Shadow Oil

• Use: When applied to a melee weapon it gives a 15% chance of casting Shadowbolt III at the opponent when it hits. Lasts 30 minutes.

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

What is Shadow Oil?

Shadow Oil is a common consumable item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Used in 6 recipes including Greater Shadow Protection Potion and Shadow Crescent Axe.

How do you get Shadow Oil?

It is crafted by Alchemy at skill 150 from 4 Fadeleaf, 4 Grave Moss and 1 Leaded Vial; the recipe comes from a trainer.

What is Shadow Oil used for?

It is a reagent in 6 Forever recipes, including Greater Shadow Protection Potion, Shadow Crescent Axe and Dusky Leather Armor and others.

How much does Shadow Oil cost on the auction house?

On PvP Horde the median buyout was 3g 99s as of 2026-10-04 02:53 UTC. Other markets are listed on this page.

Is Shadow Oil different in Forever than in Classic Era?

No. The Forever beta keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.

What is the best thing to craft with Shadow Oil?

At the current medians on PvP Horde, Shadow Hood (Tailoring) pays the most of the recipes that use it: +1g 2s 6c a craft after the auction house cut. 2 of its 6 recipes pay at the median right now.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Shadow Oil keeps the same item level, requirements, stats, and vendor prices in the Forever beta.

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

Class

Consumable

Subclass

Other

Quality

common

Item level

34

Requires level

24

Stack size

5

Vendor sell

1s 50c

Vendor buy

6s

Blizzard item id

3824

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70205)

How to make gold at level 20 to 30

• Vendors sell it for 6s and buy it back for 1s 50c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Crafted by Alchemy at skill 150; the recipe comes from a trainer. Reagents below.
• Consumed by 6 recipes, which is where its demand comes from.

• Shadow Oil · Alchemy 150 · makes 2 · trainer
  • 4× Fadeleaf
  • 4× Grave Moss
  • 1× Leaded Vial