 15 gold | ||
| Royal Guide of Escape Routes | Classic Inscription, Off-hand, grey at 210 | 5 |
|  Royal Guide of Escape Routes | 40 gold | |
| Tome of Kings | Classic Inscription, Off-hand, grey at 210 | 5 |
|  Tome of Kings | 40 gold | |
 Wooden Ironforge Table | Classic Inscription, House Decor, grey at 300 | 8 |
|  Wooden Ironforge Table |
"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 Royal Ink
Royal Ink goes into 4 recipes: 4 in Inscription. All of them are Classic Inscription recipes.
The cheapest craft that uses Royal Ink is Arcane Tarot (Classic Inscription): its reagents cost 15 gold97 silver per craft.
Leveling and recipes for Royal Ink
Leveling with Royal Ink: Arcane Tarot (Card) turns yellow at Inscription skill 200 and grey at 210. Royal Guide of Escape Routes (Off-hand) turns yellow at Inscription skill 200 and grey at 210. Tome of Kings (Off-hand) turns yellow at Inscription skill 200 and grey at 210. Wooden Ironforge Table (House Decor) turns yellow at Inscription skill 260 and grey at 300.
Reagents used with Royal Ink
Royal Ink is most often combined with Light Parchment, which shares 3 of its 4 recipes; next come Enchanted Leather, Ironwood Lumber and Mithril Filigree.
Light Parchment 3 shared recipes
Enchanted Leather 1 shared recipe
Ironwood Lumber 1 shared recipe
Mithril Filigree 1 shared recipe
Truesilver Bar 1 shared recipe
How to make Royal Ink
| Recipe | Profession | Skill tier and category | Reagents | Makes | Reagents per craft (US) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Ink | Inscription | Classic Inscription, Ink, grey at 180 |
| 1 | 7 gold |
Royal Ink (Classic Inscription) combines 1 Indigo Pigment, and those reagents cost 7 gold95 silver; buying 1 Royal Ink instead costs 7 gold98 silver.
What Royal Ink is crafted into
Wooden Ironforge Table (Decor). Made with Wooden Ironforge Table, 8 Royal Ink per craft.
Royal Guide of Escape Routes (Miscellaneous). Made with Royal Guide of Escape Routes, 5 Royal Ink per craft.
Tome of Kings (Miscellaneous). Made with Tome of Kings, 5 Royal Ink per craft.
Royal Ink: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 100% 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 | 7 gold98 silver |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 10 silver Sep 3 |
| 30-day high | 195 gold3 silver Sep 5 |
| 30-day median | 4 gold |
| 7-day median | 8 gold99 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 681 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Royal Ink by region
The lowest listing is 51% 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) | 7 gold98 silver | 19 | 261 |
| Europe (EU) | 3 gold88 silver | 12 | 945 |
Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Royal Ink
Classic Inscription has 99 recipes. Besides Royal Ink, the reagents they call for most are Light Parchment (75 recipes), Jadefire Ink (12 recipes), Moonglow Ink (12 recipes), Shimmering Ink (12 recipes), Celestial Ink (11 recipes), Midnight Ink (10 recipes), Ink of the Sky (5 recipes), Ironwood Lumber (5 recipes), Lion's Ink (5 recipes), Essence of Undeath (4 recipes).
Inscription priced near Royal Ink
Indigo Pigment7 gold
Two of Swords8 gold
Verdant Pigment7 gold
Five of Demons7 gold
Five of Blood7 gold
Two of Vivacity8 gold
Shadow Ink8 gold
Four of the Tides8 gold
Four of Blood8 gold
Ink of the Sea7 gold
Four of Mages7 gold- Ace of Mages7 gold
About Royal Ink
Royal Ink 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 Royal Ink 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.