World of Warcraft Disenchanting Guide

For Enchanting visit: WoW Enchanting Guide.

Disenchanting

At times, you may need to disenchant an item to collect the special dusts and powders that you need.  Open up your spellbook and select disenchant. Now move your mouse over to the item that you want to disenchant. It may take a few minutes to complete the process. Remember, there is no turning back once you start this process.

If you need to get dust and other items for your enchanting recipes, disenchanting items is probably the easiest and cheapest way to go about it. Here’s a quick guide to help you get what you need:

Dust – Green Armor
Essence – Green Weapons
Shard – Blue Items
Nexus Crystal – Purple Items (up to 60)
Void Crystals – Purple Items (after level 60)

Dusts and Essences

Note that there are some items at the 57-60 item range, which are not from the Burning Crusade expansion, so those items won't give you Arcane Dust nor Lesser Planar Essence. Same goes for 67-70, some items are from the Burning Crusade expansion and not from the Wrath of the Lich King, so you will get Arcane Dust instead of Infinite Dust.

Skill: 1 - Levels 1-10 - (1-3) [Strange Dust] or 1-2 [Lesser Magic Essence]
Skill: 25 - Levels 11-15 - (2-5) [Strange Dust] or 1-2 [Greater Magic Essence]
Skill: 50 - Levels 16-20 - (2-5) [Strange Dust] or 1-2 [Lesser Astral Essence]
Skill: 75 - Levels 21-25 - (1-3) [Soul Dust] or 1-2 [Greater Astral Essence]
Skill: 100 - Levels 26-30 - (2-5) [Soul Dust] or 1-2 [Lesser Mystic Essence]
Skill: 125 - Levels 31-35 - (1-3) [Vision Dust] or 1-2 [Greater Mystic Essence]
Skill: 150 - Levels 36-40 - (2-5) [Vision Dust] or 1-2 [Lesser Nether Essence]
Skill: 175 - Levels 41-45 - (1-3) [Dream Dust] or 1-2 [Greater Nether Essence]
Skill: 200 - Levels 46-50 - (2-5) [Dream Dust] or 1-2 [Lesser Eternal Essence]
Skill: 225 - Levels 51-55 - (1-3) [Illusion Dust] or 1-2 [Greater Eternal Essence]
Skill: 250 - Levels 56-60 - (2-5) [Illusion Dust] or 2-3[Greater Eternal Essence]
Skill: 275 - Levels 57-65 - (1-3) [Arcane Dust] or 1-3 [Lesser Planar Essence]
Skill: 300 - Levels 65-70 - (2-5) or [Arcane Dust] or 1-2 [Greater Planar Essence]
Skill: 325 - Levels 67-74 - (1-3) or [Infinite Dust] or 1-3 [Lesser Cosmic Essence]
Skill: 350 - Levels 73-80 - (2-5) or [Infinite Dust] or 1-2 [Greater Cosmic Essence]

At 350 skill, you will be able to disenchant every blue and green items. However, if you want to disenchant epic items, you will need an Enchanting skill of 375.

Shards:

• Levels 1-20 - [Small Glimmering Shard]
• Levels 21-25 - [Large Glimmering Shard]
• Levels 26-30 - [Small Glowing Shard]
• Levels 31-35 - [Large Glowing Shard]
• Levels 36-40 - [Small Radiant Shard]
• Levels 41-45 - [Large Radiant Shard]
• Levels 46-50 - [Small Brilliant Shard]
• Levels 51-60 - [Large Brilliant Shard]
• Levels 57-65 - [Small Prismatic Shard]
• Levels 65-70 - [Large Prismatic Shard]
• Levels 67-74 - [Small Dream Shard]
• Levels 73-80 - [Dream Shard]

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