MoP Classic item

Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense

Item 13478 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 53
Requires Alchemy (265)
"Teaches you how to make an Elixir of Superior Defense."
Sell Price: 32 silver50 copper

About Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense

Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense is a common Alchemy recipe on MoP Classic at item level 53. It teaches Elixir of Superior Defense, made from 2 Stonescale Oil, 1 Sungrass and 1 Crystal Vial; learning it takes Alchemy skill 265. Other alchemy recipes listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Recipe: Elixir of the Sages, Recipe: Superior Mana Potion and Recipe: Transmute Arcanite. The latest scan finds it on 3 MoP Classic realms (EU 1, US 2); the cheapest buyout is 2 gold on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 32 silver50 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm2 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (US)125 gold

Median min buyout54 gold17 silver

Realms with listings3EU 1, US 2

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 11:08 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	2 gold	2 gold	4	4	2026-11-03 10:29 UTC
MankrikUS · Legacy	248 gold	248 gold	7	7	2026-11-03 10:29 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	54 gold17 silver	54 gold17 silver	2	2	2026-11-03 11:08 UTC

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Crafting

Teaches

Elixir of Superior Defense

Requires Alchemy (265)

Reagents

Reagent cost on MoP Classic

Stonescale Oil, Sungrass and Crystal Vial have no current listing in our MoP Classic scans, so the reagent total is not known.
Elixir of Superior Defense is item level 53, usable from level 43. Its own tooltip reads: Use: Increases armor by 120 for 1 hour. Guardian Elixir. (3 Sec Cooldown).
Elixir of Superior Defense has no current listing in our MoP Classic scans.
Stonescale Oil is also a reagent in 3 other MoP Classic recipe items: Recipe: Flask of the Titans, Recipe: Greater Stoneshield Potion, Recipe: Potion of Petrification.
Sungrass is also a reagent in 3 other MoP Classic recipe items: Recipe: Elixir of Giants, Recipe: Invisibility Potion, Recipe: Superior Mana Potion.
Crystal Vial is also a reagent in 72 other MoP Classic recipe items: Formula: Lesser Mana Oil, Formula: Lesser Wizard Oil, Formula: Minor Mana Oil, Formula: Minor Wizard Oil, Formula: Superior Mana Oil, Formula: Superior Wizard Oil and 66 more.
Other Alchemy recipes near skill 265 in our MoP Classic item table, which holds 75 Alchemy recipe items: Recipe: Elixir of Demonslaying (250), Recipe: Elixir of Greater Firepower (250), Recipe: Mighty Rage Potion (255), Recipe: Superior Mana Potion (260), Recipe: Elixir of the Sages (270), Recipe: Elixir of Brute Force (275), Recipe: Major Healing Potion (275), Recipe: Transmute Arcanite (275), Recipe: Transmute Earth to Life (275), Recipe: Transmute Life to Earth (275), Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water (275), Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath (275).

Reagent	Qty	Lowest listed	Median realm low	Realms
Stonescale Oil	2	-	-	-
Sungrass	1	-	-	-
Crystal Vial	1	-	-	-

Where Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense Fits

Items That Share Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense's Icon

Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense uses the same icon art, which 247 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Recipe: Superior Mana Potion ID 13477 · Recipe · item level 52 · lowest 214g on 1 realm
Recipe: Major Healing Potion ID 13480 · Recipe · item level 55
Schematic: Mechanical Dragonling ID 13311 · Recipe · item level 40 · lowest 140g on 3 realms
Schematic: Accurate Scope ID 13310 · Recipe · item level 36 · lowest 49g on 3 realms
Schematic: Lovingly Crafted Boomstick ID 13309 · Recipe · item level 24 · lowest 285g on 2 realms
Schematic: Ice Deflector ID 13308 · Recipe · item level 31 · lowest 100g on 2 realms
Pattern: Raptor Hide Belt ID 13288 · Recipe · item level 33 · lowest 9g on 2 realms
Pattern: Raptor Hide Harness ID 13287 · Recipe · item level 33

Items Numbered Next to Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 13478 (13466 to 13487) were usually added in the same batch as Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Sorrowmoss ID 13466 · Trade Goods · item level 57
Icecap ID 13467 · Trade Goods · item level 58
Black Lotus ID 13468 · Trade Goods · item level 60
Recipe: Mighty Rage Potion ID 13476 · Recipe · item level 51
Recipe: Superior Mana Potion ID 13477 · Recipe · item level 52 · lowest 214g on 1 realm
Recipe: Elixir of the Sages ID 13479 · Recipe · item level 54 · lowest 234,399g on 1 realm
Recipe: Major Healing Potion ID 13480 · Recipe · item level 55
Recipe: Elixir of Brute Force ID 13481 · Recipe · item level 55
Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water ID 13486 · Recipe · item level 55 · lowest 100g on 3 realms
Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath ID 13487 · Recipe · item level 55 · lowest 1,000g on 3 realms

Built from Blizzard's Game Data API item documents for this game version and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Across game versions

Item 13478	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	53	53	1
Effects	Use: Teaches you how to make an Elixir of Superior Defense.	-	-
Sell price	32 silver50 copper	32 silver50 copper	32 silver50 copper

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 12:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 7
Lowest buyout seen: 79 silver97 copperGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-10-10 20:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 499 gold99 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 2,302

US median, latest 3gEU median, latest 54g
Each line is one region's daily median of the cheapest buyout on every realm that listed it, from our hourly scans.

Last 7 days

Day (UTC)	EU low	EU median	EU realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-03	53 gold99 silver	53 gold99 silver	1	2 gold	3 gold	2
2026-11-02	39 gold97 silver	53 gold99 silver	1	3 gold	18 gold25 silver	3
2026-11-01	9 gold99 silver	39 gold98 silver	1	3 gold	4 gold	2
2026-10-31	39 gold98 silver	39 gold98 silver	1	85 silver	4 gold	3
2026-10-30	39 gold99 silver	49 gold25 silver	1	85 silver	6 gold99 silver	3
2026-10-29	49 gold	73 gold99 silver	1	7 gold	10 gold	2
2026-10-28	3 gold	74 gold89 silver	2	9 gold99 silver	10 gold	2

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 1 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 2 of 23.

Item data: Blizzard's MoP Classic Game Data API (static data 5.5.4.67732). Prices: per-unit buyouts from one Blizzard Auction House snapshot per connected realm per hour; market is the quantity-weighted median of a realm's listings. Retail column: the retail client datamine.

Quick facts

Item ID	13478
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Alchemy
Item level	53
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	32 silver50 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)