What ores can i prospect

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Iron Ore. Only common ores can be prospected. Cost: 1. Prospecting, like disenchanting and milling , can be boiled down to a fairly simple set of rules. When ore is prospected the results fall into three probabilities:.

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Essences are the only differentiating factor. These are only used in the two JC base legendaries. The necklace uses servitude and Valor, and the ring uses Torment and Rebirth. The ring is significantly more popular, so the essences for rings are also much more valuable. There are 6 ores in Shadowlands, which is significantly more than it has been lately. There are two ores that can be found in every zone, and four zone-specific ores.

Laestrite and Elethium can be found in every zone, with Laestrite being the common and Elethium the rare ore. They both prospect into gems and equal quantities of the various essences. Elethium however is also used to craft base legendaries, so it is generally too expensive relative to Laestrite to make sense for prospecting.

The zone specific ores each give one type of essence alongside an equal mix of the gems. Torment and Rebirth are most valuable, so Sinvyr and Phaedrum are generally the two most expensive zone-specific ores. The screenshot below shows the data. Laestrite is a great all purpose ore and will give you everything, but it is incredibly slow.