A Rare Recipe, item level 27, binds when picked up.

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Build history

First seen in build 2.5.6.69795 (The Burning Crusade).

Use: Learning
Effect: Smelt Hardened Khorium
Allows the miner to smelt khorium and hardened adamantite bars into a hardened khorium bar. Smelting hard khorium requires a forge.

Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.

Other versions

Across game versions

In The Burning Crusade it is item level 70. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 80. In MoP Classic it is item level 70.

Version	Item level	Quality	Binding	Sells for
Retail (Midnight)	27	Rare	Binds when picked up	2g
The Burning Crusade	70	Rare	Binds when picked up	2g
Wrath of the Lich King	80	Rare	Binds when picked up	-
MoP Classic	70	Rare	Binds when picked up	2g

Study of Advanced Smelting Game Data

Teaches

Smelt Hardened Khorium Outland Mining

Creates Hardened Khorium

Using Study of Advanced Smelting teaches this recipe. The Outland Mining recipe Smelt Hardened Khorium takes 3 Khorium Bar and 1 Hardened Adamantite Bar.

Requirements & Properties

Requires: Outland Mining (75)

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Study of Advanced Smelting Crafting Costs

What One Craft Returns: Smelt Hardened Khorium

Study of Advanced Smelting teaches the Outland Mining recipe Smelt Hardened Khorium, which makes Hardened Khorium. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 1,105g, and Khorium Bar is the largest share at 90%. Hardened Khorium lists from 1,237g 50s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 70g 62s after the 5% auction cut, a 6.4% margin over its reagents.

Reagent	Needed	Lowest listed	Cost
Khorium Bar	3	330 gold	990 gold
Hardened Adamantite Bar	1	115 gold	115 gold
Reagents for one craft			1,105 gold
Hardened Khorium at its lowest listing			1,237 gold50 silver
Return after the 5% auction cut			70 gold62 silver

What Else the Reagents Make

Khorium Bar goes into 55 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Engineering, Inscription and Alchemy, including Coronet of Verdant Flame, Gyro-Balanced Khorium Destroyer, Hard Khorium Battleplate and Khorium Champion. It is itself made by the recipe Smelt Khorium.
Hardened Adamantite Bar goes into 39 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Engineering and Alchemy, including Gauntlets of the Iron Tower, Foreman's Reinforced Helmet, Helm of the Stalwart Defender and Oathkeeper's Helm. It is itself made by the recipe Smelt Hardened Adamantite.

Prices are the lowest listed prices in the latest US Auction House snapshot, not sales. Recipes, reagents, yields and skill levels come from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Study of Advanced Smelting Compares

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The lowest listed price among them is Libram of Constitution at 9 gold in the US Auction House.

Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.

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