Transmute

For a school of Arcane magic, see The Schools of Arcane Magic - Transmutation.

Alchemy recipes
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Transmutation is a sub-skill of Alchemy. It is highly valued since it allows the transmutation of some metals, gems or elemental items into more valuable ones. Some items in-game are only obtainable through transmutation.

Requirements

All transmutations require the alchemist to have a  [Philosopher's Stone] or any of the variants of the  [Alchemist Stone] equipped or in their inventory.

Most transmutations are on a shared cooldown. The length of the cooldown varies by recipe, but prevents all transmutations until it has expired (including those which would initiate a shorter cooldown). Of note, however, the following transmutations do not have a cooldown:

•  [Transmute: Arcanite]
•  [Transmute: Elemental Fire]
• Transmute: Primal Might
•  [Transmute: Titanium]
•  [Transmute: Trillium Bar]
• Uncommon-to-rare gem transmutes, including Meta Gem transmutes.

Transmutation Master

A transmutation creating 5 Primal Mights instead of one.

A transmutation creating 5 Titanium Bars instead of one.

"Allows an Alchemist to sometimes get greater results when transmuting materials" - When specialized as a  [Transmutation Master], there is a random chance that you create more than one item when transmuting. It's possible to get up to 5 items in a single process.

It has been reported that, when averaged, Transmutation mastery grants an increase in resulting items of about 20%. Given that a single transmute can result in up to 5 items, long stretches of "no additional results" may result.

Becoming a transmutation master prevents you from being a  [Potion Master] or  [Elixir Master], however you can switch at any time by speaking with the Alchemy trainer in Orgrimmar or Stormwind:

• Horde: Yelmak in Orgrimmar ^[55, 46]
• Alliance: Lilyssia Nightbreeze in Stormwind ^[55, 85]

Recipes

Artisan

Essence Transmute Diagram

At 250 Alchemy, Alchemist Pestlezugg in Tanaris sells  [Transmute: Iron to Gold] and  [Transmute: Mithril to Truesilver]. At 275 he also sells  [Transmute: Arcanite] which is noteworthy because it has no cooldown.

At 275, one may learn all of the elemental essence transmutes which are depicted by the diagram and outlined in the table below. These transmutes enable an alchemist to convert one type of elemental essence into another.

At 300, players may obtain  [Transmute: Elemental Fire] from the Thorium Brotherhood with friendly reputation. This recipe does not initiate a cooldown.

Essence Transmutations (275 skill)

Essence	Transmuted to	Source	Price
[Essence of Air]	Fire	Honored with Argent Dawn	1 50
[Essence of Fire]	Earth	Plugger Spazzring in Blackrock Depths	1 50
[Essence of Earth]	Water	Friendly with Timbermaw Hold	1 50
	Life	World drop
[Essence of Water]	Air	Magnus Frostwake in Western Plaguelands	1 50
	Undeath	World drop
[Living Essence]	Earth	World drop
[Essence of Undeath]	Water	World drop

Master

This section concerns content related to The Burning Crusade.

Primal Transmute Diagram

• Transmute: Skyfire Diamond from Honor Hold or Thrallmar at honored (no cooldown)
• Transmute: Earthstorm Diamond from Cenarion Expedition at honored (no cooldown)
• The transmutes in the table below have a daily cooldown.

Primal Transmutations (275 skill)

Recipe	Source	Price
Air to Fire	Revered with The Sha'tar	8
Fire to Earth	Revered with Kurenai or The Mag'har	8
Earth to Water	Revered with Sporeggar	25
Water to Air	Revered with Cenarion Expedition	8
Fire to Mana	Discovery	-
Mana to Fire	Discovery	-
Earth to Life	Discovery	-
Life to Earth	Discovery	-
Water to Shadow	Discovery	-
Shadow to Water	Discovery	-
Might	Vendors in Shattrath, Exodar and Silvermoon	8

Grand Master

This section concerns content related to Wrath of the Lich King.

Eternal Transmute Diagram

Performing any Grand Master-level transmutation can trigger discovery of an Eternal transmutation.

Trained transmutation recipes

• 395  [Transmute: Titanium] (no cooldown)
• 425  [Transmute: Earthsiege Diamond] (no cooldown)
• 430  [Transmute: Skyflare Diamond] (no cooldown)

Eternal transmutes (400 skill)

Element	Transmutable to
[Eternal Air]	[Eternal Water]	[Eternal Earth]
[Eternal Earth]	[Eternal Air]	[Eternal Shadow]
[Eternal Shadow]	[Eternal Earth]	[Eternal Life]
[Eternal Life]	[Eternal Shadow]	[Eternal Fire]
[Eternal Fire]	[Eternal Life]	[Eternal Water]
[Eternal Water]	[Eternal Fire]	[Eternal Air]

Epic Gem transmutations (450 skill)

Recipe	Reagents	Source
[Transmute: Ametrine]	1x  [Monarch Topaz] 1x  [Eternal Shadow]	Trainer
[Transmute: Dreadstone]	1x  [Twilight Opal] 1x  [Eternal Shadow]	Trainer
[Transmute: Eye of Zul]	3x  [Forest Emerald]	Trainer
[Transmute: King's Amber]	1x  [Autumn's Glow] 1x  [Eternal Life]	Trainer
[Transmute: Majestic Zircon]	1x  [Sky Sapphire] 1x  [Eternal Air]	Trainer
[Transmute: Cardinal Ruby]	1x  [Scarlet Ruby] 1x  [Eternal Fire]	[10-30] Cardinal Ruby

Illustrious

This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

There is only one spell for transmuting elements:  [Transmute: Living Elements]. The elements created by  [Transmute: Living Elements] are affected by the zone the player is in. The transmute always produces:

•  [Volatile Water] while in Vashj'ir
•  [Volatile Fire] while on Mount Hyjal
•  [Volatile Earth] while in Deepholm
•  [Volatile Air] while in Uldum

Transmutation mastery adds a chance to receive additional random volatile elements that are not determined by the zone the player is in.

Cataclysm Transmutations

Recipe	Reagents	Difficulty				Source of Recipe
		Orange	Yellow	Green	Gray
[Transmute: Living Elements]	Using		485	510	515	520	Trainers for 17 50
[Transmute: Dream Emerald]	Using		505	510	515	520	Trainers for 20
[Transmute: Ember Topaz]	Using		510	515	520	525	Trainers for 20
[Transmute: Demonseye]	Using		515	520	525	530	Trainers for 20
[Transmute: Ocean Sapphire]	Using		515	520	525	530	Trainers for 20
[Transmute: Amberjewel]	Using		520	525	530	535	Trainers for 20
[Transmute: Pyrium Bar]	Using		520	525	530	535	Trainers for 20
[Transmute: Truegold]	Using		525	525	530	535	Trainers for 25
[Transmute: Inferno Ruby]	Using		525	525	530	535	Trainers for 25
[Transmute: Shadowspirit Diamond]	Using		525	525	530	535	Trainers for 25

Zen

This section concerns content related to Mists of Pandaria.

Mists of Pandaria Transmutations

Recipe	Reagents	Difficulty				Source of Recipe
		Orange	Yellow	Green	Gray
[Transmute: River's Heart]	Using		550 (2)	600	605	610	Discovery
[Transmute: Wild Jade]	Using		550 (2)	600	605	610	Discovery
[Transmute: Vermilion Onyx]	Using		575 (2)	600	605	610	Discovery
[Transmute: Sun's Radiance]	Using		575 (2)	600	605	610	Discovery
[Transmute: Imperial Amethyst]	Using		575 (2)	600	605	610	Discovery
[Transmute: Primordial Ruby]	Using		600 (2)	600	600	615	Discovery
[Transmute: Primal Diamond]	Using		600 (4)	600	600	615	Discovery
[Transmute: Trillium Bar]	Using		600 (2)	600	600	615	Discovery
[Transmute: Living Steel]	Using		600 (5)	605	610	615	Discovery
[Riddle of Steel]	Using		600 (5)	605	610	615	Discovery

Draenor

This section concerns content related to Warlords of Draenor.

Warlords of Draenor Transmutations

Recipe	Reagents	Difficulty				Source of Recipe
		Orange	Yellow	Green	Gray
[Transmute: Savage Blood]	Using		1	705	707	710
[Transmute: Sorcerous Air to Earth]	Using		1	700	702	705
[Transmute: Sorcerous Air to Fire]	Using		1	700	702	705
[Transmute: Sorcerous Air to Water]	Using		1	700	702	705
[Transmute: Sorcerous Earth to Air]	Using		1	700	702	705
[Transmute: Sorcerous Earth to Fire]	Using		1	700	702	705
[Transmute: Sorcerous Earth to Water]	Using		1	700	702	705
[Transmute: Sorcerous Fire to Air]	Using		1	700	702	705
[Transmute: Sorcerous Fire to Earth]	Using		1	700	702	705
[Transmute: Sorcerous Fire to Water]	Using		1	700	702	705
[Transmute: Sorcerous Water to Air]	Using		1	700	702	705
[Transmute: Sorcerous Water to Earth]	Using		1	700	702	705
[Transmute: Sorcerous Water to Fire]	Using		1	700	702	705

External Links

FranksPlace.org Cataclysm 4.3 Epic Gems and Jewelcrafting Patterns