Disenchanting is an ability granted by the Enchanting profession]. It is used to destroy magical items (items of green item quality or higher) and turn them into materials used by enchanters - dusts, essences and shards. It will yield skill in Enchanting until level 70, after which you must actually enchant items or create items through Enchanting.
Level ranges that share a type of dust will increase in yield approximately every 5 levels. For green armor, there is roughly a 75% chance of getting dust, a 20% chance of getting essence, and a 5% chance of a shard. For green weapons, it is reversed; essences come 75% of the time, dust comes 20% of the time, and shards are granted 5% of the time. Green items will only yield one shard at a time.
Equip Level | Dust result | Essence result | Shard result | Minimum level to DE |
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1-10 | Strange Dust | Lesser Magic Essence | Small Glimmering Shard | 1 |
11-15 | Strange Dust | Greater Magic Essence | Small Glimmering Shard | 1 |
16-20 | Strange Dust | Lesser Astral Essence | Small Glimmering Shard | 25 |
21-25 | Soul Dust | Greater Astral Essence | Large Glimmering Shard | 50 |
26-30 | Soul Dust | Lesser Mystic Essence | Small Glowing Shard | 75 |
31-35 | Vision Dust | Greater Mystic Essence | Large Glowing Shard | 100 |
36-40 | Vision Dust | Lesser Nether Essence | Small Radiant Shard | 125 |
41-45 | Dream Dust | Greater Nether Essence | Large Radiant Shard | 150 |
46-50 | Dream Dust | Lesser Eternal Essence | Small Brilliant Shard | 175 |
51-60 | Illusion Dust | Greater Eternal Essence | Large Brilliant Shard | 200 |
57-70 | Arcane Dust | Lesser Planar Essence | Small Prismatic Shard | 225 |
61-70 | Arcane Dust | Greater Planar Essence | Large Prismatic Shard | 275 |
Blue items will DE into 1 or 2 shards according to the chart above; blues from 51-60 have a small chance of DEing into a Nexus Crystal, while 61-70 blues can become a Void Crystal. Pre-51 epics DE into shards according to the chart, and DE into crystals at the same levels as blues, with no chance of becoming a shard. It is possible to obtain multiple crystals from DEing epics.