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AlchemyClassic Alchemy
Transmute: Water to Undeath
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 one craft shows an estimated profit of 4 gold50 silver. Listings are asking prices, not sales.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 62 gold
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 70 gold
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 3 gold50 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- 4 gold50 silver (+7%)
- Evidence: 43 current listings holding 32,240 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
1Essence of Water62 gold
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essence of Water Elemental · 7,152 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Earth to Water (Alchemy) · crafted by Transmute: Undeath to Water (Alchemy) | 1 | 62 gold | 62 gold | 100% |
| Total per craft | 62 gold | 100% |
About Transmute: Water to Undeath
One craft takes 1 Essence of Water. It is taught by Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath, which needs Classic Alchemy 275. Essence of Undeath is itself a reagent in 44 other recipes (Blacksmithing, Tailoring, Engineering and Inscription).
- 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 Undeath tooltip
How to learn Transmute: Water to Undeath
Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to transmute Essence of Water into Essence of Undeath.
- Requires
- Classic Alchemy (275)
- Auction House
- listed on 45 US realms, cheapest 4,999 gold98 silver, 82 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: Life to Earthyellow 275, grey 290
- Transmute: Undeath to Wateryellow 275, grey 290
- Transmute: Water to Airyellow 275, grey 290
- Transmute: Elemental Fireyellow 300, grey 300
Essence of Undeath is a reagent in
- Apothecary's WorktableAlchemy
- Transmute: Undeath to WaterAlchemy
AnnihilatorBlacksmithing- Axe of Sundered BoneBlacksmithing
- Belt of the MentorBlacksmithing
- Blade of Unholy MightBlacksmithing
- Blade of the Fallen SeraphBlacksmithing
- CorruptionBlacksmithing
- Dawn of DemiseBlacksmithing
- Death's GambleBlacksmithing
- Harbinger of DeathBlacksmithing
- PersuaderBlacksmithing
and 32 more recipes.
Essence of Undeath: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 3% 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
- 70 gold
- 30-day low
- 5 gold Sep 12
- 30-day high
- 126 gold97 silver Aug 31
- 30-day median
- 71 gold85 silver
- 7-day median
- 57 gold35 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
Essence of Water. Made with Transmute: Earth to Water (Alchemy, Classic Alchemy) from 1 
Essence of Earth. At lowest listed prices that makes one Essence of Water for 80 silver, against 62 gold listed. Made with Transmute: Undeath to Water (Alchemy, Classic Alchemy) from 1 Essence of Undeath. At lowest listed prices that makes one Essence of Water for 70 gold, against 62 gold listed. Also a required reagent in 54 other recipes (21 Leatherworking, 13 Tailoring, 13 Blacksmithing and 5 Enchanting); Belt of the Archmage takes the most, 12 per craft.
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: Water to Undeath cost 62 gold.
Break-even is 65 gold26 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 70 gold, which clears it.
At that listed price the gross margin before fees is 8 gold; the Auction House would keep 3 gold50 silver of a sale, leaving 4 gold50 silver. That is an estimated 7.3% return on the gold you put into reagents, after the cut has taken 43.8% of the gross.
Listing depth right now: 32,240 units across 43 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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