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Cobalt Ore

Cobalt Ore is a Common Metal & Stone used in 4 recipes (Blacksmithing and Mining) and made by 1 recipe.

Cobalt Ore stacks to 1,000. 4 recipes consume it, taught by Blacksmithing and Mining. 1 recipe produces it.

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Where it comes from

Verified US market

Lowest listed price16 gold97 silver
Median listing17 gold98 silver
26,075 available107 listings
Verified priceAuction Housecommodity

Commodities share one Auction House per region, so this price applies account-wide on US realms. Verify in-game before you trade.

What Cobalt Ore is used in

Blacksmithing

RecipeSkill tier and categoryNeedsOther reagentsMakesLists at (US)Reagents per craft
Relic of the Past INorthrend Blacksmithing, Optional Reagents, grey at 205Relic of the Past I1 gold90 gold
Relic of the Past IINorthrend Blacksmithing, Optional Reagents, grey at 205Relic of the Past II8 gold96 gold
Relic of the Past IIINorthrend Blacksmithing, Optional Reagents, grey at 206Relic of the Past III25 gold119 gold

Mining

RecipeSkill tier and categoryNeedsOther reagentsMakesLists at (US)Reagents per craft
Smelt CobaltNorthrend Mining, Smelting, grey at 251Cobalt Bar16 gold16 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 Cobalt Ore

Cobalt Ore goes into 4 recipes: 3 in Blacksmithing and 1 in Mining. They come from Northrend Blacksmithing and Northrend Mining.

The highest-listed product is Relic of the Past III, from Northrend Blacksmithing, at 25 gold46 silver on the US Auction House.

One craft of Relic of the Past III takes 6 Cobalt Ore plus 3 Luminous Flux; at current prices those reagents cost 119 gold37 silver per craft.

Cobalt Ore is about 85% of that reagent bill at its current price; Luminous Flux makes up the rest.

The cheapest craft that uses Cobalt Ore is Smelt Cobalt (Northrend Mining): its reagents cost 16 gold97 silver and Cobalt Bar lists at 16 gold.

All 4 distinct products have a current US commodity price.

Further down the chain, Relic of the Past I is itself a reagent in 1766 recipes, such as Fine Leather Boots, Fine Leather Cloak and Embossed Leather Vest.

Further down the chain, Relic of the Past II is itself a reagent in 1766 recipes, such as Fine Leather Boots, Fine Leather Cloak and Embossed Leather Vest.

Further down the chain, Relic of the Past III is itself a reagent in 1766 recipes, such as Fine Leather Boots, Fine Leather Cloak and Embossed Leather Vest.

Leveling and recipes for Cobalt Ore

Leveling with Cobalt Ore: Relic of the Past I (Optional Reagents) turns yellow at Blacksmithing skill 1 and grey at 20. Relic of the Past II (Optional Reagents) turns yellow at Blacksmithing skill 1 and grey at 20. Relic of the Past III (Optional Reagents) turns yellow at Blacksmithing skill 1 and grey at 20. Smelt Cobalt (Smelting) turns yellow at Mining skill 1 and grey at 25.

Reagents used with Cobalt Ore

Cobalt Ore is most often combined with Luminous Flux, which shares 3 of its 4 recipes.

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How to make Cobalt Ore

Crafting recipes that create this material.

What Cobalt Ore is crafted into

Relic of the Past III (Optional Reagents). Made with Relic of the Past III, 6 Cobalt Ore per craft.

Relic of the Past I (Optional Reagents). Made with Relic of the Past I, 5 Cobalt Ore per craft.

Relic of the Past II (Optional Reagents). Made with Relic of the Past II, 5 Cobalt Ore per craft.

Cobalt Bar (Metal & Stone). Made with Smelt Cobalt, 1 Cobalt Ore per craft.

Cobalt Ore: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 6% below its 30-day median.

Now16 gold97 silver
30-day low12 gold99 silver Oct 16
30-day high29 gold50 silver Oct 10
30-day median17 gold99 silver
7-day median17 gold98 silver
Hourly snapshots691

US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.

Cobalt Ore by region

The lowest listing is 30% lower in Europe (EU) than in Americas and Oceania (US). Each region is a separate Auction House, so gold and items do not move between them.

RegionLowest listed priceListingsUnits
Americas and Oceania (US)16 gold97 silver10726,075
Europe (EU)11 gold95 silver6048,129

Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Cobalt Ore

Northrend Blacksmithing has 133 recipes. Besides Cobalt Ore, the reagents they call for most are Saronite Bar (74 recipes), Cobalt Bar (40 recipes), Titansteel Bar (39 recipes), Frozen Orb (15 recipes), Crusader Orb (12 recipes), Eternal Water (12 recipes), Eternal Earth (9 recipes), Eternal Fire (9 recipes), Crystallized Water (8 recipes), Runed Orb (8 recipes).

Northrend Mining has 4 recipes. Besides Cobalt Ore, the reagents they call for most are Eternal Earth (1 recipe), Eternal Fire (1 recipe), Eternal Shadow (1 recipe), Saronite Ore (1 recipe), Titanium Bar (1 recipe), Titanium Ore (1 recipe).

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