Transmute

A sub-skill of Alchemy, it requires the use of a  [Philosopher's Stone]. Highly valued since it allows the transmutation of some metals into more valuable ones, and transmutation of some elemental items into harder to find ones.

Formulas

Here is a list of transmutation formulas, with cooldowns in brackets.

Transmutation formulas that require 225 Alchemy

•  [Transmute: Iron to Gold] (24 hours) purchased from Alchemist Pestlezugg
•  [Transmute: Mithril to Truesilver] (48 hours) purchased from Alchemist Pestlezugg

Transmutation formulas that require 275 Alchemy

•  [Transmute: Arcanite] (no cooldown) purchased from Alchemist Pestlezugg
• Transmute: Air to Fire (23 hours) from Argent Dawn vendors with Honored Reputation
• Transmute: Earth to Life (23 hours) a drop
• Transmute: Earth to Water (23 hours) purchased from Meilosh with Friendly Timbermaw reputation
• Transmute: Fire to Earth (23 hours) purchased from Plugger Spazzring in Blackrock Depths
• Transmute: Life to Earth (23 hours) a drop
• Transmute: Undeath to Water (23 hours) a drop
• Transmute: Water to Air (23 hours) purchased from Magnus Frostwake after completing some quests
• Transmute: Water to Undeath (23 hours) a drop

Transmutation formulas that require 300 Alchemy

•  [Transmute: Elemental Fire] (10 minutes) from Thorium Brotherhood with Friendly Reputation

Transmutation formulas that require 350 Alchemy

This section concerns content related to The Burning Crusade.

• Transmute: Skyfire Diamond (23 hours) from Honor Hold or Thrallmar with Honored Reputation
• Transmute: Earthstorm Diamond (23 hours) from Cenarion Expedition with Honored Reputation

Primal Recipe	Source
Air to Fire	The Sha'tar rep
Fire to Earth	Kurenai / The Mag'har rep
Earth to Water	Sporeggar rep
Water to Air	Cenarion Expedition rep
Fire to Mana	Discover
Mana to Fire	Discover
Earth to Life	Discover
Life to Earth	Discover
Water to Shadow	Discover
Shadow to Water	Discover

•  [Primal Might] (23 hours)

Elemental Essence Transmute Diagram

The alchemical essence transmutes are represented visually by this diagram:

Each essence points to the essence(s) it can be transmuted into.

Primals Transmute Diagram

This section concerns content related to The Burning Crusade.

Primal transmutes work mostly the same as Essence transmutes.

All Primal Transmutes (below) are tied to a shared 23 hour cooldown.

• Transmute  [Primal Air] to  [Primal Fire] - Revered with Sha'tar
• Transmute  [Primal Fire] to  [Primal Earth] - Revered with Kurenai (Alliance) or The Mag'har (Horde)
• Transmute  [Primal Earth] to  [Primal Water] - Revered with Sporeggar
• Transmute  [Primal Water] to  [Primal Air] - Revered with Cenarion Expedition
• Transmute  [Primal Fire] to  [Primal Mana] - Discovery
• Transmute  [Primal Mana] to  [Primal Fire] - Discovery
• Transmute  [Primal Earth] to  [Primal Life] - Discovery
• Transmute  [Primal Life] to  [Primal Earth] - Discovery
• Transmute  [Primal Water] to  [Primal Shadow] - Discovery
• Transmute  [Primal Shadow] to  [Primal Water] - Discovery

•  [Primal Might]
  • 1x  [Primal Earth]
  • 1x  [Primal Water]
  • 1x  [Primal Air]
  • 1x  [Primal Fire]
  • 1x  [Primal Mana]

Gemstone Transmute Diagram

This section concerns content related to The Burning Crusade.

•  [Skyfire Diamond] (23 hours)
  • 3x  [Blood Garnet]
  • 3x  [Flame Spessarite]
  • 3x  [Azure Moonstone]
  • 2x  [Primal Fire]
  • 2x  [Primal Air]

•  [Earthstorm Diamond] (23 hours)
  • 3x  [Deep Peridot]
  • 3x  [Shadow Draenite]
  • 3x  [Golden Draenite]
  • 2x  [Primal Earth]
  • 2x  [Primal Water]

Transmutation Master

A transmutation created 5 items at once

"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.