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Shadowflame Essence
Metal & Stone
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Shadowflame Essence details
| Type | Metal & Stone |
|---|---|
| Item level | 60 |
| Requires level | 1 |
| Max stack | 1,000 |
| Vendor sell price | 3 silver50 copper |
| Expansion | Dragonflight |
| First seen in our data | build 12.0.7.68887 |
Read from the 12.1.0.69875 game build. Prices are US Auction House data.
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 | 1,250 gold | 451 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 |
| 1,401 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 | 15,000 gold | 1,825 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 | 999 gold | 588 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 15,000 gold 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 1,825 gold69 silver per craft.
The cheapest craft that uses Shadowflame Essence is Shadowed Alloy (Dragon Isles Blacksmithing): its reagents cost 451 gold57 silver and Shadowed Alloy lists at 1,250 gold93 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 21% 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 | 1 gold98 silver |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 25 silver Sep 3 |
| 30-day high | 3,400 gold Sep 9 |
| 30-day median | 2 gold50 silver |
| 7-day median | 2 gold70 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 682 |
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) | 1 gold98 silver | 238 | 1,062 |
| 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 162 recipes. Besides Shadowflame Essence, the reagents they call for most are Artisan's Mettle (135 recipes), Resilient Leather (86 recipes), Adamant Scales (68 recipes), Infurious Hide (34 recipes), Infurious Scales (34 recipes), Crystalspine Fur (24 recipes), Salamanther Scales (21 recipes), Dense Hide (18 recipes), Earthshine Scales (16 recipes), Lustrous Scaled Hide (15 recipes).
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About Shadowflame Essence
Shadowflame Essence 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 Blacksmithing, Enchanting, Engineering, Inscription, Leatherworking. When a recipe that uses Shadowflame Essence 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.