MoP Classic item

Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold

Item 9304 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.69585

Item Level 45
Requires Alchemy (225)
Turns a bar of Iron into a bar of Gold.
"Teaches you how to transmute Iron into Gold."
Sell Price: 20 silver

About Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold

Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold is a common Alchemy recipe on MoP Classic at item level 45. It teaches Gold Bar, made from 1 Iron Bar; learning it takes Alchemy skill 225. Other alchemy recipes listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Recipe: Philosopher's Stone, Recipe: Transmute Mithril to Truesilver and Recipe: Wildvine Potion. The latest scan finds it on 4 MoP Classic realms (EU 2, US 2); the cheapest buyout is 5 gold88 silver on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU). A vendor pays 20 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm5 gold88 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)

Typical market (US)68 gold25 silver

Median min buyout16 gold29 silver

Realms with listings4EU 2, US 2

Latest snapshot2026-09-19 03:13 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	12 gold49 silver	12 gold50 silver	17	17	2026-09-19 03:12 UTC
MankrikUS · Legacy	124 gold	124 gold	2	2	2026-09-19 03:12 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	5 gold88 silver	5 gold88 silver	5	5	2026-09-19 03:13 UTC
AuberdineEU · Active	20 gold10 silver	20 gold10 silver	2	2	2026-09-19 03:13 UTC

Crafting

Teaches

Gold Bar

Requires Alchemy (225)

Reagents

1x Iron Bar

Reagent cost on MoP Classic

Iron Bar has no current listing in our MoP Classic scans, so the reagent total is not known.
Gold Bar is item level 30.
Gold Bar is itself a reagent in Plans: Golden Iron Destroyer, Plans: Golden Scale Shoulders, Plans: Golden Scale Leggings, Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass, Plans: Golden Scale Boots, Plans: Golden Scale Coif.
Gold Bar has no current listing in our MoP Classic scans.
Iron Bar is also a reagent in 22 other MoP Classic recipe items: Design: Heavy Iron Knuckles, Design: Wicked Moonstone Ring, Plans: Barbaric Iron Boots, Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate, Plans: Barbaric Iron Gloves, Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm and 16 more.
Other Alchemy recipes near skill 225 in our MoP Classic item table, which holds 75 Alchemy recipe items: Recipe: Frost Oil (200), Recipe: Goblin Rocket Fuel (210), Recipe: Lesser Stoneshield Potion (215), Recipe: Philosopher's Stone (225), Recipe: Transmute Mithril to Truesilver (225), Recipe: Wildvine Potion (225), Recipe: Invisibility Potion (235), Recipe: Elixir of Dream Vision (240), Recipe: Gift of Arthas (240), Recipe: Elixir of Giants (245), Recipe: Ghost Dye (245), Recipe: Elixir of Demonslaying (250).

Reagent	Qty	Lowest listed	Median realm low	Realms
Iron Bar	1	-	-	-

Across game versions

Item 9304	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	45	45	1
Effects	Use: Teaches you how to transmute Iron into Gold.	Turns a bar of Iron into a bar of Gold.	-
Sell price	20 silver	20 silver	20 silver

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-08-27 21:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 7
Lowest buyout seen: 98 silver99 copperGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-08-27 21:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 400 gold99 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 2,637

US median, latest 12gEU median, latest 20g
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
2026-09-19	5 gold88 silver	20 gold10 silver	2	12 gold49 silver	12 gold49 silver	2
2026-09-18	2 gold	20 gold	3	12 gold49 silver	27 gold98 silver	2
2026-09-17	2 gold	19 gold	3	12 gold74 silver	27 gold98 silver	2
2026-09-16	3 gold99 silver	5 gold89 silver	3	13 gold25 silver	13 gold38 silver	2
2026-09-15	4 gold	5 gold92 silver	5	13 gold38 silver	13 gold66 silver	2
2026-09-14	4 gold99 silver	10 gold	5	13 gold66 silver	13 gold94 silver	2
2026-09-13	2 gold99 silver	20 gold	5	3 gold49 silver	13 gold94 silver	2

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 2 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	9304
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.69585)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Alchemy
Item level	45
Vendor sell	20 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)