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Shimmering Ink

Shimmering Ink is a Common Inscription used in 12 recipes (Inscription) and made by 1 recipe.

Shimmering Ink stacks to 1,000. 12 recipes consume it, taught by Inscription. 1 recipe produces it.

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Crafted by Shimmering Ink

Verified US market

Lowest listed price1 gold15 silver
Median listing4 gold34 silver
2,329 available22 listings
Verified priceAuction Housecommodity

Commodities share one Auction House per region, so this price applies account-wide on US realms. Verify in-game before you trade.

What Shimmering Ink is used in

Inscription

RecipeSkill tier and categoryNeedsOther reagentsMakesLists at (US)Reagents per craft
Glyph of Rising Tiger KickClassic Inscription, Glyphs, grey at 3003Glyph of Rising Tiger Kick6 gold3 gold
Glyph of Shackle UndeadClassic Inscription, Glyphs, grey at 3003Glyph of Shackle Undead16 gold3 gold
Glyph of the CheetahClassic Inscription, Glyphs, grey at 3003Glyph of the Cheetah4 gold3 gold
Glyph of the Luminous ChargerClassic Inscription, Glyphs, grey at 3003Glyph of the Luminous Charger27 gold3 gold
Scroll of Agility VClassic Inscription, Scrolls, grey at 2851Scroll of Agility V ×297 silver1 gold
Scroll of Intellect VClassic Inscription, Scrolls, grey at 2751Scroll of Intellect V ×23 silver1 gold
Scroll of Stamina VClassic Inscription, Scrolls, grey at 2651Scroll of Stamina V ×299 silver1 gold
Scroll of Stamina VIClassic Inscription, Scrolls, grey at 3001Scroll of Stamina VI ×23 silver1 gold
Scroll of Strength VClassic Inscription, Scrolls, grey at 2801Scroll of Strength V ×217 silver1 gold
Scroll of Versatility VClassic Inscription, Scrolls, grey at 2701Scroll of Versatility V ×225 silver1 gold
Scroll of Versatility VIClassic Inscription, Scrolls, grey at 3001Scroll of Versatility VI ×23 silver1 gold
Research: Shimmering InkClassic Inscription, Research, learn at 250, grey at 30033 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 Shimmering Ink

Shimmering Ink goes into 12 recipes: 12 in Inscription. All of them are Classic Inscription recipes.

The highest-listed product is Glyph of the Luminous Charger, from Classic Inscription, at 27 gold on the US Auction House.

One craft of Glyph of the Luminous Charger takes 3 Shimmering Ink plus 1 Light Parchment; at current prices those reagents cost 3 gold46 silver per craft.

The cheapest craft that uses Shimmering Ink is Scroll of Agility V (Classic Inscription): its reagents cost 1 gold17 silver and Scroll of Agility V lists at 97 silver.

All 11 distinct products have a current US commodity price.

Further down the chain, Scroll of Strength V is itself a reagent in 1 recipe, such as Ragesteel Shoulders.

Leveling and recipes for Shimmering Ink

Leveling with Shimmering Ink: Scroll of Stamina V (Scrolls) turns yellow at Inscription skill 255 and grey at 265. Scroll of Versatility V (Scrolls) turns yellow at Inscription skill 260 and grey at 270. Scroll of Intellect V (Scrolls) turns yellow at Inscription skill 265 and grey at 275. Scroll of Strength V (Scrolls) turns yellow at Inscription skill 270 and grey at 280. Scroll of Agility V (Scrolls) turns yellow at Inscription skill 275 and grey at 285. Glyph of Rising Tiger Kick (Glyphs) stops giving Inscription skill-ups at 300.

Reagents used with Shimmering Ink

Shimmering Ink is most often combined with Light Parchment, which shares 12 of its 12 recipes.

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How to make Shimmering Ink

RecipeProfessionSkill tier and categoryReagentsMakesReagents per craft (US)
Shimmering InkInscriptionClassic Inscription, Ink, grey at 255194 silver

Shimmering Ink (Classic Inscription) combines 2 Silvery Pigment, and those reagents cost 94 silver; buying 1 Shimmering Ink instead costs 1 gold15 silver.

What Shimmering Ink is crafted into

Glyph of Rising Tiger Kick (Monk). Made with Glyph of Rising Tiger Kick, 3 Shimmering Ink per craft.

Glyph of Shackle Undead (Priest). Made with Glyph of Shackle Undead, 3 Shimmering Ink per craft.

Glyph of the Cheetah (Other). Made with Glyph of the Cheetah, 3 Shimmering Ink per craft.

Glyph of the Luminous Charger (Paladin). Made with Glyph of the Luminous Charger, 3 Shimmering Ink per craft.

Shimmering Ink: 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.

Now1 gold15 silver
30-day low50 silver Oct 26
30-day high197 gold Nov 2
30-day median1 gold85 silver
7-day median1 gold70 silver
Hourly snapshots692

US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.

Shimmering Ink 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.

RegionLowest listed priceListingsUnits
Americas and Oceania (US)1 gold15 silver222,329
Europe (EU)3 gold59 silver4134,416

Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Shimmering Ink

Classic Inscription has 99 recipes. Besides Shimmering Ink, the reagents they call for most are Light Parchment (75 recipes), Jadefire Ink (12 recipes), Moonglow 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), Fiery Ink (4 recipes).

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