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Background
Crafting estimate at current listings
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 573 gold90 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
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- Auction House cut (5%)
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- Estimated profit at that listed price
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Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Essence of UndeathElemental · 3,202 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Water to Undeath (Alchemy) | 5 | 67 gold98 silver | 339 gold90 silver | 59% |
 Dark RuneOther · 16,250 on the Auction House | 3 | 78 gold | 234 gold | 41% |
| Total per craft | 573 gold90 silver | 100% |
About Empower Spectral Essence
One craft takes 5 Essence of Undeath and 3 Dark Rune.
Spectral Essence tooltip
Where the reagents come from
Essence of Undeath. Made with Transmute: Water to Undeath (Alchemy, Classic Alchemy) from 1 
Essence of Water. At lowest listed prices that makes one Essence of Undeath for 64 gold60 silver, against 67 gold98 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 47 other recipes (16 Blacksmithing, 7 Tailoring, 5 Enchanting and 4 Jewelcrafting); Shroud of Forbidden Magic takes the most, 100 per craft.
Dark Rune. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 32 other recipes (12 Blacksmithing, 9 Tailoring, 4 Leatherworking and 3 Inscription); the most per craft: Shroud of Forbidden Magic (Tailoring, 25 per craft), Encased Frigid Heart (Inscription, 20 per craft), Mindslave's Reach (Enchanting, 20 per craft), Persuader (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft) and Warblades of the Hakkari, Reborn (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft).
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Empower Spectral Essence cost 573 gold90 silver. Most of that is Essence of Undeath - 5 at 67 gold98 silver each, 339 gold90 silver, 59.2% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 604 gold10 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item has no current Auction House listing to compare it against, so the estimate above is left unknown rather than guessed.
Costs use each reagent’s lowest listed price; the estimate is the crafted item’s lowest listed price, times the items one craft makes, minus those reagents and Blizzard’s 5% sale cut. Listings are asking prices, not sales. Recalculated every snapshot and left blank rather than guessed when a price is missing. How we estimate crafting profit →
Other recipes that use Essence of Undeath
Data notes
- No Auction House price for the crafted item - output value unknown (it may be soulbound/BoE gear or an untracked item).