disenchant (WoW)
Disenchanting is an ability granted by the Enchanting profession]. It is used to destroy magical items (items of green item quality or higher) and turn them into materials used by enchanters - dusts, essences and shards. It will yield skill in Enchanting until level 70, after which you must actually enchant items or create items through Enchanting.
Table of Disenchanting Results
Level ranges that share a type of dust will increase in yield approximately every 5 levels. For green armor, there is roughly a 75% chance of getting dust, a 20% chance of getting essence, and a 5% chance of a shard. For green weapons, it is reversed; essences come 75% of the time, dust comes 20% of the time, and shards are granted 5% of the time. Green items will only yield one shard at a time.
| Equip Level | Dust result | Essence result | Shard result | Minimum level to DE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-10 | Strange Dust | Lesser Magic Essence | Small Glimmering Shard | 1 |
| 11-15 | Strange Dust | Greater Magic Essence | Small Glimmering Shard | 1 |
| 16-20 | Strange Dust | Lesser Astral Essence | Small Glimmering Shard | 25 |
| 21-25 | Soul Dust | Greater Astral Essence | Large Glimmering Shard | 50 |
| 26-30 | Soul Dust | Lesser Mystic Essence | Small Glowing Shard | 75 |
| 31-35 | Vision Dust | Greater Mystic Essence | Large Glowing Shard | 100 |
| 36-40 | Vision Dust | Lesser Nether Essence | Small Radiant Shard | 125 |
| 41-45 | Dream Dust | Greater Nether Essence | Large Radiant Shard | 150 |
| 46-50 | Dream Dust | Lesser Eternal Essence | Small Brilliant Shard | 175 |
| 51-60 | Illusion Dust | Greater Eternal Essence | Large Brilliant Shard | 200 |
| 57-70 | Arcane Dust | Lesser Planar Essence | Small Prismatic Shard | 225 |
| 61-70 | Arcane Dust | Greater Planar Essence | Large Prismatic Shard | 275 |
Blue items will DE into 1 or 2 shards according to the chart above; blues from 51-60 have a small chance of DEing into a Nexus Crystal, while 61-70 blues can become a Void Crystal. Pre-51 epics DE into shards according to the chart, and DE into crystals at the same levels as blues, with no chance of becoming a shard. It is possible to obtain multiple crystals from DEing epics.