Disenchanting

Disenchanting is the process of transmuting armor or weapons of uncommon, rare, or epic quality into magical elements (crystals, shards, essences, and dusts), which can then be used in enchanting recipes. Only enchanters gain the ability to [Disenchant], which is the primary source of enchanting ingredients. Disenchanting can also provide Enchanting skillups as high as 60 skill.

Use with care, this process destroys the target item permanently!

Required Enchanting skill

Enchanting skill determines what item levels a player can disenchant.

Uncommon

Skill	Req. Level	Item Level
1	1-15	1-20
25	16-20	21-25
50	21-25	26-30
75	26-30	31-35
100	31-35	36-40
125	36-40	41-45
150	41-45	46-50
175	46-50	51-55
200	51-55	56-60
225	56-64	61-99
275	64-70	100-120
325	67-74*	130-150
350	73-80*	154-182

Rare

Skill	Req. Level	Item Level
1	1-15	1-20
25	16-20	21-25
50	21-25	26-30
75	26-30	31-35
100	31-35	36-40
125	36-40	41-45
150	41-45	46-50
175	46-50	51-55
200	51-55	56-60
225	56-64**	61-99
275	64-70	100-120
325	68-80	130-200

Epic

Skill	Req. Level	Item Level
225	56-60	61-89
300	60	90-92
300	70	100-151

* In the classic connection between required level and item level breaks down. Using required level is not recommended.

** There are 6 exceptions to this level range.

For most of the range, this is equivalent to 5*ceiling(iLevel,5)-100 = 5*ceiling(req. level,5)-75; that is, round up the required level to the next multiple of 5, multiply by 5, and subtract 75 to find the minimum enchanting skill necessary to disenchant an item.

Epic items lower than iLevel 61 fall within the ranges for Uncommon/Rare items

For more detailed percentages, quantities, and iLevels associated with each material, see the disenchanting tables.

Disenchanting materials

The type and quantity of materials produced from disenchanting varies by item type (armor or weapon), iLevel and quality. The following general rules can be used:

• Dusts usually come from uncommon armor (75%) and weapons (20-22%).
• Essences usually come from uncommon weapons (75%) and armor (20-22%).
• Shards come from rare equipment (~100%), epic equipment iLevel 55 or less (100%, 2-4x), and rarely from uncommon equipment (3-5%).
• Crystals come from epic equipment iLevel 56+ (100%) and extremely rarely from rare equipment (~0.5%).

For more detailed percentages, quantities, and iLevels associated with each material, see the disenchanting tables.

Non-disenchantable Items

Not all items of uncommon, rare or epic quality can be disenchanted. Most armor and weapons can be disenchanted. However, there are some general exceptions:

• Items which cannot be equipped by a player cannot be disenchanted.
• Consumables, e.g. Twilight Trappings and ammo
• Wands crafted by an Enchanter
• Bags
• Gems
• Quest items
• Quest rewards for which replacements can be obtained, e.g. Zul'Gurub armor sets
• Vendor-purchased BoP equipment, this includes PvP equipment, faction reputation rewards, and badge items.
  • The exception to this rule were some of the epic items (with "Blessed ... of Undead Slaying" in the name) purchased during the Scourge Invasion event with [Necrotic Runes].

See also

• Making money with enchanting
• Economical enchanting training
• Disenchanting tables for results and probabilities by item type and level