Plans: Hardened Obsidium Shoulders

What One Craft Returns: Hardened Obsidium Shoulders

Plans: Hardened Obsidium Shoulders teaches the Cataclysm Blacksmithing recipe Hardened Obsidium Shoulders, which makes Hardened Obsidium Shoulders. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 530g 35s, and Elementium Bar is the largest share at 51%. Hardened Obsidium Shoulders lists from 698g 12s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 132g 86s after the 5% auction cut, a 25% margin over its reagents. It turns yellow at Cataclysm Blacksmithing skill 40 and grey at 45.

Reagent	Needed	Lowest listed	Cost
Folded Obsidium	5	46 gold98 silver	234 gold90 silver
Elementium Bar	15	18 gold9 silver	271 gold35 silver
Volatile Earth	10	2 gold41 silver	24 gold10 silver
Reagents for one craft			530 gold35 silver
Hardened Obsidium Shoulders at its lowest listing			698 gold12 silver
Return after the 5% auction cut			132 gold86 silver

What Else the Reagents Make

• Folded Obsidium goes into 27 other recipes in Blacksmithing, including Decapitator's Razor, Cold-Forged Shank, Obsidium Bladespear and Obsidium Executioner. It is itself made by the recipe Folded Obsidium.
• Elementium Bar goes into 55 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Engineering, Inscription, Mining and Alchemy, including Fire-Etched Dagger, Stormforged Helm, Elementium Shield Spike and Lure Master Tackle Box. It is itself made by the recipe Smelt Elementium.
• Volatile Earth goes into 40 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, Jewelcrafting, Enchanting, Engineering, Inscription, Tailoring, Mining and Alchemy, including Elementium Guardian, Punisher's Band, Dragonkiller Tunic and Dreamcloth.