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Sunless Carapace

Sunless Carapace is a Rare Leather used in 8 recipes (Leatherworking and Tailoring).

Sunless Carapace stacks to 1,000. 8 recipes consume it, taught by Leatherworking and Tailoring.

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Verified US market

Lowest listed price1 gold68 silver
Median listing14 gold69 silver
10,917 available112 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.

In-game tooltip for Sunless Carapace: "Acquired by players with the Skinning skill. Can be bought and sold on the Auction House."

Sunless Carapace quality ranks

Sunless Carapace comes in 3 quality ranks in the current game data, from Rank 1 to Rank 3. Each rank is a separate item with its own Auction House listing.

Rank 3 lists at 11 gold99 silver, 2298% more than Rank 1 at 50 silver.

What Sunless Carapace is used in

Leatherworking

RecipeSkill tier and categoryNeedsOther reagentsMakesLists at (US)Reagents per craft
Apothecary's CapKhaz Algar Leatherworking, Profession Equipment, grey at 601Apothecary's Cap
Carapace-Backed HideKhaz Algar Leatherworking, Reagents, grey at 501Carapace-Backed Hide24 gold3 gold
Chitin Armor BandingKhaz Algar Leatherworking, Reagents, grey at 501Chitin Armor Banding25 gold63 gold
Tracker's Toughened HeadgearKhaz Algar Leatherworking, Mail Armor, grey at 751Tracker's Toughened Headgear
Tracker's Toughened LinksKhaz Algar Leatherworking, Mail Armor, grey at 701Tracker's Toughened Links
Tracker's Toughened ShoulderguardsKhaz Algar Leatherworking, Mail Armor, grey at 601Tracker's Toughened Shoulderguards

Tailoring

RecipeSkill tier and categoryNeedsOther reagentsMakesLists at (US)Reagents per craft
Hideseeker's ToteKhaz Algar Tailoring, Embroidered Bags, grey at 1002Hideseeker's Tote
Hideshaper's WorkbagKhaz Algar Tailoring, Embroidered Bags, grey at 1002Hideshaper's Workbag

"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 Sunless Carapace

Sunless Carapace goes into 8 recipes: 6 in Leatherworking and 2 in Tailoring. They come from Khaz Algar Leatherworking and Khaz Algar Tailoring.

The highest-listed product is Chitin Armor Banding, from Khaz Algar Leatherworking, at 25 gold50 silver on the US Auction House.

One craft of Chitin Armor Banding takes 1 Sunless Carapace plus 30 Gloom Chitin and 1 Kaheti Swarm Chitin; at current prices those reagents cost 63 gold55 silver per craft.

Sunless Carapace is about 19% of that reagent bill at its current price; Gloom Chitin and Kaheti Swarm Chitin make up the rest.

The cheapest craft that uses Sunless Carapace is Carapace-Backed Hide (Khaz Algar Leatherworking): its reagents cost 3 gold80 silver and Carapace-Backed Hide lists at 24 gold.

2 of the 8 distinct products have a current US commodity price.

Further down the chain, Chitin Armor Banding is itself a reagent in 27 recipes, such as Rune-Branded Tunic, Rune-Branded Kickers and Rune-Branded Grasps.

Further down the chain, Carapace-Backed Hide is itself a reagent in 21 recipes, such as Algari Competitor's Leather Boots, Algari Competitor's Leather Chestpiece and Algari Competitor's Leather Mask.

Leveling and recipes for Sunless Carapace

Leveling with Sunless Carapace: Carapace-Backed Hide (Reagents) turns yellow at Leatherworking skill 35 and grey at 50. Chitin Armor Banding (Reagents) turns yellow at Leatherworking skill 35 and grey at 50. Apothecary's Cap (Profession Equipment) turns yellow at Leatherworking skill 45 and grey at 60. Tracker's Toughened Shoulderguards (Mail Armor) turns yellow at Leatherworking skill 45 and grey at 60. Tracker's Toughened Links (Mail Armor) turns yellow at Leatherworking skill 55 and grey at 70. Tracker's Toughened Headgear (Mail Armor) turns yellow at Leatherworking skill 60 and grey at 75.

Recipe items that teach these crafts: Pattern: Hideseeker's Tote and Pattern: Hideshaper's Workbag.

Reagents used with Sunless Carapace

Sunless Carapace is most often combined with Artisan's Acuity, which shares 6 of its 8 recipes; next come Gloom Chitin, Thunderous Hide and Adorning Ribbon.

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What Sunless Carapace is crafted into

Hideseeker's Tote (Bag). Made with Hideseeker's Tote, 2 Sunless Carapace per craft.

Hideshaper's Workbag (Bag). Made with Hideshaper's Workbag, 2 Sunless Carapace per craft.

Apothecary's Cap (Alchemy). Made with Apothecary's Cap, 1 Sunless Carapace per craft.

Carapace-Backed Hide (Leather). Made with Carapace-Backed Hide, 1 Sunless Carapace per craft.

Sunless Carapace: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 7.3 times its 30-day median. Over these 30 days the lowest listing moved more than tenfold, so a single snapshot can sit far from typical.

Now11 gold99 silver
30-day low60 silver Oct 31
30-day high197 gold Oct 10
30-day median1 gold64 silver
7-day median1 gold43 silver
Hourly snapshots691

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

Sunless Carapace 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 gold68 silver11210,917
Europe (EU)5 gold44 silver761,790

Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Sunless Carapace

Khaz Algar Leatherworking has 90 recipes. Besides Sunless Carapace, the reagents they call for most are Artisan's Acuity (74 recipes), Stormcharged Leather (49 recipes), Gloom Chitin (39 recipes), Chitin Armor Banding (27 recipes), Carapace-Backed Hide (21 recipes), Gloomfathom Hide (21 recipes), Sporecoated Hide (13 recipes), Crystalfused Hide (12 recipes), Thunderous Hide (11 recipes), Writhing Hide (7 recipes).

Khaz Algar Tailoring has 81 recipes. Besides Sunless Carapace, the reagents they call for most are Artisan's Acuity (50 recipes), Adorning Ribbon (49 recipes), Exquisite Weavercloth Bolt (49 recipes), Gleaming Shard (27 recipes), Mosswool Thread (22 recipes), Spool of Weaverthread (12 recipes), Leyline Residue (8 recipes), Spool of Dawnthread (7 recipes), Spool of Duskthread (7 recipes), Storm Dust (7 recipes).

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