Essence of Water

1000

• Essence of Water
• Classic 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 transmuted from  [Essence of Earth] or  [Essence of Undeath] using Alchemy (275); taught by  [Recipe: Transmute Earth to Water] or  [Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water].

As an ingredient

Alchemy

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

Blacksmithing

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

Enchanting

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

The subject of this section is unique to the World of Warcraft Classic: Season of Discovery.

•  [Enchant Bracer - Spell Power]
•  [Enchant Shield - Law of Nature]

Engineering

•  [Hyper-Radiant Flame Reflector]

Leatherworking

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

The subject of this section is unique to the World of Warcraft Classic: Season of Discovery.

•  [Shoulderpads of Obsession]

Tailoring

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

The subject of this section is unique to the World of Warcraft Classic: Season of Discovery.

•  [Embroidered Belt of the Archmage]
•  [Mantle of Insanity]

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