Azerothian Apothecary's Almanac

The **Azerothian Apothecary's Almanac** is a compilation of herbs, spices, stones, and other ingredients of medicinal, magical or alchemical use. First published in 499KY in Dalaran, it is today published yearly by Wiley and Sons Printing in the Kingdom of Stormwind, available either in a set of bound volumes or as individual pages priced at tuppence.

*This page is a WIP, focused on examining herbs often overlooked which are mentioned in various sources. Their uses are derived from the lore, or where they are real-life substances involved in-game, from real-life uses. Please see User\_blog:Arathorstories/Wiley\_and\_Sons for questions or concerns. This article does not, primarily, examine herbs found via herbalism unless they are also referenced with quest text, taking the view that most of their uses are in fact for gameplay purposes only.*

## Herbs and Plants

### Ambercorn

Small seed-pods produced by the trees of Mulgore, the ambercorn is a potent hallucinogen utilized in rites of passage by the Tauren peoples. Their medicinal or magical uses for non-shamanic purposes is uncertain, but certainly promising.

### Amberseed

Magical seeds found only in the Grizzly Hills, amberseeds are extraordinarily nutritious and productive and offer great magical potential due to their inherently strong magical nature.

### Ambermarsh Seeds

The Dead Orb seed is full of highly flammable, volatile sap.

### Arthas's Tears

A rare plant of holy power, Arthas's Tear was renamed in memoriam for the fall of Prince Arthas Menethil to the Scourge. It retains its potent spiritual qualities and serves as a reminder that even the dread Lich King was once beloved by the Light. Its beautiful violet flowers can also be rendered into exquisite violet and ruby pigments, the spiritual qualities of which make them uniquely suited to illuminating Church manuscripts.

### Blackroot

Reeds found along the many rivers and streams of the Grizzly Hills, the blackroot's stalk may be processed to create a powerful laxative.

### Blindweed

Combined with Khadgar's whiskers, blindweed can produce either an elixir to quicken the mind - or a volatile explosion.

### Begonias

Found in Redridge and Eastern Elwynn, Begonia plants have a variety of medicinal and ritual uses, in addition to being beautiful and a source of extractable pigment and scent for perfume.

### Blushleaf

Found in the Jade Forest, blushleaf's vibrant red extract is an important dye for the Pandaren.

### Bloodthistle

A notorious intoxicant for the High Elf and Blood Elf peoples, bloodthistle grows wild in Quel'thalas and is often used to 'enhance' magical abilities or simply as a mild euphoric at gatherings.

### Bloodspores

Found in the Borean Tundra, bloodspores can be used to sedate Magnataur and cause euphoria or malaise in other creatures.

### Briaroot

Found in Azshara. Brewed into a bitter tea by the Blackmaw Furbolgs, and can induce delirium in other creatures.

### Caracoli

When properly prepared, the 'cherry' of the Nagrand Caracoli bean can be utilized to allow air-breathing creatures to instead breathe water.. They are a preferred food for many of the area's wild creatures.

### Coffee

#### Kawphi

Grows on sandy beaches in Azshara. Produces a stimulant effect when brewed.

### Corpse Weed

Smelly, thin and fibrous, corpseweed has an increasingly important role in the folk medicine of Duskwood, where it forms the basis for a treatment for the Worgen madness.

### Daffodils

Found in Redridge, daffodils have a variety of medical uses blahblah.

### Darkblossoms

Found only on Darkmoon Isle, darkblossom flowers - small and purple - are used to treat wounds and as a seasoning.

### Dassanflowers

Found on Draenor before its collapse (and perhaps alternate Draenor? We'll see.), with medicinal uses.

### Dreadflower

Very, very toxic. Grows on the Occidental Coast of the Dread Wastes.

### Emerald Lashers

The seeds of these dangerous plants, found only in the Emerald Dragonshrine, can be used to kill and weaken the undead.

### Fenbush

Endemic to the Wetlands of Khaz Modan, the fenbush is a hardy shrub found in shady, well watered areas. The berries are extremely sour and about the size of a plum, and while largely inedible, are highly effective in preparations for the relief of hang-over.

### Firebloom

In addition to its culinary uses, the volatile firebloom is a component in rocket fuels. It can also be used to fuel steam tanks and create explosives.

### Ginger

Gingerleaf (possibly a different plant) from Jade Forest can, when masticated and combined with saliva, make an effective gelling agent for Pandaren cider.

### Gromsblood

In addition to other uses, gromsblood is an ingredient in a Succubus's love potion.

### Grummle Incenses

Grummles utilize jasmine, silversage, fire lotus, snow lily and foolscap for their incense. Fire lotus in particular is believed to be lucky.

### Hazewood Bush

Found only in the Grizzly Hills and Zul'drak, the haze bush's leaves may be used in the creation of potions of telepathy with the local water weeds.

### Indellium

A highly valuable medicinal plant, the indellium plant was nearly driven extinct during the Sundering. Only a single grove remains in the Stonetalon Mountains.

### Jademoon Plant

The waxy leaf is a painkiller, both unrefined and when used in an ointment.

### Kelps

Bloodkelp, found off Dustwallow Marsh, has use as a divinatory reagent.

#### Crystal Kelp

Found in quantity only in the Great Sea, crystal kelp hosts two extraordinary and desirable qualities. First, it creates high-grade soda ash that produces perfectly transparent glass. Second, and perhaps the cause of the first, it may be - properly prepared by toasting and steeping in alcohol - used to create a short-lived invisibility elixir. Rarely found outside of deep trenches, it sometimes reaches land in the hands of the murloc.

#### Wiggleweed

A seaweed utilized by the Naga, wiggleweed causes terrible cramping as a withdrawal symptom. It is used to keep captives docile.. An unidentified, but possibly similar kelp, could produce a volatile heavy gas.

### Lillies

Kaldorei enchant 'floodlillies' to store a great deal of water.

### Lotus

Lotus roots, with dreamleaf, create a dreaming potion of the Pandaren.

The leaf of the imperial lotus of Krasarang can be used to counter curses when brewed into tea.

### Mandrake Root

The strange and man-shaped mandrake root has a long history in dangerous folk 'medicines', with some usefulness in the treatment of poisoning and as an anesthetic. A hallucinogen, hypnotic and anticholinergenic, the Mandrake root's latest and most important use was discovered by Krennan Aranas. Combined with a number of other herbs and tinctures, mandrake extract is able to restrain the savagery of the Worgen curse.

### Marshberries

Found in Zangamarsh. Utilized by the Mag'har peoples to create a potion allowing spiritual communion, mixed with Telaari fronds from Nagrand, Blade's Edge dragonspine, and Terokkar olemba root..

### Moonleaf

Moonleaves help heighten senses, both natural and otherwise, and have a soothing, soft texture. They are venerated as symbols of nature and Elune by the Night Elves.

### Morrowgrain

A mildly toxic wild seed-grain, morrowgrain has applications in the creation of magical charms and curses.. While of little use compared to many more potent toxins, morrowgrain's subtle effects may offer medicinal purposes, and it has increasingly become a favourite of 'stealthy' long-term poisoners for resembling natural illness.

### Muddlecap

Muddlecap mushrooms - grown by the Drakkari of Drak'Agal - produce a stupefying effect when ingested.

### Murkweed

A native of the Dragonblight, murkweed is so extremely toxic that it may be used to instill near-death states with reliably predictable doses.

### Opium

The water poppies of Zul'drak make an excellent painkiller.

### Peacebloom

Abundant and found in nearly all parts of the globe, the humble peacebloom is a soothing anti-inflammatory when prepared as a tea, and a basis for a number of mildly effective elixirs to promote blood circulation and improve healing times. Often overlooked, peacebloom tincture is an invaluable ingredient in any apothecarium as its mild effects make it suitable for the frail and feeble.

### Ruby Lilac

Among the most precious plants in existence, the rare ruby lilac (found almost entirely in the Ruby Dragonshrine . The basis for a vaccine for the Scourge plague, the plant remains in extremely high demand throughout Lordaeron.

### Serpentbloom

Found in the Wailing Caverns, serpentbloom soothes sleeping druids and limits the ability of mind-altering magic to influence them.

### Shimmerweed

Used by the Frostmane tribe for their savage rites, Shimmerweed induces euphoria and relaxes muscles.

### Silverleaf

Found growing wild along Elwynn's southern border.

### Spider-root

Spider root can be utilized as a potent herbicide.

### Tharlendris

The near-mythical Tharlendris root is actually a seed that, through some uncertain Druidic magical property, germinates into other herbs, including the deadly Morrowgrain. The potential applications of these seeds should not be underestimated, as they may produce the rarest herbs and plants of all - including the highly-sought Ruby Lilac.

### Thornwood

The roots of the Thornwood bush - found in Zul'drak - make excellent fuel and kindling as they remain dry even in extremely wet conditions when their bush has died.

### Thyme

The living ire variety may be found in Azshara. It has magical uses.

### Violet Citron

Counteracts the deadly venom of the Mantid.

### Walnut

Black walnut is used as a dye and wood treatment in Pandaria.

### Wolfsbane

Found across on Azeroth in such locations as Gilneas or the Grizzly Hills wolfsbane has taken on increasing importance in recent years as a detector, and deterrent, of the Worgen. Suffering from a poor reaction to the substance (one of varying severity), Worgen will broadly avoid the plant.

### Witchbane

A common tool in the kit of witch doctors, 'witchbane' (or its many other names) is reported to 'draw evil from hiding' and to 'banish evil spirits' when burned. It has broad leaves and a reddish stalk, and may be found in quantity in Dustwallow Marsh.

### Wyrmtail

Found predominantly in marshy areas of Dustwallow Marsh, wyrmtail - a tightly coiled vine - can be used as the basis for a soothing pain-reliever, and helps injuries heal more quickly.

## Animals

### Bears

The brain of a brown bear, with corpseweed and black widow venom, may be used to treat the Worgen madness.

The musk glands of the Brown Bears endemic to the Isle of Spears forms the basis for an excellent perfume, properly treated. Similar preparations may be made from the musk glands of many species of brown bear.

### Crabs

The giant crabs of the Howling Fjord host a particularly strong paralytic venom, as do spotted-brown tropical crawler crabs. This venom has promise in medicinal use, but is in demand among assassins and poison developers.

Crab shells are an ingredient in the Pandaren incense of life. It, together with the other ingredients, is an active healing agent and growth stimulant. It is used in burial rituals, perhaps for a last-ditch attempt to raise the fallen.

### Clefthoof

The blubber is mixed with ground windroc talons and the ichor of a Gronn's eye by the Draenei of Auchindoun to make a potion allowing vision of the spirits of the dead.

### Deer

The Silvercoat deer of the Grizzly Hills have long been exploited by the native Taunka. Their ground horns are used in the preparation of healing poultices.

### Dryads

The hair of the dryad is the home of potent magics.

### Fish

Sunfish liver oil. Fish liver oil has a variety of uses, particularly as a health fortifier and laxative.

Blackmouth oil is good for lubricating machines.

Remora and hammerhead oils make for viable fuel.

### Moths

Fern-feeder moths from the Grizzly Hills secrete the so-called 'gossamer dust', used by the native inhabitants and the primitive shamans of the Horde as an ingredient in 'vision potions'. Perhaps worth investigating for magical properties - or perhaps just a hallucinogenic poison.

### Muckdwellers

A singularly unappealing and slime-coated fish, the muckdweller nonetheless has use for the prudent apothecary. A series of glands located behind the eyes of these repulsive Everstill natives can be extracted and 'milked' to produce pure and highly useful chloroform.

### Satyrs

Satyr hooves swell and bloat with magic, and a fat pair of hooves has many uses.

### Seals

The blubber of Howling Fjord seals makes excellent soap.

### Spiders

The venom of the great spiders of Dustwallow has alchemical uses.

#### Duskwood Widows

Their venom, with corpseweed and brown bear brain, may be used to treat the worgen madness.

### Threshadons

Dustwallow Threshers produce an excellent lamp oil.

### Wind Serpent

The venom of the Noxious Shredders of Dustwallow has alchemical uses.

### Worgs

The heart of the worg, coupled with the soothing and readily available peacebloom, can be used to create an effective, though less than palatable, healing elixir for internal injuries, commonly employed by the Forsaken.

### Special

The blood of Scourge-infected creatures may be used to create a plague treatment effective in the early hours of exposure.Organs harvested from infected creatures that are free from taint may be used, in conjunction with the Ruby Lilac, to create a vaccine and cure for the Scourge plague.

Banshee essences are a plasticizer.
Amberfly wings, crocolisk eyes, and mist horror hearts combine in a 'dream potion' of the Pandaren people.

Sporebat eyes and fenstrider tendrils have use in transfiguration potions by Draenei Anchorites. They must be fresh.

Mushan urine is not only sterile; it is actively antiseptic.

Dread Waste scarab wings - and perhaps all scarab wings - produce a deadly toxin when ground fine.

## Minerals

### Chiron

Another volatile mineral from Khaz Modan, chiron ore is significantly safer to handle than incendicite and is an ingredient in a high-yield blasting powder manufactured by Dwarven concerns in Ironforge.

### Guano

With deposits across the world, guano - especially that of bats - is a highly sought after alchemical substance with uses as fertilizer and an explosive ingredient. Darkclaw guano from Northrend is especially prized.

### Incendicite

An extraordinarily volatile and explosive mineral found only in Thelgen Rock, incendicite has uses in explosives recipes, though its volatility makes it extremely dangerous to work with. Expensive, dangerous, and prized, incendicite's stabilized form is a holy grail for the explosives specialist, and a capable alchemist would do well to keep a small supply on hand.

### Silver

Used, with gromsblood and pure spring water, as an ingredient in a Succubus's love potion.

Quartz utilized in Shamanic totems.

### Clays

Diatomaceous Earth is an excellent stabilizer.

## Other

### Element 115

A highly volatile and unpredictable element, Element 115 makes an excellent solvent, as well as a highly-efficient fuel.

### Everfrost

Found in the Storm Peaks beneath glaciers, where the intense pressure mingles with the magic of ley lines to create an eternal, unmelting ice. A symbol of the Frost Giants of Northrend, it is also a favourite treat of the jormungadr.

Dit da jow liniment.

1. ↑ Quest: Rite of Vision
2. ↑ Quest: Mm, Amberseeds
3. ↑ Quest: Improvised Explosives
4. ↑ Quest: Collection of Goods
5. ↑ Quest: Just Passing Through
6. ↑ Elixir of Greater Intellect
7. ↑ Legends, Volume 2
8. ↑ Quest: An Unwelcome Guest
9. ↑ The Legend of Stalvan
10. ↑ http://www.jstor.org/stable/4255414
11. ↑ Quest: A Steady Hand
12. ↑ Quest: Gammothra the Tormenter, Bloodspore Harvester
13. ↑ Quest: A Pale Brew
14. ↑ Arthas novel
15. ↑ A Rare Bean
16. ↑ A Deadly Vine
17. ↑ Quest: Herbs for Healing
18. ↑ Rise of the Horde
19. ↑ Quest: Goretusk Liver Pie
20. ↑ Quest:A Shade of Dread
21. ↑ Quest: Seeds of the Lashers
22. ↑ Quest: Fenbush Berries
23. ↑ Lands of Mystery
24. ↑ Quest: The Horde Needs Firebloom!
25. ↑ Quest: Goretusk Liver Pie
26. ↑ Quest: Spitfire
27. ↑ Quest: The Love Potion
28. ↑ Fire Lotus Incense
29. ↑ quest: Vial of Visions
30. ↑ Pearl of Pandaria
31. ↑ Quest:Tenderpaw By Name, Tender Paw By Reputation
32. ↑ Quest: I See Alcaz Island in Your Future...
33. ↑ Quest: Collecting Kelp
34. ↑ Quest: What What in the Gut?
35. ↑ Quest: Properly Inspired
36. ↑ More Magic and Mayhem
37. ↑ Quest: For Peat's Sake
38. ↑ Quest: The Golden Dream
39. ↑ Quest: Herbal MEdicine, Quest: Lotus Tea
40. ↑ Quest: In Need of Ingredients
41. ↑ Quest: Material Components
42. ↑ Wolfheart
43. ↑ Quest:The Mystery of Morrowgrain
44. ↑ Quest: Mushroom Mixer
45. ↑ Quest: The Murkweed Elixir
46. ↑ Quest: Goretusk Liver Pie
47. ↑ Attested to in Cycle of Hatred as addictive poppies.
48. ↑ Quest: Something for the Pain.
49. ↑ Quest: Goretusk Liver Pie
50. ↑ Quest: In Search of the Ruby Lilac
51. ↑ quest: Preemptive Measures
52. ↑ Quest: Stout to Kadrell
53. ↑ Pearl of Pandaria
54. ↑ Quest: Growing the Farm I
55. ↑ War of the Ancients 1
56. ↑ Quest: Morrowgrain
57. ↑ Quest: Waste of Thyme
58. ↑ Quest: Treatment for the Troops
59. ↑ Quest: A Proper Weapon
60. ↑ Quest:In Time, All Will Be Revealed provides evidence for it in Gilneas, at least.
61. ↑ Quest:Wolfsbane Roots
62. ↑ Quest: The Witch's Bane
63. ↑ Quest:Catch a Dragon by the Tail
64. ↑ Quest: The Fragrance of Money
65. ↑ Quest: Spiking the Mix
66. ↑ Quest: The Scent of Life
67. ↑ Quest: Vision of the Dead
68. ↑ Quest:The Unexpected 'Guest'
69. ↑ Quest: Selling Fish
70. ↑ Mekkatorque Short Story
71. ↑ Quest: Fuel-ology 101
72. ↑ Quest: Ruuna's Request
73. ↑ Quest: Swabbing Soap
74. ↑ Quest: The Reagent Thief
75. ↑ Quest: The Reagent Thief
76. ↑ Quest: Wild Hearts
77. ↑ Quest: The Fallen Courier
78. ↑ Quest: The Good Doctor...
79. ↑ Quest: Gymer's Salvation
80. ↑ Quest: Hue
81. ↑ Quest: Gathering the Reagents
82. ↑ Quest: Natural Antiseptic
83. ↑ Quest:Dark Wings, Dark Things
84. ↑ Quest: The Lost Pilot, Hildelve's Journal
85. ↑ Quest:Scare the Guano Out of Them!
86. ↑ Quest: Search for Incendicite, Quest: Incendicite Ore.
87. ↑ Quest: The Love Potion
88. ↑ Quest: Gymer's Salvation
89. ↑ quest: Seeking Solvent
90. ↑ Quest: everfrost
91. ↑ Quest: Hit MEdicine