MoP Classic item

Recipe: Elixir of Major Defense

Item 22909 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.68806

Item Level 69
Binds when picked up
Requires Alchemy (345)
"Teaches you how to make an Elixir of Major Defense."
Sell Price: 1 gold25 silver

About Recipe: Elixir of Major Defense

Recipe: Elixir of Major Defense is a common Alchemy recipe on MoP Classic at item level 69. It binds when picked up. It teaches Elixir of Major Defense, made from 3 Ancient Lichen, 1 Terocone and 1 Crystal Vial; learning it takes Alchemy skill 345. Other alchemy recipes listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Recipe: Haste Potion, Recipe: Heroic Potion and Recipe: Destruction Potion. A vendor pays 1 gold25 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

No MoP Classic price data yet. Not listed on any MoP Classic realm in the latest scan (last scan ok, finished 2026-09-14 10:03 UTC). The scan reads each connected realm's Auction House document once an hour. Bid-only auctions are skipped: a bid is not a price anyone can pay now.

Crafting

Teaches

Elixir of Major Defense

Requires Alchemy (345)

Reagents

Reagent cost on MoP Classic

Ancient Lichen, Terocone and Crystal Vial have no current listing in our MoP Classic scans, so the reagent total is not known.
Elixir of Major Defense is item level 69, usable from level 55. Its own tooltip reads: Use: Increases armor by 140 for 1 hour. Guardian Elixir. (3 Sec Cooldown).
Elixir of Major Defense has no current listing in our MoP Classic scans.
Ancient Lichen is also a reagent in 3 other MoP Classic recipe items: Recipe: Elixir of Major Frost Power, Recipe: Elixir of Major Mageblood, Recipe: Heroic Potion.
Terocone is also a reagent in 4 other MoP Classic recipe items: Recipe: Elixir of the Searching Eye, Recipe: Haste Potion, Recipe: Heroic Potion, Recipe: Insane Strength 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 345 in our MoP Classic item table, which holds 75 Alchemy recipe items: Recipe: Sneaking Potion (315), Recipe: Elixir of Major Frost Power (320), Recipe: Insane Strength Potion (320), Recipe: Elixir of the Searching Eye (325), Recipe: Super Mana Potion (340), Recipe: Destruction Potion (350), Recipe: Haste Potion (350), Recipe: Heroic Potion (350), Recipe: Major Dreamless Sleep Potion (350), Recipe: Transmute Primal Might (350), Recipe: Elixir of Major Mageblood (355), Recipe: Elixir of Empowerment (365).

Reagent	Qty	Lowest listed	Median realm low	Realms
Ancient Lichen	3	-	-	-
Terocone	1	-	-	-
Crystal Vial	1	-	-	-

Across game versions

Item 22909	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	69	1
Binding	Binds when picked up	-
Effects	-	Use: Learning; Effect: Elixir of Major Defense
Sell price	1 gold25 silver	1 gold25 silver

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Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 0 of 25, US 0 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	22909
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.68806)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Alchemy
Item level	69
Binding	Binds when picked up
Vendor sell	1 gold25 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)

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Retail (Midnight)