Essence of Water

What is Essence of Water?

Essence of Water is an uncommon elemental item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Used in 49 recipes including Essence of Air and Essence of Undeath.

How do you get Essence of Water?

It is crafted by Alchemy at skill 235 from 1 Essence of Earth; the recipe comes from a trainer.

What is Essence of Water used for?

It is a reagent in 49 Forever recipes, including Essence of Air, Essence of Undeath and Alchemist's Stone and others.

How much does Essence of Water cost on the auction house?

On PvP Horde the median buyout was 7g as of 2026-10-04 02:53 UTC. Other markets are listed on this page.

Is Essence of Water different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

Unchanged from Classic Era: Essence of Water keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices in the Forever beta.

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

Class

Trade Goods

Subclass

Elemental

Quality

uncommon

Item level

55

Stack size

20

Vendor sell

4s

Vendor buy

16s

Blizzard item id

7080

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70205)

• Vendors sell it for 16s and buy it back for 4s. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Crafted by Alchemy at skill 235; the recipe comes from a trainer. Reagents below.
• Consumed by 49 recipes, which is where its demand comes from.

• Transmute: Earth to Water · Alchemy 235 · trainer
  • 1× Essence of Earth
• Transmute: Undeath to Water · Alchemy 235 · trainer
  • 1× Essence of Undeath