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Cardinal Ruby
Jewelcrafting
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Cardinal Ruby details
| Type | Jewelcrafting |
|---|---|
| Item level | 20 |
| Max stack | 1,000 |
| Vendor sell price | 20 silver |
| Expansion | Wrath of the Lich King |
| First seen in our data | build 3.80.2.69874 |
Read from the 12.1.0.69875 game build. Prices are US Auction House data.
What Cardinal Ruby is used in
Jewelcrafting
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bold Cardinal Ruby | Northrend Jewelcrafting, Red Gems, grey at 75 | 1 |  Bold Cardinal Ruby | 100 gold | 4 gold | |
| Brilliant Cardinal Ruby | Northrend Jewelcrafting, Red Gems, grey at 75 | 1 | Brilliant Cardinal Ruby | 150 gold | 4 gold | |
| Delicate Cardinal Ruby | Northrend Jewelcrafting, Red Gems, grey at 75 | 1 | Delicate Cardinal Ruby | 179 gold | 4 gold | |
| Flashing Cardinal Ruby | Northrend Jewelcrafting, Red Gems, grey at 75 | 1 | Flashing Cardinal Ruby | 30 gold | 4 gold | |
| Precise Cardinal Ruby | Northrend Jewelcrafting, Red Gems, grey at 75 | 1 | Precise Cardinal Ruby | 56 gold | 4 gold |
Tailoring
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers | Northrend Tailoring, Bracers, grey at 75 | 1 |
|  Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers | 1,110 gold | |
| Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers | Northrend Tailoring, Bracers, grey at 75 | 1 |
|  Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers | 1,110 gold |
"Needs" is how many one craft consumes. Reagent cost adds up the required materials at the cheapest current listing of each; it is left blank when any reagent has no live price. Recipes, quantities, products and skill tiers are read from the game data.
Crafting value of Cardinal Ruby
Cardinal Ruby goes into 7 recipes: 5 in Jewelcrafting and 2 in Tailoring. They come from Northrend Jewelcrafting and Northrend Tailoring.
The highest-listed product is Delicate Cardinal Ruby, from Northrend Jewelcrafting, at 179 gold on the US Auction House.
One craft of Delicate Cardinal Ruby takes 1 Cardinal Ruby; at current prices those reagents cost 4 gold per craft.
The cheapest craft that uses Cardinal Ruby is Bold Cardinal Ruby (Northrend Jewelcrafting): its reagents cost 4 gold and Bold Cardinal Ruby lists at 100 gold.
5 of the 7 distinct products have a current US commodity price.
Leveling and recipes for Cardinal Ruby
Leveling with Cardinal Ruby: Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers (Bracers) stops giving Tailoring skill-ups at 75. Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers (Bracers) stops giving Tailoring skill-ups at 75. Bold Cardinal Ruby (Red Gems) turns yellow at Jewelcrafting skill 65 and grey at 75. Brilliant Cardinal Ruby (Red Gems) turns yellow at Jewelcrafting skill 65 and grey at 75. Delicate Cardinal Ruby (Red Gems) turns yellow at Jewelcrafting skill 65 and grey at 75. Flashing Cardinal Ruby (Red Gems) turns yellow at Jewelcrafting skill 65 and grey at 75.
Recipe items that teach these crafts: Pattern: Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers, Design: Bold Cardinal Ruby, Design: Brilliant Cardinal Ruby, Design: Delicate Cardinal Ruby, Design: Flashing Cardinal Ruby and Design: Precise Cardinal Ruby.
Pattern: Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers
Design: Bold Cardinal RubyReagents used with Cardinal Ruby
Cardinal Ruby is most often combined with Crusader Orb, which shares 2 of its 7 recipes; next come Eye of Zul, Majestic Zircon and Spellweave.
Crusader Orb 2 shared recipes
Eye of Zul 2 shared recipes
Majestic Zircon 2 shared recipes
Spellweave 2 shared recipes
How to make Cardinal Ruby
| Recipe | Profession | Skill tier and category | Reagents | Makes | Reagents per craft (US) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transmute: Cardinal Ruby | Alchemy | Northrend Alchemy, Transmutation, grey at 75 |
| 1 | 80 gold |
Eternal Fire
Scarlet RubyTransmute: Cardinal Ruby (Northrend Alchemy) combines 1 Eternal Fire and 1 Scarlet Ruby, and those reagents cost 80 gold; buying 1 Cardinal Ruby instead costs 4 gold.
What Cardinal Ruby is crafted into
Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers (Cloth). Made with Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers, 1 Cardinal Ruby per craft.
Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers (Cloth). Made with Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers, 1 Cardinal Ruby per craft.
Bold Cardinal Ruby (Strength). Made with Bold Cardinal Ruby, 1 Cardinal Ruby per craft.
Brilliant Cardinal Ruby (Intellect). Made with Brilliant Cardinal Ruby, 1 Cardinal Ruby per craft.
Cardinal Ruby: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 73% below its 30-day median. Over these 30 days the lowest listing moved more than tenfold, so a single snapshot can sit far from typical.
| Now | 4 gold |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 4 gold Aug 24 |
| 30-day high | 99 gold99 silver Aug 29 |
| 30-day median | 15 gold |
| 7-day median | 14 gold99 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 681 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Cardinal Ruby by region
Americas and Oceania (US) has the lowest listing of the regions we track. Each region is a separate Auction House, so gold and items do not move between them.
| Region | Lowest listed price | Listings | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas and Oceania (US) | 4 gold | 95 | 1,089 |
| Europe (EU) | 11 gold | 69 | 565 |
Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Cardinal Ruby
Northrend Jewelcrafting has 217 recipes. Besides Cardinal Ruby, the reagents they call for most are Titanium Bar (23 recipes), Dragon's Eye (21 recipes), Dark Jade (16 recipes), Forest Emerald (16 recipes), Shadow Crystal (15 recipes), Huge Citrine (14 recipes), Monarch Topaz (14 recipes), Twilight Opal (13 recipes), Ametrine (12 recipes), Skyflare Diamond (12 recipes).
Northrend Tailoring has 102 recipes. Besides Cardinal Ruby, the reagents they call for most are Eternium Thread (49 recipes), Bolt of Imbued Frostweave (38 recipes), Bolt of Frostweave (30 recipes), Moonshroud (18 recipes), Iceweb Spider Silk (17 recipes), Spellweave (17 recipes), Frozen Orb (14 recipes), Ebonweave (12 recipes), Crystallized Fire (9 recipes), Crusader Orb (8 recipes).
Jewelcrafting priced near Cardinal Ruby
Dawnstone4 gold
Twilight Opal4 gold
Forest Emerald4 gold
Royal Quartz4 gold
Azure Moonstone3 gold
Skystone3 gold
Tidal Amethyst3 gold
Duskshrouded Stone3 gold
Solstone3 gold
Golden Draenite3 gold
Golden Beryl3 gold
Radiant Ruby3 gold
About Cardinal Ruby
Cardinal Ruby is a crafting material in World of Warcraft. This page tracks its verified Auction House price and the recipes that consume it, so you can judge whether it is worth farming, buying, or selling right now.
Demand comes from Jewelcrafting, Tailoring. When a recipe that uses Cardinal Ruby spikes in value, the material tends to follow, so watch the recipes above alongside the price history.
To read the chart: compare the current lowest listing against the typical range. A price sitting below its recent band is a buy or craft signal; a price above it favors selling or farming. The method matters more than any single number, since commodity prices move between hourly snapshots.