Transmutation is a sub-skill of Alchemy. It is 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[]
All transmutations are on a shared cooldown of 20 hours, except Transmute: Arcanite, Transmute: Elemental Fire, and Meta Gem transmutes, which have no cooldown. All transmutations require the alchemist to have a [Philosopher's Stone] or any of the variants of the [Alchemist's Stone] equipped or in his inventory.
225 Alchemy[]
- Transmute: Iron to Gold purchased from Alchemist Pestlezugg
- Transmute: Mithril to Truesilver purchased from Alchemist Pestlezugg
275 Alchemy[]
- Transmute: Arcanite (no cooldown) purchased from Alchemist Pestlezugg
| Essence Transmutations | ||
| Recipe | Source | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Air to Fire | Honored with Argent Dawn | 1 50
|
| Earth to Life | Drop | - |
| Earth to Water | Friendly with Timbermaw Hold | 1 50
|
| Fire to Earth | Plugger Spazzring in Blackrock Depths | 1 50
|
| Life to Earth | Drop | - |
| Undeath to Water | Drop | - |
| Water to Air | Magnus Frostwake after completing  [60] Kirtonos the Herald |
1 50
|
| Water to Undeath | Drop | - |
300 Alchemy[]
- Transmute: Elemental Fire (no cooldown) from Thorium Brotherhood at friendly
350 Alchemy[]
- Transmute: Skyfire Diamond from
Honor Hold or Thrallmar at honored - Transmute: Earthstorm Diamond from Cenarion Expedition at honored
| Primal Transmutations | ||
| Recipe | Source | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Primal Air to Fire | Revered with The Sha'tar | 8
|
| Primal Fire to Earth | revered with  Kurenai or  The Mag'har |
8
|
| Primal Earth to Water | revered with Sporeggar | 25 
|
| Primal Water to Air | revered with Cenarion Expedition | 8
|
| Primal Fire to Mana | Discovery | - |
| Primal Mana to Fire | Discovery | - |
| Primal Earth to Life | Discovery | - |
| Primal Life to Earth | Discovery | - |
| Primal Water to Shadow | Discovery | - |
| Primal Shadow to Water | Discovery | - |
| Primal Might | Vendors in Shattrath, Exodar and Silvermoon | 8
|
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[]
Primal transmutes work mostly the same as Essence transmutes.
And additionally alchemists can create [Primal Might] from:
- 1x [Primal Earth]
- 1x [Primal Water]
- 1x [Primal Air]
- 1x [Primal Fire]
- 1x [Primal Mana]
Gemstone Transmute Diagram[]
Transmutation also allows the creation of 2 raw gems:
[Skyfire Diamond]:
- 3x [Blood Garnet]
- 3x [Flame Spessarite]
- 3x [Azure Moonstone]
- 2x [Primal Fire]
- 2x [Primal Air]
[Earthstorm Diamond]:
- 3x [Deep Peridot]
- 3x [Shadow Draenite]
- 3x [Golden Draenite]
- 2x [Primal Earth]
- 2x [Primal Water]
Eternal Elemental Transmute Diagram[]
All Wotlk elemental transmutes must be discovered and are not available at the trainer.
Transmute circle for Eternal Elements
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.
Transmutation Mastery still works with WotLK recipes.
It should be noted that there was an issue between Patch 2.3 and Patch 2.3.2 with Transmutation Mastery.