How to Recraft Profession Gear in WoW Retail

Recraft an eligible piece of crafted gear in World of Warcraft Retail by selecting the existing item in the recrafting interface. Review the new result, add the required materials, and send the recraft to a crafter who can reach your requested quality. This is useful when you want to improve a piece you already own or change an optional effect on it.

Start from the item you want to keep

1. Open the crafting order service and choose the recrafting option. If you're the crafter and own the item, use the relevant recraft interface for your profession.
2. Select the existing piece of eligible crafted gear. Check its name, current quality, and effects before moving on.
3. Read the listed material requirements and add any optional reagent you intend to change. Preview the new item.
4. If another player will do the work, agree on the result and send a personal recraft order to that crafter. Check the returned item against the preview once the job is finished.

Make sure you chose Recraft. Selecting the original recipe as a new craft can ask for a different list of materials and produce another item. Recrafting uses the piece you already have. The interface shows what extra materials the particular change requires.

If the item is part of your active equipment, make the change when you can wait for it to come back. Have another piece ready if you need that slot for a run before the crafter is available. Check the order's timing with the crafter before you leave town.

Decide what you want the recraft to change

A recraft can be useful for a better quality or a compatible change to optional reagents. Read the exact preview rather than assuming every stat or effect will carry over the way you expect. If your goal is a higher item level, verify that the recipe accepts the ingredient required for that upgrade.

If you're changing an embellishment or a stat selection, tell the crafter which result you want. The name of the underlying item alone doesn't tell them which effect you intend to keep. Check what the order form allows you to keep, replace, or remove. Include the optional reagent that gives the result you agreed on.

For example, if you want to keep a crafted weapon and improve its quality, start by reviewing its current effects. Ask the crafter for the materials needed to meet the higher rank without changing the other options. If instead you want a different optional effect, preview that effect and check whether it affects the quality the crafter can reach.

Check the quality and materials before paying

Tell the crafter what quality you need and send them the relevant details from the order. The ingredients used in the existing item can affect a recraft's skill calculation. Ask the crafter to inspect the order and confirm what their interface shows with your current materials. Buying higher quality reagents can help, but verify the outcome before you buy more.

Compare the commission with the agreed supply of materials. If the crafter needs to provide a reagent or spend Concentration, confirm whether that is included. Set the available quality requirement on the personal order when a minimum matters. Check the item, recipient, and reagents again before submitting.

A different recipe or upgrade target can require different materials. Use the recraft screen for the exact item instead of copying a shopping list from a different slot. The preview is also the place to spot a missing optional component before it becomes a failed or unfilled order.

Fix an item you can't recraft

If the piece doesn't appear, check that it is an eligible crafted item and that you're in the recrafting flow. Check the character and inventory before choosing another copy with the same name. If the item appears but the requested result is unavailable, review the material requirements and quality with the crafter.

After the order is complete, inspect the item before equipping it. Compare the new quality and effects with what you intended, then update any saved equipment set that uses it if needed. Keep track of the result so the next change starts from the actual item in your bags.