Primal ingredient

A more powerful type of elemental ingredient used in some Burning Crusade recipes. They act more like an enchanting or magical essence ingredient than previous elemental essence ingredients, since motes can be combined to upgrade to a primal.

Elemental Primals

•  [Primal Air]
  •  [Mote of Air] x10 combines into a Primal Air.
•  [Primal Earth]
  •  [Mote of Earth] x10 combines into a Primal Earth. Primal Earth can be broken into 10 Motes of Earth by Miners with the Earth Shatter Smelting ability.
•  [Primal Fire]
  •  [Mote of Fire] x10 combines into a Primal Fire. Primal Fire can be broken into 10 Motes of Fire by Miners with the Fire Sunder Smelting ability.
•  [Primal Water]
  •  [Mote of Water] x10 combines into a Primal Water.
•  [Primal Life]
  •  [Mote of Life] x10 combines into a Primal Life.
•  [Primal Mana]
  •  [Mote of Mana] x10 combines into a Primal Mana.
•  [Primal Shadow]
  •  [Mote of Shadow] x10 combines into a Primal Shadow.

Other Primals

•  [Primal Might] - Transmutation combining one each of five Primals:
  •  [Primal Air]
  •  [Primal Earth]
  •  [Primal Fire]
  •  [Primal Water]
  •  [Primal Mana]
•  [Primal Nether] - Drops from 69+ bosses; low drop rate in normal mode, but 100% in heroic mode, or purchased from G'eras for 10 .
•  [Nether Vortex] - Drops in Serpentshrine Cavern and The Eye, or purchased from G'eras for 15 .

See also

• Motes
• Elemental ingredients
• Elemental essences
• Eternal ingredients
• Volatile ingredients
• Motes or Spirit of Harmony
• Sorcerous ingredients