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Item · Trade Goods · Item Level 55 reclassified

Essence of Air

Essence of Air is unchanged in WoW Forever: its tooltip matches Classic Era, and the client only re-filed from Reagent (Reagent) to Trade Goods (Elemental) and stored its stack size as 20 (Classic Era 10). Item level 55 Uncommon trade goods. Made by the Alchemy recipe Transmute: Water to Air, taught by Recipe: Transmute Water to Air, which requires Alchemy (275) to learn. A reagent in 35 WoW Forever recipes: 10 Leatherworking, 9 Enchanting, 6 Blacksmithing, 4 Engineering, 4 Tailoring, 2 Alchemy.

Essence of Air tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

Classic Era Oct 27, 2026
Essence of Air
Item Level 55
Reagent
Sell Price: 4s
Forever Oct 22, 2026
Essence of Air
Item Level 55
Changed: Elemental
Sell Price: 4s
changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: stackable (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Raw field diff every changed column
Field Classic Era Forever
classId 5 7
itemClass Reagent Trade Goods
stackable 10 20
subClassId 0 10
subclass Reagent Elemental

How to get Essence of Air

Made by
Alchemy recipe Transmute: Water to Air

The client does not record loot, vendor or quest sources, so there may be other ways to get it. Why drop, vendor and quest sources are not listed.

Recipes that make Essence of Air

The profession recipes whose Create Item effect makes Essence of Air.

Alchemy

Transmute: Water to Air

Recipes that use Essence of Air

The profession recipes that consume Essence of Air as a reagent, with how many each takes.

Alchemy

Alchemist's Stone 8x Transmute: Air to Fire 1x

Blacksmithing

Bold Dirk 4x, Forever only Champion's Legplates 10x, Forever only Charged Mithril Battleaxe 6x, Forever only Enriched Thorium Breastplate 4x, Forever only Enriched Thorium Leggings 6x, Forever only Thorium Cestus 4x, Forever only

Enchanting

Enchant 2H Weapon - Agility 4x Enchant Bracer - Agility 2x Enchant Bracer - Spell Power 2x Enchant Gloves - Superior Agility 4x Enchant Off-Hand - Superior Intellect 2x Enchant Off-Hand - Wisdom 1x Enchant Weapon - Agility 2x Enchant Weapon - Icy Chill 1x Enchant Weapon - Spell Power 4x

Engineering

Dimensional Transporter - Mt. Hyjal 4x, Forever only Force Reactive Disk 8x Gnomish Weather Machine 2x, Forever only Stealthman 52 6x, Forever only

Leatherworking

Bileblister Boots 3x, Forever only Bileblister Claws 3x, Forever only Bileblister Girdle 3x, Forever only Mastercrafted Shifting Cloak 12x Mongoose Boots 6x Shifting Cloak 12x Stormshroud Armor 3x Stormshroud Gloves 4x Stormshroud Pants 2x Stormshroud Shoulders 3x

Tailoring

Robe of the Archmage Classic Era 10x, Forever 8x Venomspew Cord 3x, Forever only Venomspew Footpads 3x, Forever only Venomspew Gloves 3x, Forever only

Essence of Air changes between Forever builds

See every changed record in the Oct 22, 2026 build →

Questions about Essence of Air

Did Essence of Air change in WoW Forever?

No. Essence of Air is unchanged in WoW Forever: its tooltip matches Classic Era, and the client only re-filed from Reagent (Reagent) to Trade Goods (Elemental) and stored its stack size as 20 (Classic Era 10).

How do you make Essence of Air in WoW Forever?

Made by the Alchemy recipe Transmute: Water to Air, taught by Recipe: Transmute Water to Air, which requires Alchemy (275) to learn.

What is Essence of Air used for in WoW Forever?

Essence of Air is a reagent in 35 WoW Forever recipes: 10 Leatherworking, 9 Enchanting, 6 Blacksmithing, 4 Engineering, 4 Tailoring, 2 Alchemy.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value