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Alchemy in World of Warcraft: Forever

195 recipes in Forever, 71 of them (36%) new since Classic Era, reaching Flask of Natural Accuracy, Flask of Natural Aggression, Flask of Natural Precision. What Alchemy makes, what it buys, the cheapest way through each skill bracket, what of it sells, and every recipe with its reagents.

Alchemy turns herbs and vials into potions, elixirs, and flasks, plus the transmutes that change one material into another. Almost everything it makes is consumed the moment it is used, so demand renews every raid night and every dungeon run.

On the auction house that makes Alchemy a volume business: the margin on one potion is small, the number sold is not. Herb prices set the floor, and the elixirs raiders stack on reset day are where the price moves most.

What Forever changes about Alchemy

The change that matters is a family of flasks the game names for what they do rather than for a raid: Flask of Natural Precision, Accuracy, Aggression and Swiftness sit at the top of the skill list, above every Classic Era flask. A flask is the one consumable that persists through death, which is why raiders buy them and why they are the most expensive thing an alchemist sells.

Below them the list grows in the middle: more elixirs and potions at Expert and Artisan skill than Era had, so the gap between the last easy potion and the first flask is filled instead of skipped.

The highest-skill recipes new to Forever: Flask of Natural Accuracy (280), Flask of Natural Aggression (280), Flask of Natural Precision (280), Flask of Natural Swiftness (280), Elixir of the Grizzly (265). Everything new is also listed under New in Forever.

What Alchemy makes, and what it buys

Paying now on Normal Alliance EU

51 of 84 Alchemy recipes with every reagent priced pay at the median after the auction house cut. The best margin is Viridian Dye at +4g 91s a craft (82% on its reagents).

From player scans, refreshed hourly. Every Alchemy recipe ranked by margin, on any market, is on the crafting profit page; how the rest compare is in which professions make money.

Makes

167 consumable (66 new), 25 trade goods (5 new), 2 armor, 1 quest. 2 of the results bind when picked up and never reach the auction house; 193 can be listed.

  • Consumable167 · 66 new
  • Trade Goods25 · 5 new
  • Armor2
  • Quest1

Buys most

The reagents the most recipes call for, with the units those recipes consume between them. 16 of them are made by Alchemy itself, so a crafter climbs on their own output.

Leveling Alchemy in Forever

Alchemy is the profession most people level by buying herbs rather than picking them, and on a fresh economy that is a mistake for the first two weeks, when herbs cost what a leveling zone full of players decides. Pair it with Herbalism until the market settles.

The cheapest craft in each bracket below is the one that consumes the fewest reagent units. It is not always the potion anyone wants, but it is the one that gets you to the next bracket for the least material.

The cheapest craft in each bracket, by reagent units

Fewest reagent units is not always cheapest in gold; it is the measure that holds on every market, scanned or not. The crafting table ranks every recipe by what it costs and what it makes at the current medians.

What a alchemy sells

Everything Alchemy makes is used up, which makes it the steadiest income in any profession, and the most price sensitive: a potion is worth what the herbs cost plus a little, and the little shrinks as more alchemists level.

The exceptions are the flasks and the transmutes. A flask sells on raid night for what the raid can bear; a transmute is a daily cooldown, which puts a hard cap on supply and keeps its margin from being competed away.

How AHledger prices a craft · Every profession compared

Every Alchemy recipe, lowest skill first

Apprentice · 31 recipesshow
RecipeSkill
Elixir of Minor Forcenew1
Elixir of Minor Spiritnew1
Mana Wellnew1
Minor Arcane Elixirnew1
Minor Mageblood Elixirnew1
Minor Mender's Potionnew1
Minor Spellblasting Potionnew1
Minor Frenzy Potionnew5
Cerulean Dyenew10
Minor Cleric's Elixirnew10
Sulfuric Acidnew
2 × Pyrite, 1 × Empty Vial
10
Elixir of Minor Defense15
Elixir of Minor Strength15
Minor Discolored Healing Potion15
Minor Troll's Blood Elixir20
Minor Mana Potion25
Elixir of Lesser Spiritnew30
Blackmouth Oil40
Elixir of Minor Agility40
Lesser Mageblood Elixirnew40
Minor Rejuvenation Potion40
Lesser Discolored Healing Potionnew45
Lesser Mender's Potionnew45
Elixir of Coalesced Regret50
Elixir of Minor Fortitude50
Lesser Spellblasting Potionnew50
Rage Potion50
Lesser Frenzy Potionnew55
Elixir of Lesser Intellectnew60
Lesser Cleric's Elixirnew60
Swiftness Potion60
Journeyman · 38 recipesshow
RecipeSkill
Draught of Water Breathing80
Elixir of Giant Growth80
Elixir of Spiritnew80
Elixir of Wisdom80
Lesser Arcane Elixirnew85
Holy Protection Potion90
Magenta Dyenew
2 × Rosecap, 1 × Leaded Vial
90
Swim Speed Potion90
Discolored Healing Potionnew95
Mender's Potionnew95
Minor Magic Resistance Potion95
Elixir of Intellectnew100
Fermenternew100
Spellblasting Potionnew100
Frenzy Potionnew105
Lesser Mana Potion105
Potion of Poison Cleansing105
Cleric's Elixirnew110
Fire Oil110
Lesser Troll's Blood Elixir110
Elixir of Fortitudenew115
Elixir of Lesser Defense115
Elixir of Strengthnew115
Shadow Protection Potion120
Elixir of Fire Power125
Elixir of Lesser Agility125
Elixir of Greater Spiritnew130
Elixir of Ogre Strength135
Free Action Potion135
Greater Discolored Healing Potionnew135
Greater Mageblood Elixirnew140
Mana Potion140
Disorienting Smog Potionnew145
Greater Mender's Potionnew145
Lesser Invisibility Potion145
Draught of Water Walking150
Greater Spellblasting Potionnew150
Shadow Oil150
Expert · 56 recipesshow
RecipeSkill
Elixir of Lesser Fortitude155
Great Rage Potion155
Greater Frenzy Potionnew
3 × Firebloom, 2 × Fadeleaf, 1 × Leaded Vial
155
Greater Cleric's Elixirnew160
Insulating Gniodine160
Potion of Predatory Sensesnew
2 × Fadeleaf, 2 × Goldthorn, 1 × Leaded Vial
160
Troll's Blood Elixir160
Elixir of Agility165
Elixir of Greater Fortitudenew165
Frost Protection Potion165
Elixir of Frost Power170
Fire Protection Potion170
Lesser Arcane Elixir170
Nature Protection Potion170
Draught of Detect Lesser Invisibility175
Elixir of Defense175
Catseye Draught
1 × Fadeleaf, 1 × Goldthorn, 1 × Leaded Vial
180
Frost Oil180
Greater Mana Potion180
Oil of Immolation180
Goblin Rocket Fuel185
Magic Resistance Potion185
Mildly Irradiated Rejuvenation Potion185
Restorative Potion185
Wildvine Potion185
Draught of Greater Water Breathing190
Lesser Stoneshield Potion190
Superior Discolored Healing Potionnew190
Viridian Dyenew190
Superior Mender's Potionnew195
Philosopher's Stone200
Superior Spellblasting Potionnew200
Transmute: Iron to Gold200
Transmute: Mithril to Truesilver200
Draught of Detect Undead205
Dreamless Sleep Potion205
Superior Frenzy Potionnew205
Arcane Elixir210
Dragonfire Potionnew210
Elixir of Greater Intellect210
Flask of Everlasting Nightmares210
Flask of Restless Dreams210
Invisibility Potion210
Jar of Nightmarish Mojo210
Stonescale Oil210
Draught of Dream Vision215
Elixir of Greater Agility215
Elixir of the Phalanxnew215
Gift of Arthas215
Distilled Firewaternew220
Elixir of Greater Strength220
Ghost Dye220
Draught of Detect Demon225
Elixir of Holy Power225
Elixir of Shadow Power225
Potion of Demon Slaying225
Artisan · 70 recipesshow
RecipeSkill
Caustic Smog Potionnew230
Mighty Rage Potion230
Limited Invulnerability Potion235
Superior Mana Potion235
Transmute: Air to Fire235
Transmute: Arcanite235
Transmute: Earth to Life235
Transmute: Earth to Water235
Transmute: Fire to Earth235
Transmute: Legionitenew235
Transmute: Life to Earth235
Transmute: Undeath to Water235
Transmute: Water to Air235
Transmute: Water to Undeath235
Elixir of Cunningnew240
Elixir of Ferocitynew240
Elixir of Greater Defense240
Elixir of Sagesnew240
Elixir of the Whalenew240
Potion of Venomous Bloodnew240
Elixir of the Owlnew245
Elixir of the Sages245
Major Mender's Potionnew
3 × Dreamfoil, 1 × Imbued Vial, 1 × Sungrass
245
Potion of Beast Slayingnew245
Potion of Elemental Purgingnew245
Elixir of Brute Force250
Elixir of Nature Powernew250
Elixir of Wicked Regenerationnew250
Greater Dreamless Sleep Potion250
Mageblood Elixir250
Major Discolored Healing Potionnew250
Major Spellblasting Potionnew250
Elixir of the Mongoose255
Greater Stoneshield Potion255
Major Frenzy Potionnew255
Alchemy Laboratorynew260
Greater Arcane Elixir260
Living Action Potion260
Purification Potion260
Transmute: Elemental Fire261
Elixir of the Grizzlynew265
Greater Arcane Protection Potion265
Greater Fire Protection Potion265
Greater Frost Protection Potion265
Greater Holy Protection Potion265
Greater Nature Protection Potion265
Greater Shadow Protection Potion265
Major Troll's Blood Elixir265
Major Mana Potion
3 × Dreamfoil, 2 × Icecap, 1 × Crystal Vial
270
Major Rejuvenation Potion270
Alchemist's Stone275
Elixir of Alacrity275
Elixir of the Honey Badger275
Elixir of the Ironside275
Elixir of the Mage-Lord275
Flask of Ancient Knowledge275
Flask of Chromatic Resistance275
Flask of Distilled Wisdom
30 × Dreamfoil, 10 × Icecap, 1 × Black Lotus, 1 × Crystal Vial
275
Flask of Madness275
Flask of Petrification275
Flask of Supreme Power275
Flask of Unyielding Sorrow275
Flask of the Old Gods275
Flask of the Titans275
Gurubashi Mojo Madness275
Refined Scale of Onyxia275
Flask of Natural Accuracynew280
Flask of Natural Aggressionnew280
Flask of Natural Precisionnew
12 × Marefoil, 9 × Dreamfoil, 1 × Death Lotus, 1 × Imbued Vial
280
Flask of Natural Swiftnessnew
18 × Marefoil, 6 × Icecap, 1 × Death Lotus, 1 × Imbued Vial
280

Questions

Is Alchemy worth it in World of Warcraft: Forever?
For gold, yes, once the raid schedule starts: flasks and raid elixirs sell every week to every raider, and the transmute cooldown is income that cannot be undercut. For leveling income it is thin, because early potions sell for roughly the cost of their herbs.
What is new for Alchemy in Forever?
A set of flasks named Natural Precision, Accuracy, Aggression and Swiftness at the top of the skill list, and more elixirs and potions in the Expert and Artisan brackets than Classic Era had. The counts on this page come from the Forever game data.

Source: World of Warcraft: Forever game data, compared with the Classic Era catalog. Counts update with each game build.