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Sunless Carapace
Leather
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Sunless Carapace details
| Type | Leather |
|---|---|
| Item level | 70 |
| Requires level | 1 |
| Max stack | 1,000 |
| Vendor sell price | 50 silver |
| Expansion | The War Within |
| 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 Sunless Carapace: "Acquired by players with the Skinning skill. Can be bought and sold on the Auction House."
Sunless Carapace quality ranks
Rank 1: Sunless Carapace51 silver
Rank 2: Sunless Carapace60 silver
Rank 3: Sunless Carapace (this page)9 gold
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 9 gold44 silver, 1751% more than Rank 1 at 51 silver.
What Sunless Carapace is used in
Leatherworking
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Apothecary's Cap | Khaz Algar Leatherworking, Profession Equipment, grey at 60 | 1 |  Apothecary's Cap | |||
| Carapace-Backed Hide | Khaz Algar Leatherworking, Reagents, grey at 50 | 1 |
|  Carapace-Backed Hide | 18 gold | 7 gold |
| Chitin Armor Banding | Khaz Algar Leatherworking, Reagents, grey at 50 | 1 |
|  Chitin Armor Banding | 45 gold | 56 gold |
| Tracker's Toughened Headgear | Khaz Algar Leatherworking, Mail Armor, grey at 75 | 1 |  Tracker's Toughened Headgear | |||
| Tracker's Toughened Links | Khaz Algar Leatherworking, Mail Armor, grey at 70 | 1 |  Tracker's Toughened Links | |||
| Tracker's Toughened Shoulderguards | Khaz Algar Leatherworking, Mail Armor, grey at 60 | 1 |  Tracker's Toughened Shoulderguards |
Tailoring
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hideseeker's Tote | Khaz Algar Tailoring, Embroidered Bags, grey at 100 | 2 |
|  Hideseeker's Tote | ||
 Hideshaper's Workbag | Khaz Algar Tailoring, Embroidered Bags, grey at 100 | 2 |
|  Hideshaper'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 45 gold 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 56 gold4 silver per craft.
Sunless Carapace is about 17% 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 7 gold15 silver and Carapace-Backed Hide lists at 18 gold45 silver.
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.
Pattern: Hideseeker's ToteReagents 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.
Artisan's Acuity 6 shared recipes
Gloom Chitin 4 shared recipes
Thunderous Hide 3 shared recipes
Adorning Ribbon 2 shared recipes
Exquisite Weavercloth Bolt 2 shared recipes
Honed Bone Shards 1 shared recipe
Kaheti Swarm Chitin 1 shared recipe
Mosswool Thread 1 shared recipe
Stormcharged Leather 1 shared recipe
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 89% 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 | 9 gold44 silver |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 99 silver Aug 23 |
| 30-day high | 197 gold Sep 17 |
| 30-day median | 4 gold99 silver |
| 7-day median | 6 gold86 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 676 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Sunless Carapace by region
The lowest listing is 42% lower in Europe (EU) than in Americas and Oceania (US). 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) | 9 gold44 silver | 64 | 4,742 |
| Europe (EU) | 5 gold44 silver | 76 | 1,790 |
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).
Leather priced near Sunless Carapace
Dredged Leather9 gold
Dense Hide9 gold- Dense Hide8 gold
Void-Tempered Hide10 gold
Green Whelp Scale7 gold- Dense Hide7 gold
Deepsea Scale7 gold- Thunderous Hide11 gold
- Carapace-Backed Hide11 gold
Black Dragonscale7 gold
Void-Tempered Plating12 gold
Crystalfused Hide12 gold
About Sunless Carapace
Sunless Carapace 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 Leatherworking, Tailoring. When a recipe that uses Sunless Carapace 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.