Essence of Water

1000

• Essence of Water
• Crafting Reagent
• Sell Price: 4

Essence of Water is an elemental building block of many crafting recipes. It adds the virtues of storms and power to any item.

Source

This item drops from water elementals and can be fished from Patches of Elemental Water.

This item can also be crafted using Alchemy (275); taught by  [Recipe: Transmute Earth to Water] or  [Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water].

Materials required:

1x [Essence of Earth]

or

Materials required:

1x [Essence of Undeath]

As an ingredient

Alchemy

• Transmute: Water to Air
• Transmute: Water to Undeath

Blacksmithing

•  [Dawnbringer Shoulders]
•  [Enchanted Thorium Breastplate]
•  [Enchanted Thorium Leggings]
•  [Frostguard]
•  [Storm Gauntlets]

Enchanting

•  [Argent Versatility]
•  [Frost Power]
• Enchant Weapon - Healing Power
• Enchant Weapon - Icy Chill

Engineering

•  [Hyper-Radiant Flame Reflector]

Leatherworking

•  [Dawn Treaders]
•  [Frostsaber Boots]
•  [Frostsaber Gloves]
•  [Frostsaber Leggings]
•  [Frostsaber Tunic]

Tailoring

•  [Belt of the Archmage]
•  [Robe of the Archmage]
•  [Robe of Winter Night]
•  [Frostweave Gloves]
•  [Frostweave Pants]

Notes

• For a place to farm them see: Places to farm.

Patch changes

• Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Stacks to 1000, up from 200.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Stacks to 200, up from 10.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Essences (Earth, Fire, Air, Water, Living) have had their drop rates significantly increased. Also Outland creatures that dropped motes will now have a chance of dropping essences as well.
  
• Patch 1.3.0 (2005-03-07): Changed to good quality (green) to indicate their value and so that they are distributed properly by group loot.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB