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AlchemyClassic Alchemy
Transmute: Life to Earth
Reagent cost, the crafted item's lowest listed price and the estimated profit at that price, from current US Auction House listings - recalculated every snapshot.
Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices the reagents cost more than the crafted item lists for: an estimated loss of 30 gold14 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 30 gold90 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 80 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 4 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −30 gold14 silver (-98%)
- Evidence: 156 current listings holding 12,851 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
Recipe facts
- Profession
- Alchemy
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Classic Alchemy
- Item level
- 10
- Reagent slots
- 1
- Cast time
- 3 sec
Crafts
Reagents
1Living Essence30 gold90 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Living Essence Elemental · 7,464 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Earth to Life (Alchemy) | 1 | 30 gold90 silver | 30 gold90 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 30 gold90 silver | 100% |
About Transmute: Life to Earth
One craft takes 1 Living Essence. It is taught by Recipe: Transmute Life to Earth, which needs Classic Alchemy 275. Essence of Earth is itself a reagent in 28 other recipes (Blacksmithing, Engineering, Inscription and Tailoring).
- Recipe category
- Transmutation (Alchemy)
- Skill-up colours (Classic Alchemy skill)
- Orange below 275 · Yellow 275 to 281 · Green 282 to 289 · Grey 290 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Essence of Earth tooltip
How to learn Transmute: Life to Earth
Recipe: Transmute Life to Earth
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to transmute Living Essence into Essence of Earth.
- Requires
- Classic Alchemy (275)
- Auction House
- listed on 56 US realms, cheapest 10,800 gold89 silver, 134 for sale
More Transmutation recipes (Alchemy)
- Transmute: Iron to Goldyellow 240, grey 280
- Transmute: Mithril to Truesilveryellow 240, grey 280
- Transmute: Air to Fireyellow 275, grey 290
- Transmute: Arcaniteyellow 275, grey 290
- Transmute: Earth to Lifeyellow 275, grey 290
- Transmute: Earth to Wateryellow 275, grey 290
- Transmute: Fire to Earthyellow 275, grey 290
- Transmute: Undeath to Wateryellow 275, grey 290
- Transmute: Water to Airyellow 275, grey 290
- Transmute: Water to Undeathyellow 275, grey 290
- Transmute: Elemental Fireyellow 300, grey 300
Essence of Earth is a reagent in
- Transmute: Earth to LifeAlchemy
- Transmute: Earth to WaterAlchemy
Enchanted Thorium BreastplateBlacksmithing- Enchanted Thorium HelmBlacksmithing
- Hammer of the TitansBlacksmithing
- Heavy Obsidian BeltBlacksmithing
- Heavy Timbermaw BeltBlacksmithing
- Heavy Timbermaw BootsBlacksmithing
- Jagged Obsidian ShieldBlacksmithing
- Masterwork StormhammerBlacksmithing
- Stronghold GauntletsBlacksmithing
- Thick Obsidian BreastplateBlacksmithing
and 16 more recipes.
Essence of Earth: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 20% below its 30-day median. Over these 30 days the lowest listing moved more than tenfold, so a single snapshot, including the one the estimate uses, can sit far from typical.
- Now
- 80 silver
- 30-day low
- 5 silver Sep 7
- 30-day high
- 2 gold95 silver Aug 30
- 30-day median
- 1 gold
- 7-day median
- 79 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 676
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Living Essence. Made with Transmute: Earth to Life (Alchemy, Classic Alchemy) from 1 Essence of Earth. At lowest listed prices that makes one Living Essence for 80 silver, against 30 gold90 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 36 other recipes (17 Leatherworking, 7 Blacksmithing, 6 Tailoring and 3 Engineering); Force Reactive Disk takes the most, 12 per craft.
Other recipes that make Essence of Earth
More Classic Alchemy recipes in the same skill range
- Alchemist's FlaskFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Anti-VenomAnti-Venoms, learn at 1, grey at 150
- Apothecary's WorktableHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Arcane ElixirElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 290
- Blackmouth OilOils, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Catseye ElixirElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 260
- Discolored Healing PotionPotions, learn at 1, grey at 120
- Dreamless Sleep PotionPotions, learn at 1, grey at 285
- Elixir of AgilityElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 245
- Elixir of Brute ForceElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 300
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Transmute: Life to Earth cost 30 gold90 silver.
Break-even is 32 gold52 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 80 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −30 gold10 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 4 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 30 gold14 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -97.5% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 12,851 units across 156 auctions region-wide. Depth separates a market price from a single asking figure, but listings are not sales, so read it alongside the estimate.
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 →
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