MoP Classic item

Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath

Item 13487 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 55
Requires Alchemy (275)
Taints Essence of Water turning it into Undeath.
"Teaches you how to transmute Essence of Water into Essence of Undeath."
Sell Price: 37 silver50 copper

About Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath

Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath is an uncommon Alchemy recipe on MoP Classic at item level 55. It teaches Essence of Undeath, made from 1 Essence of Water; learning it takes Alchemy skill 275. Other alchemy recipes listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Recipe: Transmute Arcanite, Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water and Recipe: Transmute Earth to Life. The latest scan finds it on 3 MoP Classic realms (EU 2, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 1,000 gold on Flamegor (EU). A vendor pays 37 silver50 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm1,000 goldFlamegor (EU)

Typical market (US)11,859 gold99 silver

Median min buyout11,859 gold99 silver

Realms with listings3EU 2, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 08:29 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	11,859 gold99 silver	11,859 gold99 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 08:29 UTC
FlamegorEU · Russian	1,000 gold	1,000 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 08:08 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	49,998 gold	49,998 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 08:08 UTC

Downloads

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Background

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Crafting

Teaches

Essence of Undeath

Requires Alchemy (275)

Reagents

1x Essence of Water

Reagent cost on MoP Classic

Essence of Water has no current listing in our MoP Classic scans, so the reagent total is not known.
Essence of Undeath is item level 55.
Essence of Undeath is itself a reagent in Plans: Corruption, Plans: Annihilator, Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water, Pattern: Robe of the Void, Schematic: Ultra-Flash Shadow Reflector, Design: Ring of Bitter Shadows.
Essence of Undeath has no current listing in our MoP Classic scans.
Essence of Water is also a reagent in 10 other MoP Classic recipe items: Pattern: Belt of the Archmage, Pattern: Frostsaber Boots, Pattern: Frostsaber Gloves, Pattern: Frostsaber Leggings, Pattern: Frostsaber Tunic, Pattern: Robe of the Archmage and 4 more.
Other Alchemy recipes near skill 275 in our MoP Classic item table, which holds 75 Alchemy recipe items: Recipe: Superior Mana Potion (260), Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense (265), 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: Elixir of the Mongoose (280), Recipe: Greater Stoneshield Potion (280), Recipe: Purification Potion (285).

Reagent	Qty	Lowest listed	Median realm low	Realms
Essence of Water	1	-	-	-

Where Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath Fits

Items That Share Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath's Icon

Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath uses the same icon art, which 189 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water ID 13486 · Recipe · item level 55 · lowest 100g on 3 realms
Recipe: Transmute Earth to Life ID 13489 · Recipe · item level 55 · lowest 1,000g on 2 realms
Recipe: Greater Stoneshield Potion ID 13490 · Recipe · item level 56 · lowest 1g on 3 realms
Recipe: Elixir of the Mongoose ID 13491 · Recipe · item level 56 · lowest 17,599g on 1 realm
Recipe: Purification Potion ID 13492 · Recipe · item level 57 · lowest 3,900g on 1 realm
Recipe: Greater Fire Protection Potion ID 13494 · Recipe · item level 58 · lowest 1g on 3 realms
Recipe: Elixir of the Sages ID 13479 · Recipe · item level 54 · lowest 234,399g on 1 realm
Recipe: Greater Frost Protection Potion ID 13495 · Recipe · item level 58 · lowest 300g on 2 realms

Items Numbered Next to Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 13487 (13478 to 13492) were usually added in the same batch as Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense ID 13478 · Recipe · item level 53 · lowest 2g on 3 realms
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 Life to Earth ID 13488 · Recipe · item level 55 · lowest 125g on 1 realm
Recipe: Transmute Earth to Life ID 13489 · Recipe · item level 55 · lowest 1,000g on 2 realms
Recipe: Greater Stoneshield Potion ID 13490 · Recipe · item level 56 · lowest 1g on 3 realms
Recipe: Elixir of the Mongoose ID 13491 · Recipe · item level 56 · lowest 17,599g on 1 realm
Recipe: Purification Potion ID 13492 · Recipe · item level 57 · lowest 3,900g on 1 realm

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

Across game versions

Item 13487	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	55	55	1
Effects	Use: Teaches you how to transmute Essence of Water into Essence of Undeath.	Taints Essence of Water turning it into Undeath.	-
Sell price	37 silver50 copper	37 silver50 copper	37 silver50 copper

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 10:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 6
Lowest buyout seen: 4 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 49,999 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,140

US median, latest 11,860gEU median, latest 1,000g
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	1,000 gold	1,000 gold	2	11,859 gold99 silver	11,859 gold99 silver	1
2026-11-02	1,000 gold	1,000 gold	3	-	-	-
2026-11-01	1,000 gold	9,999 gold	4	6,859 gold98 silver	6,859 gold99 silver	1
2026-10-31	1,000 gold	9,999 gold	3	6,859 gold98 silver	6,859 gold99 silver	1
2026-10-30	1,000 gold	1,000 gold	3	66 gold99 silver	99 gold99 silver	1
2026-10-29	1,000 gold	11,000 gold7 silver	4	99 gold99 silver	188 gold99 silver	1
2026-10-28	7,777 gold	11,000 gold7 silver	3	299 gold99 silver	299 gold99 silver	1

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 1 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	13487
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Alchemy
Item level	55
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	37 silver50 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)