Elixir of Lesser Defense

• Use: Armor

Computed from Forever's item data, the same way the game builds the tooltip. Beta values can change before launch.

What is Elixir of Lesser Defense?

Elixir of Lesser Defense is a common elixirs item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Used in 1 recipe including Toughened Leather Gloves.

How do you get Elixir of Lesser Defense?

It is crafted by Alchemy at skill 115 from 1 Leaded Vial, 1 Stranglekelp and 1 Wild Steelbloom; the recipe comes from a trainer.

What is Elixir of Lesser Defense used for?

It is a reagent in 1 Forever recipe, including Toughened Leather Gloves.

How much does Elixir of Lesser Defense cost on the auction house?

About 84s 98c at the median on Normal Alliance US, from the scan at 2026-10-22 17:44 UTC. Across the 2 Forever markets with a price it runs from 78s on PvP Horde US to 84s 98c on Normal Alliance US.

Is Elixir of Lesser Defense different in Forever than in Classic Era?

Yes. 1 value changed between the Classic Era record and Forever; the comparison table on this page lists each one.

What is the best thing to craft with Elixir of Lesser Defense?

At the current medians on Normal Alliance US, Toughened Leather Gloves (Leatherworking) pays the most of the recipes that use it: -7g 76s 46c a craft after the auction house cut.

Era values from Blizzard's Game Data API; Forever values from Forever's game data.

Class

Consumable

Subclass

Elixirs

Quality

common

Item level

26

Requires level

16

Stack size

20

Vendor sell

40c

Vendor buy

1s 60c

Blizzard item id

3389

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70707)

How to make gold at level 10 to 20

• Vendors sell it for 1s 60c and buy it back for 40c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Crafted by Alchemy at skill 115; the recipe comes from a trainer. Reagents below.
• Consumed by 1 recipe, which is where its demand comes from.

• Elixir of Lesser Defense · Alchemy 115 · trainer
  • 1× Leaded Vial
  • 1× Stranglekelp
  • 1× Wild Steelbloom