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Greater Magic Essence

Greater Magic Essence was changed in WoW Forever: vendor price reduced from 24s 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 15 Uncommon trade goods. A reagent in 5 WoW Forever Enchanting recipes. Created by using Lesser Magic Essence. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Greater Magic 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 Magic Essence
Item Level 15
Trade Goods
Use: Turn a greater magic essence into three lesser ones.
Forever Oct 22, 2026
Greater Magic Essence
Item Level 15
Changed: Enchanting
Use: Turn a greater magic 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 2400 1
sellPrice 0 1
stackable 10 20
subClassId 0 12
subclass Trade Goods Enchanting

How to get Greater Magic Essence

Created by using
Lesser Magic 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 Magic Essence

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

Enchanting

Blackfathom Mana Oil 1x Enchant 2H Weapon - Lesser Intellect 3x, Classic Era only Enchant Bracer - Minor Agility 1x, Classic Era only Enchant Chest - Lesser Intellect 1x, Classic Era only Enchant Cloak - Minor Protection 1x, Classic Era only Enchant Weapon - Minor Beastslayer Classic Era 2x, Forever 1x Enchant Weapon - Minor Striking 1x, Classic Era only Greater Magic Wand 1x, Classic Era only Mystic Mushroom 2x, Forever only Polished Driftwood Icon 2x, Forever only Runed Silver Rod 3x, Classic Era only Tenets of the Silver Hand 1x, Forever only

Waylaid Crates that take Greater Magic Essence

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

Every WoW Forever Waylaid Crate and what it accepts

Greater Magic Essence changes between Forever builds

Related to Greater Magic Essence

Lesser Magic Essence

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

Questions about Greater Magic Essence

Was Greater Magic Essence nerfed in WoW Forever?

Greater Magic 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 24s 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 Magic Essence in WoW Forever?

Vendor price reduced from 24s 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 Magic Essence used for in WoW Forever?

Greater Magic Essence is a reagent in 5 WoW Forever Enchanting recipes.

How do you get Greater Magic Essence in WoW Forever?

Created by using Lesser Magic 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