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Greater Astral Essence

Greater Astral Essence was changed in WoW Forever: vendor price reduced from 90s to 1c, sell price increased from 0c to 1c, stack size increased from 10 to 20, re-filed from Trade Goods to Enchanting. Item level 25 Uncommon trade goods. A reagent in 28 WoW Forever recipes: 18 Tailoring, 10 Enchanting. Created by using Lesser Astral Essence. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Greater Astral Essence 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
Greater Astral Essence
Item Level 25
Trade Goods
Use: Turn a greater astral essence into three lesser ones.
Forever Oct 22, 2026
Greater Astral Essence
Item Level 25
Changed: Enchanting
Use: Turn a greater astral essence into three lesser ones.
Added in Forever: Sell Price: 1c
changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: buyPrice, 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
buyPrice 9000 1
sellPrice 0 1
stackable 10 20
subClassId 0 12
subclass Trade Goods Enchanting

How to get Greater Astral Essence

Created by using
Lesser Astral Essence

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 use Greater Astral Essence

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

Enchanting

Enchant Bracer - Lesser Intellect Classic Era 2x, Forever 1x Enchant Chest - Intellect 1x Enchant Chest - Lesser Absorption 1x, Classic Era only Enchant Chest - Minor Stats 1x, Classic Era only Enchant Cloak - Lesser Shadow Resistance 1x, Classic Era only Enchant Weapon - Insight 4x, Forever only Enchant Weapon - Recovery 6x, Forever only Enchant Weapon - Revelation 2x, Forever only Glimmering Staff 1x, Forever only Orb of Mystic Insight 2x, Forever only Orb of Souls 2x, Forever only Runed Golden Rod Classic Era 2x, Forever 1x Soulstaff 1x, Forever only

Tailoring

Flame Circlet 2x, Forever only Flame Gown 2x, Forever only Flame Leggings 3x, Forever only Pearly Circlet 2x, Forever only Pearly Gown 2x, Forever only Pearly Leggings 3x, Forever only Pristine Circlet 2x, Forever only Pristine Gown 2x, Forever only Pristine Leggings 3x, Forever only Shadow Circlet 2x, Forever only Shadow Gown 2x, Forever only Shadow Leggings 3x, Forever only Shining Circlet 2x, Forever only Shining Gown 2x, Forever only Shining Leggings 3x, Forever only Silky Circlet 2x, Forever only Silky Gown 2x, Forever only Silky Leggings 3x, Forever only

Waylaid Crates that take Greater Astral Essence

Each of these crates lists a bundle of Greater Astral Essence on its Use line in the game client.

Every WoW Forever Waylaid Crate and what it accepts

Greater Astral Essence changes between Forever builds

Related to Greater Astral Essence

Lesser Astral Essence

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

Questions about Greater Astral Essence

Was Greater Astral Essence nerfed in WoW Forever?

Greater Astral Essence is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no cast time, cost, cooldown, range, durability or bag size moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: vendor price reduced from 90s to 1c, sell price increased from 0c to 1c, stack size increased from 10 to 20, re-filed from Trade Goods to Enchanting.

What changed for Greater Astral Essence in WoW Forever?

Vendor price reduced from 90s to 1c, sell price increased from 0c to 1c, stack size increased from 10 to 20, re-filed from Trade Goods to Enchanting. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

What is Greater Astral Essence used for in WoW Forever?

Greater Astral Essence is a reagent in 28 WoW Forever recipes: 18 Tailoring, 10 Enchanting.

How do you get Greater Astral Essence in WoW Forever?

Created by using Lesser Astral Essence.

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