Pyrite is a crafting material new in World of Warcraft: Forever, and 15 recipes across four professions use it. Tailoring takes the most for its Shining cloth pieces, Enchanting uses it in two weapon enchants, a necklace enchant and the Glimmering Staff, and Alchemy’s Sulfuric Acid and Engineering’s 9-60 Battery Pack need a little each. It has no vein of its own: Miners find it as a Scarce bonus in low-level ore veins, Copper and Tin above all.
Below is every recipe that takes Pyrite and how much each one needs, which professions want it most, where it comes from, and whether to keep it or sell it. The recipe list matches Forever’s game files as of November 13, nine days after launch.
What Pyrite Is
Pyrite is an uncommon (green) Metal and Stone trade good. Its tooltip labels it Scarce, the tag Forever gives to its bonus gathering materials, along with Bauxite and Pitchblende. It stacks to 20 and sells to a vendor for 1 silver.
It has no bind line, so you can trade it, mail it to an alt, or list it on the Auction House. It is also new to Forever: the Classic Era game has no Pyrite at all. If you played modern WoW, the Pyrite Ore from Cataclysm is a different item.
Every Recipe That Uses Pyrite
| Profession | Recipe | Learned at (skill) | Pyrite per craft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alchemy | Sulfuric Acid | 50 | 2 |
| Engineering | 9-60 Battery Pack | 125 | 1 |
| Enchanting | Glimmering Staff | 140 | 3 |
| Enchanting | Enchant Weapon – Insight | 140 | 4 |
| Enchanting | Enchant Weapon – Recovery | 140 | 4 |
| Enchanting | Enchant Necklace – Healing Power | 210 | 4 |
| Tailoring | Shining Boots | 60 | 1 |
| Tailoring | Filigreed Shining Gown | 75 | 2 |
| Tailoring | Shining Gloves | 75 | 2 |
| Tailoring | Shining Sash | 85 | 3 |
| Tailoring | Filigreed Shining Leggings | 100 | 4 |
| Tailoring | Shining Circlet | 100 | 4 |
| Tailoring | Shining Gown | 110 | 6 |
| Tailoring | Filigreed Shining Circlet | 125 | 6 |
| Tailoring | Shining Leggings | 125 | 8 |
Crafting one of every Tailoring piece once takes 36 Pyrite, and one of each Enchanting recipe takes 15. Skill levels are where you learn each recipe; it stops giving skill points a little higher up.
Which Professions Want It Most
- Tailoring. Nine recipes between skill 60 and 125, so a Tailor needs a steady supply through the early climb. Our Tailoring leveling guide shows which recipes to make at each step.
- Enchanting. Four recipes at 140 and 210, and the weapon enchants take 4 Pyrite every time you put one on a weapon. That makes Enchanters the buyers who keep coming back. Our Enchanting leveling guide covers the rest of the path.
- Alchemy. Only Sulfuric Acid, at 2 per craft from skill 50. See our Alchemy leveling guide.
- Engineering. One per 9-60 Battery Pack at 125. Our Engineering leveling guide has the full route.
Blacksmiths, Leatherworkers, Cooks and First Aid users have no recipe that takes it, so if those are your professions, Pyrite is a trade good to sell.
Where to Get Pyrite
Mining is the main source. Pyrite drops alongside the ore from Copper Veins, which need Mining 1, and Tin Veins, which need 65. It can also turn up in Silver Veins at 75 and Iron Deposits at 125. You do not mine it on purpose: any vein of those types can give a Pyrite or two as a bonus, so it builds up as you level Mining. Our Mining leveling guide shows where those veins cluster, and our guide on where to find Tin covers the best Tin zones.
The Legacy perk Bountiful Harvest finds more. Blizzard’s Legacy system overview says it “helps you find additional Scarce resources when mining, herbing, or skinning.” If you mine on that character, it is the perk that raises your Pyrite. Our Legacy Points guide explains how to earn the points to buy it.
The Auction House is the other route. If you do not mine, buy it. Our guide on where the Auction House is covers each capital, and Auctionator makes it easy to compare prices.
Should You Keep It or Sell It?
Do not sell Pyrite to a vendor. A vendor pays 1 silver for it, which throws away a material that only Miners gather and that Tailors and Enchanters need. What to do with it depends on your professions:
- You craft with it. Keep a stack for the recipes in the table above. A Tailor at 60 to 125 will burn through it fastest.
- You only gather. Sell it on the Auction House. Tailors and Enchanters leveling up are the market, and prices change by realm, so check the going rate first. Our gold guide and our list of the best professions for making gold explain where gathering fits in.
- You are short on bag space. Pyrite’s tooltip also marks it as a Crafting Reagent, and Forever’s separate reagent bag slot is made for crafting materials, so it can live there instead of in your main bags. Our guide to bag slots explains that slot.
Every other WoW Forever guide is on our World of Warcraft hub.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Pyrite used for in WoW Forever? It is a reagent in 15 recipes: nine Tailoring pieces, four Enchanting recipes, Sulfuric Acid in Alchemy and the 9-60 Battery Pack in Engineering.
Where do you get Pyrite in WoW Forever? From mining. It drops as a Scarce bonus from Copper and Tin Veins, and can also come from Silver Veins and Iron Deposits. You can also buy it on the Auction House.
Which profession uses the most Pyrite? Tailoring. One of each Shining piece takes 36 Pyrite in total, with Shining Leggings alone needing 8.
Should I vendor Pyrite? No. It sells to a vendor for only 1 silver, so use it or list it on the Auction House.
Is Pyrite in Classic WoW? No. It is new in WoW Forever, along with the other Scarce materials, Bauxite and Pitchblende.
Does Pyrite go in a reagent bag? Yes. Its tooltip marks it as a Crafting Reagent, so it fits in the reagent bag slot.