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Shadow Pigment
Inscription
Verified US market
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Shadow Pigment details
| Type | Inscription |
|---|---|
| Item level | 30 |
| Max stack | 1,000 |
| Vendor sell price | 25 copper |
| Expansion | Mists of Pandaria |
| First seen in our data | build 5.5.4.69585 |
Read from the 12.1.0.69875 game build. Prices are US Auction House data.
In-game tooltip for Shadow Pigment: "Commonly found when milling herbs native to Pandaria."
What Shadow Pigment is used in
Inscription
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ink of Dreams | Pandaria Inscription, Inks, grey at 20 | 2 |  Ink of Dreams | 79 silver | 50 silver |
"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 Shadow Pigment
Shadow Pigment goes into one recipe, Ink of Dreams, taught in Pandaria Inscription.
Its product, Ink of Dreams, from Pandaria Inscription, lists at 79 silver on the US Auction House.
One craft of Ink of Dreams takes 2 Shadow Pigment; at current prices those reagents cost 50 silver per craft.
Further down the chain, Ink of Dreams is itself a reagent in 26 recipes, such as Glyph of Lesser Proportion, Inscribed Fan and Rain Poppy Staff.
Leveling and recipes for Shadow Pigment
Ink of Dreams (Inks) turns yellow at Inscription skill 10 and grey at 20.
What Shadow Pigment is crafted into
Ink of Dreams (Inscription). Made with Ink of Dreams, 2 Shadow Pigment per craft.
Shadow Pigment: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 38% below 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 | 25 silver |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 15 silver Sep 10 |
| 30-day high | 2 gold22 silver Aug 22 |
| 30-day median | 40 silver |
| 7-day median | 33 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 681 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Shadow Pigment 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) | 25 silver | 40 | 59,316 |
| Europe (EU) | 48 silver | 31 | 26,564 |
Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Shadow Pigment
Pandaria Inscription has 45 recipes. Besides Shadow Pigment, the reagents they call for most are Light Parchment (27 recipes), Ink of Dreams (24 recipes), Starlight Ink (18 recipes), Spirit of Harmony (15 recipes), Scroll of Wisdom (6 recipes), Bamboo Lumber (5 recipes), Desecrated Oil (2 recipes), Ghost Iron Bar (2 recipes), Inscribed Fan (2 recipes), Plain Wooden Staff (2 recipes).
Inscription priced near Shadow Pigment
Lexicologist's Vellum25 silver
Ultramarine Pigment15 silver
Viridescent Pigment7 silver
Thalassian Songwater44 silver- Fresh Parchment5 silver
- Distilled Algari Freshwater3 silver
Sanguithorn Pigment53 silver
Viridescent Ink57 silver
Ultramarine Ink65 silver- Glittering Parchment75 silver
- Ink of Dreams79 silver
Blossom Pigment85 silver
About Shadow Pigment
Shadow 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 Shadow 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.