Blacksmithing

Metal & Stone

Gold Bar

Gold Bar is an Uncommon Metal & Stone used in 34 recipes (Blacksmithing, Cooking, Engineering and Inscription) and made by 2 recipes.

Gold Bar stacks to 1,000. 34 recipes consume it, taught by Blacksmithing, Cooking, Engineering, Inscription, Jewelcrafting and Tailoring. 2 recipes produce it.

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Crafted by	Smelt Gold
Crafted by	Transmute: Iron to Gold

Verified US market

Lowest listed price11 gold50 silver

Median listing12 gold

672 available7 listings

Verified priceAuction House19 min agocommodity

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What Gold Bar is used in

Blacksmithing

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Blade of Unholy Might	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	40	80 × Wartorn Scrap 20 × Arcanite Bar 4 × Golden Pearl 20 × Essence of Undeath	Blade of Unholy Might
Bracers of Vengeance	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	6	15 × Wartorn Scrap 30 × Thorium Bar 2 × Large Opal 6 × Arcanite Bar	Bracers of Vengeance
Bucket Kickers	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	6	35 × Wartorn Scrap 30 × Thorium Bar 2 × Large Opal 6 × Arcanite Bar 6 × Blue Sapphire	Bucket Kickers		3,435 gold
Golden Iron Destroyer	Classic Blacksmithing, Weapons, grey at 220	4	10 × Iron Bar 2 × Lesser Moonstone 2 × Strong Flux 2 × Heavy Leather 2 × Heavy Grinding Stone	Golden Iron Destroyer		123 gold
Golden Scale Boots	Classic Blacksmithing, Boots, grey at 250	4	10 × Steel Bar 4 × Heavy Grinding Stone	Golden Scale Boots		127 gold
Golden Scale Coif	Classic Blacksmithing, Helms, grey at 240	2	8 × Steel Bar 2 × Heavy Grinding Stone	Golden Scale Coif		84 gold
Golden Scale Cuirass	Classic Blacksmithing, Chest, grey at 245	2	12 × Steel Bar 4 × Heavy Grinding Stone	Golden Scale Cuirass		118 gold
Golden Scale Gauntlets	Classic Blacksmithing, Gauntlets, grey at 245	4	10 × Steel Bar 4 × Heavy Grinding Stone	Golden Scale Gauntlets		127 gold
Golden Scale Leggings	Classic Blacksmithing, Legs, grey at 220	2	10 × Iron Bar 1 × Heavy Grinding Stone	Golden Scale Leggings		85 gold
Golden Scale Shoulders	Classic Blacksmithing, Shoulders, grey at 225	2	6 × Steel Bar 1 × Heavy Grinding Stone	Golden Scale Shoulders		68 gold
Golden Skeleton Key	Classic Blacksmithing, Skeleton Keys, grey at 170	1	1 × Heavy Grinding Stone	Golden Skeleton Key ×2	89 silver	14 gold
Inlaid Mithril Cylinder	Classic Blacksmithing, Materials, grey at 250	1	5 × Mithril Bar 1 × Truesilver Bar	Inlaid Mithril Cylinder	70 gold	58 gold
Inlaid Thorium Hammer	Classic Blacksmithing, Weapons, grey at 300	4	30 × Thorium Bar 2 × Truesilver Bar 2 × Blue Sapphire 4 × Rugged Leather	Inlaid Thorium Hammer		213 gold
Intrepid Shortblade	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	2	12 × Thorium Bar 8 × Silver Bar 4 × Dense Grinding Stone	Intrepid Shortblade		211 gold
Massive Iron Axe	Classic Blacksmithing, Weapons, grey at 235	4	14 × Iron Bar 2 × Strong Flux 2 × Heavy Grinding Stone 2 × Heavy Leather	Massive Iron Axe		144 gold
Runic Plate Shoulders	Classic Blacksmithing, Shoulders, grey at 300	6	20 × Thorium Bar 2 × Arcanite Bar	Runic Plate Shoulders		495 gold
Searing Golden Blade	Classic Blacksmithing, Weapons, grey at 240	4	10 × Steel Bar 2 × Elemental Fire 2 × Heavy Leather	Searing Golden Blade		125 gold
Stygian Shield	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	20	60 × Wartorn Scrap 6 × Arcanite Bar 16 × Ghost Dye 20 × Large Opal	Stygian Shield
Valiant Shortblade	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	8	12 × Thorium Bar 2 × Silver Bar 4 × Dense Grinding Stone	Valiant Shortblade		184 gold
Whitesoul Helm	Classic Blacksmithing, Helms, grey at 300	6	20 × Thorium Bar 4 × Enchanted Thorium Bar 6 × Truesilver Bar 2 × Azerothian Diamond	Whitesoul Helm		214 gold
Widow's Weep	Classic Blacksmithing, Ancient Plans, grey at 300	30	40 × Wartorn Scrap 12 × Arcanite Bar 8 × Huge Emerald 12 × Essence of Undeath	Widow's Weep

Cooking

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Charitable Cheddar	Dragon Isles Cooking, Snacks, grey at 65	1	5 × Fine Aged Cheddar 2 × Spicy Sharp Cheddar 1 × Zocalo Cheddar	Charitable Cheddar		40 gold

Engineering

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Gold Power Core	Classic Engineering, Parts, grey at 190	1		Gold Power Core ×3	3 gold	11 gold

Inscription

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Soulscryer	Classic Inscription, Ancient Techniques, grey at 300	12	12 × Frozen Rune 20 × Blue Sapphire 40 × Essence of Undeath 1 × Simple Wood	Soulscryer

Jewelcrafting

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Citrine Pendant of Golden Healing	Classic Jewelcrafting, Necklaces, grey at 250	2	1 × Citrine 2 × Elemental Water 1 × Bronze Setting	Citrine Pendant of Golden Healing	34 gold
Figurine - Golden Hare	Classic Jewelcrafting, Trinkets, grey at 255	6	2 × Citrine	Figurine - Golden Hare	73 gold
Gem of the Nerubians	Classic Jewelcrafting, Ancient Designs, grey at 300	8	14 × Large Opal 8 × Arcanite Bar	Gem of the Nerubians	1,408 gold
Golden Dragon Ring	Classic Jewelcrafting, Rings, grey at 195	2	1 × Jade 2 × Delicate Copper Wire	Golden Dragon Ring	37 gold
Golden Ring of Power	Classic Jewelcrafting, Rings, grey at 210	4	1 × Lesser Moonstone 1 × Jade 1 × Citrine	Golden Ring of Power	52 gold
Heavy Golden Necklace of Battle	Classic Jewelcrafting, Necklaces, grey at 210	1	2 × Moss Agate 1 × Elixir of Ogre's Strength	Heavy Golden Necklace of Battle	56 gold

Tailoring

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Brightcloth Cloak	Classic Tailoring, Cloaks, grey at 300	2	4 × Bolt of Runecloth	Brightcloth Cloak	52 gold
Brightcloth Gloves	Classic Tailoring, Gloves, grey at 300	2	4 × Bolt of Runecloth	Brightcloth Gloves	52 gold
Brightcloth Pants	Classic Tailoring, Pants, grey at 300	4	6 × Bolt of Runecloth	Brightcloth Pants	90 gold
Brightcloth Robe	Classic Tailoring, Robes & Tunics, grey at 300	2	4 × Bolt of Runecloth	Brightcloth Robe	52 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 Gold Bar

Gold Bar goes into 34 recipes: 21 in Blacksmithing, 6 in Jewelcrafting, 4 in Tailoring, 1 in Cooking, 1 in Engineering and 1 in Inscription. They come from Classic Blacksmithing, Classic Engineering, Classic Inscription, Classic Jewelcrafting, Classic Tailoring and 1 more skill tiers.

The highest-listed product is Inlaid Mithril Cylinder, from Classic Blacksmithing, at 70 gold on the US Auction House.

One craft of Inlaid Mithril Cylinder takes 1 Gold Bar plus 5 Mithril Bar and 1 Truesilver Bar; at current prices those reagents cost 58 gold9 silver per craft.

Gold Bar is about 20% of that reagent bill at its current price; Mithril Bar and Truesilver Bar make up the rest.

The cheapest craft that uses Gold Bar is Gold Power Core (Classic Engineering): its reagents cost 11 gold50 silver and Gold Power Core lists at 3 gold25 silver.

3 of the 34 distinct products have a current US commodity price.

Further down the chain, Gold Power Core is itself a reagent in 11 recipes, such as Gyrochronatom, Goblin Mortar and Gnomish Goggles.

Further down the chain, Inlaid Mithril Cylinder is itself a reagent in 4 recipes, such as Gnomish Death Ray, Gnomish Battle Chicken and Ultrasafe Transporter - Gadgetzan.

Leveling and recipes for Gold Bar

Leveling with Gold Bar: Charitable Cheddar (Snacks) turns yellow at Cooking skill 50 and grey at 65. Golden Skeleton Key (Skeleton Keys) turns yellow at Blacksmithing skill 150 and grey at 170. Gold Power Core (Parts) turns yellow at Engineering skill 150 and grey at 190. Golden Dragon Ring (Rings) turns yellow at Jewelcrafting skill 165 and grey at 195. Golden Ring of Power (Rings) turns yellow at Jewelcrafting skill 190 and grey at 210. Heavy Golden Necklace of Battle (Necklaces) turns yellow at Jewelcrafting skill 180 and grey at 210.

Recipe items that teach these crafts: Ratcipe: Charitable Cheddar, Ancient Plans: Blade of Unholy Might, Ancient Plans: Bracers of Vengeance, Pattern: Brightcloth Pants, Ancient Plans: Bucket Kickers, Design: Citrine Pendant of Golden Healing, Design: Golden Hare and Ancient Design: Gem of the Nerubians, and 19 more.

Reagents used with Gold Bar

Gold Bar is most often combined with Heavy Grinding Stone, which shares 9 of its 34 recipes; next come Arcanite Bar, Thorium Bar and Steel Bar.

Heavy Grinding Stone 9 shared recipes
Arcanite Bar 7 shared recipes
Thorium Bar 7 shared recipes
Steel Bar 6 shared recipes
Wartorn Scrap 5 shared recipes
Bolt of Runecloth 4 shared recipes
Large Opal 4 shared recipes
Blue Sapphire 3 shared recipes
Citrine 3 shared recipes
Essence of Undeath 3 shared recipes
Heavy Leather 3 shared recipes
Iron Bar 3 shared recipes

How to make Gold Bar

Recipe	Profession	Skill tier and category	Reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft (US)
Smelt Gold	Mining	Classic Mining, Smelting, grey at 160	1 × Gold Ore	1	7 gold
Transmute: Iron to Gold	Alchemy	Classic Alchemy, Transmutation, grey at 280	1 × Iron Bar	1	6 gold

Smelt Gold (Classic Mining) combines 1 Gold Ore, and those reagents cost 7 gold79 silver; buying 1 Gold Bar instead costs 11 gold50 silver.

Transmute: Iron to Gold (Classic Alchemy) combines 1 Iron Bar, and those reagents cost 6 gold; buying 1 Gold Bar instead costs 11 gold50 silver.

What Gold Bar is crafted into

Blade of Unholy Might (Sword). Made with Blade of Unholy Might, 40 Gold Bar per craft.

Widow's Weep (Sword). Made with Widow's Weep, 30 Gold Bar per craft.

Stygian Shield (Shield). Made with Stygian Shield, 20 Gold Bar per craft.

Soulscryer (Staff). Made with Soulscryer, 12 Gold Bar per craft.

Gold Bar: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 48% above 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	11 gold50 silver
30-day low	3 gold45 silver Oct 18
30-day high	98 gold99 silver Oct 23
30-day median	7 gold75 silver
7-day median	8 gold
Hourly snapshots	692

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

Gold Bar by region

The lowest listing is 37% 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.

Region	Lowest listed price	Listings	Units
Americas and Oceania (US)	11 gold50 silver	7	672
Europe (EU)	7 gold22 silver	56	20,460

Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Gold Bar

Classic Blacksmithing has 305 recipes. Besides Gold Bar, the reagents they call for most are Arcanite Bar (75 recipes), Thorium Bar (74 recipes), Enchanted Thorium Bar (42 recipes), Truesilver Bar (36 recipes), Mithril Bar (35 recipes), Bronze Bar (24 recipes), Copper Bar (24 recipes), Heavy Grinding Stone (24 recipes), Dark Iron Bar (23 recipes), Dense Grinding Stone (23 recipes).

Classic Jewelcrafting has 81 recipes. Besides Gold Bar, the reagents they call for most are Thorium Setting (15 recipes), Truesilver Bar (14 recipes), Bronze Setting (12 recipes), Delicate Copper Wire (9 recipes), Star Ruby (8 recipes), Bronze Bar (7 recipes), Citrine (7 recipes), Jade (7 recipes), Mithril Filigree (7 recipes), Arcanite Bar (6 recipes).

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What Gold Bar is used in

Blacksmithing

Cooking

Engineering

Inscription

Jewelcrafting

Tailoring

Crafting value of Gold Bar

Leveling and recipes for Gold Bar

Reagents used with Gold Bar

How to make Gold Bar

What Gold Bar is crafted into

Gold Bar: lowest listed price, last 30 days

Gold Bar by region

Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Gold Bar

Ore & Stone priced near Gold Bar

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