Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense
Common alchemy · item level 53 · id 13478
PvP Horde USscanned
Unchanged from Classic Era in World of Warcraft: Forever (build 1.60.1.70862): same item level, requirements, quality and vendor price. Every item changed from Classic Era.
Latest price · PvP Horde US
LiveAuction house salesSells slowly on PvP Horde US, under one sold a day. The current listings clear in about 5 days.
Addon scan · 4 min ago
Min buyout is the cheapest listing per unit; median is the middle price across all units and the one to trade on. How to read this page.
Price history · 30d · PvP Horde US
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Price history · 7d · PvP Horde US
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Across markets
Cheapest on PvP Horde EU at 2g; deepest supply on PvP Horde US with 5 listed.
| Market | Min buyout | Median | Units | 30d median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal Horde US | 2g 50s | 2g 50s | 1 | 2g 15s 89c |
| PvP Horde US | 2g 50s | 3g | 5 | 2g 56s 30c |
| RP Alliance US | - | - | 0 | 2g 49s |
| Normal Alliance EU | - | - | 0 | 2g 12s |
| Normal Horde EU | 2g 21s | 2g 22s | 3 | 2g 55s 90c |
| PvP Horde EU | 2g | 2g | 2 | 2g |
| PvP Horde CN | - | - | 0 | 2g 49s |
| RP PvP Horde US | 2g 99s | 2g 99s | 1 | 2g 36s 75c |
About Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense
Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense is a common alchemy recipe in World of Warcraft: Forever. It has item level 53 and requires Alchemy 265. Use: Learning. Sold by vendors for 1g 30s, who buy it back for 32s 50c.
The item reads: "Teaches you how to make an Elixir of Superior Defense."
Quick answers
- What is Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense?
- Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense is a common alchemy recipe in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 1g 30s.
- Where do you buy Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense?
- Vendors sell it for 1g 30s and buy it back for 32s 50c. It can also be listed on the auction house, and the vendors and zones players have seen it at are listed on this page as they are reported.
- What does Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense do?
- Use: Learning.
- How much does Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense cost on the auction house?
- About 3g at the median on PvP Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 09:36 UTC. Across the 5 Forever markets with a price it runs from 2g on PvP Horde EU to 3g on PvP Horde US.
- Is Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense different in Forever than in Classic Era?
- No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.
- How fast does Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense sell on the auction house?
- Sells slowly on PvP Horde US: under one sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 5 days. AHledger estimates it from consecutive scans of the auction house; a cancelled listing can look like a sale, so the figure is a guide.
Classic Era vs Forever
Unchanged from Classic Era: Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense keeps the same item level, requirements, stats, and vendor prices in Forever.
Era values from Blizzard's Game Data API; Forever values from Forever's game data.
Details
- Class
- Recipe
- Subclass
- Alchemy
- Quality
- common
- Item level
- 53
- Requires skill
- Alchemy 265
- Vendor sell
- 32s 50c
- Vendor buy
- 1g 30s
- Blizzard item id
- 13478
- Client build
- 1.60.1 (build 70862)
Where it comes from
- Vendors sell it for 1g 30s and buy it back for 32s 50c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
- Sold by Kor'geld in Orgrimmar (The Drag) for 1g 17s, Soolie Berryfizz in Ironforge (Tinker Town) for 1g 30s.
- Sources are what 20 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
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