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Greater Nether Essence

Greater Nether Essence was changed in WoW Forever: vendor price reduced from 6g 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 45 Uncommon trade goods. A reagent in 30 WoW Forever recipes: 17 Enchanting, 12 Tailoring, 1 Engineering. Created by using Lesser Nether Essence. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Greater Nether 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 Nether Essence
Item Level 45
Trade Goods
Use: Turn a greater nether essence into three lesser ones.
Forever Oct 22, 2026
Greater Nether Essence
Item Level 45
Changed: Enchanting
Use: Turn a greater nether 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 60000 1
sellPrice 0 1
stackable 10 20
subClassId 0 12
subclass Trade Goods Enchanting

How to get Greater Nether Essence

Created by using
Lesser Nether 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 Nether Essence

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

Enchanting

Dreamstaff 6x, Forever only Enchant Boots - Agility Classic Era 2x, Forever 1x Enchant Bracer - Deflection 1x, Classic Era only Enchant Bracer - Greater Strength 1x, Classic Era only Enchant Chest - Absorption 4x, Forever only Enchant Chest - Stats Classic Era 2x, Forever 1x Enchant Chest - Superior Intellect 1x Enchant Necklace - Agility 2x, Forever only Enchant Necklace - Deflection 8x, Forever only Enchant Necklace - Healing Power 3x, Forever only Enchant Necklace - Spell Power 5x, Forever only Enchant Necklace - Strength 4x, Forever only Enchant Shield - Greater Spirit 1x, Classic Era only Enchant Weapon - Greater Striking Classic Era 2x, Forever 1x Libram of Invocation 3x, Forever only Radiant Staff 4x, Forever only Talons of Wrath 4x, Forever only Totem of Ancestral Protection 2x, Forever only Truesilver Conduit 2x, Forever only Twisting Essence Jar 12x, Forever only

Engineering

Compact Critter Carrier 2x, Forever only

Tailoring

Netherflame Cuffs 4x, Forever only Netherflame Shoulders 2x, Forever only Netherfroth Cuffs 4x, Forever only Netherfroth Shoulders 2x, Forever only Nethergeld Cuffs 4x, Forever only Nethergeld Shoulders 2x, Forever only Netherlight Cuffs 4x, Forever only Netherlight Shoulders 2x, Forever only Netherpearl Cuffs 4x, Forever only Netherpearl Shoulders 2x, Forever only Nethershine Cuffs 4x, Forever only Nethershine Shoulders 2x, Forever only

Waylaid Crates that take Greater Nether Essence

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

Every WoW Forever Waylaid Crate and what it accepts

Greater Nether Essence changes between Forever builds

Related to Greater Nether Essence

Lesser Nether Essence

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

Questions about Greater Nether Essence

Was Greater Nether Essence nerfed in WoW Forever?

Greater Nether 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 6g 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 Nether Essence in WoW Forever?

Vendor price reduced from 6g 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 Nether Essence used for in WoW Forever?

Greater Nether Essence is a reagent in 30 WoW Forever recipes: 17 Enchanting, 12 Tailoring, 1 Engineering.

How do you get Greater Nether Essence in WoW Forever?

Created by using Lesser Nether 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