Scarce materials in WoW Forever: Frilled Lichen, Pyrite and the rest
This is the biggest change for gatherers in World of Warcraft: Forever. Every herb node, ore vein and skinnable corpse can give a bonus scarce material, and hundreds of new recipes depend on them.
All nine scarce materials
Each gathering profession has three, one per tier:
| Profession | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbalism | Frilled Lichen → Cerulean Dye | Rosecap → Magenta Dye | Stranglevine → Viridian Dye |
| Mining | Pyrite → Sulfuric Acid | Bauxite → Sandpaper | Pitchblende + Coal → Azerothium Bar |
| Skinning | Pristine Leather | Pristine Hide | Pristine Scale |
The herbs and ores are turned into reagents (dyes, acid, sandpaper and bars). The Pristine leathers go straight into recipes.
Why they matter
Forever adds hundreds of new recipes (one database counted over 900), and most of the crafted gear binds on pickup. Crafters make that gear for themselves, so what they buy are the inputs: scarce materials and the reagents made from them. Players are already complaining that Frilled Lichen is too rare for how much Tailoring depends on it. A shortage like that is where gatherers get paid.
Some of them have a price cap
Mister Graphed, the Black Market vendor in Powderfuse Port, sells a few of them at fixed prices, so they can't sell for more on the auction house:
| Material | Black Market price |
|---|---|
| Pristine Scale | 50g |
| Pristine Hide | 20g |
| Rosecap | 20g |
| Pyrite | 5g |
Frilled Lichen, Stranglevine, Bauxite, Pitchblende and Pristine Leather aren't on his reported list, so their price is set by players alone.
How to find more
- Bountiful Harvest, an account-wide Legacy perk, improves your scarce-material finds from Herbalism, Mining and Skinning.
- Tauren Cultivation is now an active ability: it grows a second copy of a nearby herb, once per herb, on a cooldown.
- Each corpse can only be skinned once.
Want the full playbook?
The Forever Professions Guide: All 12 professions from 1 to 300: every trainer, skill-up routes with material lists, and the new Forever recipes worth learning. 26 pages, free updates.
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Facts as of November 9, 2026, from the Forever guides. Some details come from the beta or community trackers and may change.