#351 Disenchanting doesn't match expected classic result for green weapons item level 21-30

Status: Awaiting review · Area: Items & Loot · Weapons & Armor

Disenchanting green weapons of item level 21 to 30 gives the wrong essence type compared with Classic.

Current behavior

Title: Disenchanting green weapons of item level 21-30 gives Greater Magic Essence instead of Lesser/Greater Astral Essence as expected in classic 1. Current Behavior 1.1 Description Disenchanting uncommon (green) weapons of item level 21-30 never yields Lesser Astral Essence or Greater Astral Essence. Instead they yield Greater Magic Essence, which is the essence for item level 16-20. This differs from classic disenchanting tables. - Item level 21-25 weapons (13 disenchants, 8 different items): 6x Greater Magic Essence (1-2 each), 6x Strange Dust (4-6 each), 1x Small Glimmering Shard, 0x Lesser Astral Essence. - Item level 26-30 weapons (9 disenchants, 4 different items): 9x Greater Magic Essence (1-2 each). 0x Greater Astral Essence, 0x Soul Dust, 0x Large Glimmering Shard. It affects many different weapon types, from both crafted items and world drops, so it does not look like a problem with one item. Other brackets behave as expected, matching the Classic tables: - Green armor at item level 5-35: more than 50 disenchants, all as expected (for example, item level 26-30 armor gives Soul Dust and Greater Astral Essence). - Green weapons at item level 5-20 and 31-35 give the expected results (for example, item level 31 weapons give Lesser Mystic Essence). Details (item name, item ID, item level as reported by the game client, then the result of each disenchant): - Grunt Axe (4568), ilvl 21: 1x Small Glimmering Shard; 2x Greater Magic Essence - Stout Battlehammer (789), ilvl 22: 6x Strange Dust; 4x Strange Dust - Militant Shortsword (15211), ilvl 22: 2x Greater Magic Essence; 5x Strange Dust - Bronze Mace (2848), ilvl 22: 1x Greater Magic Essence - Short Ash Bow (3039), ilvl 23: 1x Greater Magic Essence; 6x Strange Dust - Bronze Shortsword (2850), ilvl 24: 2x Greater Magic Essence; 5x Strange Dust - Bronze Warhammer (7956), ilvl 25: 1x Greater Magic Essence - Heavy Bronze Mace (3491), ilvl 25: 5x Strange Dust - Bronze Greatsword (7957), ilvl 26: 1x, 2x, 1x, 1x Greater Magic Essence - Polished Zweihander (15249), ilvl 26: 1x; 2x Greater Magic Essence - Bronze Battle Axe (7958), ilvl 27: 1x Greater Magic Essence - Fighter Broadsword (15212), ilvl 27: 2x; 2x Greater Magic Essence Build 70374, Classic Beta PvP realm (Horde), Enchanting skill 56-60, Oct 13-15 2026. Results were recorded automatically with an addon from the loot window after each Disenchant cast. Source Material The list above (22 weapon disenchants in the affected range, 12 different items).

Expected behavior

In Classic, uncommon weapons disenchant mainly into the essence for their item level: - Item level 21-25 weapons: 75% 1-2x Lesser Astral Essence, 15% 4-6x Strange Dust, 10% 1x Small Glimmering Shard. - Item level 26-30 weapons: 75% 1-2x Greater Astral Essence, 20% 1-2x Soul Dust, 5% 1x Large Glimmering Shard.

How to reproduce

1.2 How to Reproduce

1. Get Enchanting
2. Buy or obtain several uncommon (green) weapons of item level 21-30, for example Fighter Broadsword (15212), Polished Zweihander (15249), Short Ash Bow (3039) or Militant Shortsword (15211).
3. Disenchant them and note the materials received.
4. Result: Greater Magic Essence (or Strange Dust / Small Glimmering Shard) is received; Lesser Astral Essence and Greater Astral Essence never drop.
5. For comparison, disenchant green armor of the same item level: it gives Lesser/Greater Astral Essence at the expected rates.