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Wizard Oil

A Enchanting recipe learned at Classic Enchanting 1 that crafts Wizard Oil from 3 reagents.

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Where it comes from
Recipe item Formula: Wizard OilRequires Classic Enchanting 275

Crafting estimate at current listings

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
8 gold34 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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Verified priceAuction HouseUS region

Cost per reagent

ReagentQtyEachCostShare
Rich Illusion Dust
Enchanting · 16,233 on the Auction House
379 silver2 gold37 silver28%
Firebloom
Herb · 5,906 on the Auction House
22 gold98 silver5 gold96 silver71%
Crystal Vial
Other · 304,279 on the Auction House
11 silver1 silver0%
Total per craft8 gold34 silver100%

About Wizard Oil

One craft takes 3 Rich Illusion Dust, 2 Firebloom and 1 Crystal Vial. It is taught by Formula: Wizard Oil, which needs Classic Enchanting 275.

Recipe category
Oils (Enchanting)

Wizard Oil tooltip

Wizard Oil
Item Level 21
Consumable
Requires Level 17
Use: Applies wizard oil to your weapon, increasing Intellect. Effect lasts for 1 hour. Cannot be applied to items higher than level.
Sell price: 10s

How to learn Wizard Oil

Formula: Wizard Oil

Teaches
Teaches you how to create Wizard Oil.
Requires
Classic Enchanting (275)
Auction House
listed on 54 US realms, cheapest 50 gold, 122 for sale

Where the reagents come from

Rich Illusion Dust. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 36 other recipes (31 Enchanting, 4 Tailoring and 1 Alchemy); Mighty Intellect takes the most, 16 per craft.

Firebloom. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 7 other recipes (4 Alchemy, 2 Tailoring and 1 Enchanting); the most per craft: Philosopher's Stone (Alchemy, 4 per craft), Brilliant Wizard Oil (Enchanting, 3 per craft), Elixir of Greater Firepower (Alchemy, 3 per craft), Festival Dress (Tailoring, 2 per craft) and Festival Suit (Tailoring, 2 per craft).

Crystal Vial. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 321 other recipes (311 Alchemy, 9 Enchanting and 1 Inscription); the most per craft: Potion of Prolonged Power (Alchemy, 10 per craft), Apothecary's Worktable (Alchemy, 6 per craft), Major Arcane Protection Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft), Major Fire Protection Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft) and Major Frost Protection Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft).

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Wizard Oil cost 8 gold34 silver. Most of that is Firebloom - 2 at 2 gold98 silver each, 5 gold96 silver, 71.5% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.

Break-even is 8 gold77 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.

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Data notes

  • No Auction House price for the crafted item - output value unknown (it may be soulbound/BoE gear or an untracked item).
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