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Shadowflame Essence
Shadowflame Essence is a Rare Metal & Stone used in 5 recipes (Blacksmithing, Enchanting, Engineering and Inscription).
Shadowflame Essence stacks to 1,000. 5 recipes consume it, taught by Blacksmithing, Enchanting, Engineering, Inscription and Leatherworking.
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In-game tooltip for Shadowflame Essence: "A shard that exudes a menacing presence. Rarely obtained from extremely powerful foes. Can be bought and sold on the auction house."
What Shadowflame Essence is used in
Blacksmithing
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shadowed Alloy | Dragon Isles Blacksmithing, Smelting, grey at 65 | 1 |
|  Shadowed Alloy | 1,700 gold | 398 gold |
Enchanting
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shadowflame Wreathe | Dragon Isles Enchanting, Weapon Enchantments, grey at 100 | 1 |
| 1,076 gold |
Engineering
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tinker: Shadowflame Rockets | Dragon Isles Engineering, Tinkers, grey at 75 | 1 |  Tinker: Shadowflame Rockets | 4,010 gold | 2,230 gold |
Inscription
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lydiara's Binding Rune | Dragon Isles Inscription, Legendary, grey at 100 | 10 |
|  Lydiara's Binding Rune |
Leatherworking
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch | Dragon Isles Leatherworking, Optional Reagents, grey at 80 | 1 |
|  Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch | 4 gold | 579 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 Shadowflame Essence
Shadowflame Essence goes into 5 recipes: 1 in Blacksmithing, 1 in Enchanting, 1 in Engineering, 1 in Inscription and 1 in Leatherworking. They come from Dragon Isles Blacksmithing, Dragon Isles Enchanting, Dragon Isles Engineering, Dragon Isles Inscription and Dragon Isles Leatherworking.
The highest-listed product is Tinker: Shadowflame Rockets, from Dragon Isles Engineering, at 4,010 gold85 silver on the US Auction House.
One craft of Tinker: Shadowflame Rockets takes 1 Shadowflame Essence plus 2 Shock-Spring Coil, 4 Greased-Up Gears, 1 Reinforced Machine Chassis, 1 Arclight Capacitor and 1 Dracothyst; at current prices those reagents cost 2,230 gold6 silver per craft.
The cheapest craft that uses Shadowflame Essence is Shadowed Alloy (Dragon Isles Blacksmithing): its reagents cost 398 gold66 silver and Shadowed Alloy lists at 1,700 gold78 silver.
3 of the 4 distinct products have a current US commodity price.
Further down the chain, Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch is itself a reagent in 34 recipes, such as Primal Molten Vambraces, Primal Molten Greatbelt and Primal Molten Pauldrons.
Further down the chain, Shadowed Alloy is itself a reagent in 6 recipes, such as Shadowed Razing Annihilator, Shadowed Belt Clasp and Heat-Resistant Rescue Ring.
Leveling and recipes for Shadowflame Essence
Leveling with Shadowflame Essence: Shadowed Alloy (Smelting) turns yellow at Blacksmithing skill 45 and grey at 65. Tinker: Shadowflame Rockets (Tinkers) turns yellow at Engineering skill 65 and grey at 75. Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch (Optional Reagents) turns yellow at Leatherworking skill 70 and grey at 80. Lydiara's Binding Rune (Legendary) stops giving Inscription skill-ups at 100. Shadowflame Wreathe (Weapon Enchantments) turns yellow at Enchanting skill 85 and grey at 100.
Recipe items that teach these crafts: Plans: Shadowed Alloy, Formula: Enchant Weapon - Shadowflame Wreathe, Pattern: Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch and Schematic: Tinker: Shadowflame Rockets.
Plans: Shadowed Alloy
Formula: Enchant Weapon - Shadowflame Wreathe
Pattern: Shadowflame-Tempered Armor PatchReagents used with Shadowflame Essence
Shadowflame Essence is most often combined with Awakened Fire, which shares 3 of its 5 recipes; next come Arclight Capacitor, Awakened Order and Cosmic Ink.
Awakened Fire 3 shared recipes
Arclight Capacitor 1 shared recipe
Awakened Order 1 shared recipe
Cosmic Ink 1 shared recipe
Draconium Ore 1 shared recipe
Dracothyst 1 shared recipe
Earthshine Scales 1 shared recipe
Greased-Up Gears 1 shared recipe
Khaz'gorite Ore 1 shared recipe
Pristine Vorquin Horn 1 shared recipe- Prototype Binding Rune 1 shared recipe
Reinforced Machine Chassis 1 shared recipe
What Shadowflame Essence is crafted into
Lydiara's Binding Rune (Other). Made with Lydiara's Binding Rune, 10 Shadowflame Essence per craft.
Shadowed Alloy (Metal & Stone). Made with Shadowed Alloy, 1 Shadowflame Essence per craft.
Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch (Optional Reagents). Made with Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch, 1 Shadowflame Essence per craft.
Tinker: Shadowflame Rockets (Other). Made with Tinker: Shadowflame Rockets, 1 Shadowflame Essence per craft.
Shadowflame Essence: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 73% 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 | 4 gold73 silver |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 25 silver Nov 2 |
| 30-day high | 99 gold Oct 10 |
| 30-day median | 2 gold74 silver |
| 7-day median | 2 gold23 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 692 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Shadowflame Essence 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) | 4 gold75 silver | 112 | 2,866 |
| Europe (EU) | 8 gold12 silver | 337 | 4,500 |
Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Shadowflame Essence
Dragon Isles Enchanting has 87 recipes. Besides Shadowflame Essence, the reagents they call for most are Chromatic Dust (49 recipes), Vibrant Shard (47 recipes), Resonant Crystal (42 recipes), Awakened Earth (11 recipes), Awakened Air (9 recipes), Artisan's Mettle (7 recipes), Awakened Fire (7 recipes), Writhebark (7 recipes), Awakened Order (6 recipes), Dracothyst (6 recipes).
Dragon Isles Leatherworking has 164 recipes. Besides Shadowflame Essence, the reagents they call for most are Artisan's Mettle (135 recipes), Resilient Leather (88 recipes), Adamant Scales (68 recipes), Infurious Hide (34 recipes), Infurious Scales (34 recipes), Crystalspine Fur (24 recipes), Salamanther Scales (21 recipes), Dense Hide (20 recipes), Earthshine Scales (16 recipes), Lustrous Scaled Hide (15 recipes).
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