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Obsidium Bar

Metal & Stone

Verified US market

Lowest listed price18 gold

Median listing35 gold59 silver

11,827 available30 listings

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Obsidium Bar details

Type	Metal & Stone
Item level	25
Max stack	1,000
Vendor sell price	48 silver
Expansion	Cataclysm
First seen in our data	build 5.5.4.69585

Read from the 12.1.0.69875 game build. Prices are US Auction House data.

What Obsidium Bar is used in

Alchemy

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Gilnean Cauldron	Cataclysm Alchemy, House Decor, grey at 75	16	30 × Ashwood Lumber 40 × Volatile Water 6 × Deepstone Oil 1 × Living Ember	Gilnean Cauldron

Blacksmithing

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Folded Obsidium	Cataclysm Blacksmithing, Materials, grey at 5	2		Folded Obsidium	62 gold	36 gold
Standing Smoke Lamp	Cataclysm Blacksmithing, House Decor, grey at 75	20	35 × Ashwood Lumber 8 × Ember Topaz 4 × Chaos Orb	Standing Smoke Lamp

Engineering

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Authentic Jr. Engineer Goggles	Cataclysm Engineering, Goggles, grey at 35	8	2 × Hessonite 2 × Savage Leather	Authentic Jr. Engineer Goggles		371 gold
De-Weaponized Mechanical Companion	Cataclysm Engineering, Devices, grey at 75	12	4 × Handful of Obsidium Bolts 8 × Electrified Ether 2 × Jasper	De-Weaponized Mechanical Companion		408 gold
Electrostatic Condenser	Cataclysm Engineering, Devices, grey at 30	4	6 × Handful of Obsidium Bolts 4 × Volatile Earth	Electrostatic Condenser		164 gold
Finely-Tuned Throat Needler	Cataclysm Engineering, Weapons, grey at 75	4	2 × Electrified Ether 5 × Hardened Elementium Bar	Finely-Tuned Throat Needler		1,027 gold
Handful of Obsidium Bolts	Cataclysm Engineering, Reagents, grey at 25	2		Handful of Obsidium Bolts ×3	14 gold	36 gold
High-Powered Bolt Gun	Cataclysm Engineering, Weapons, grey at 55	10	8 × Handful of Obsidium Bolts 4 × Electrified Ether	High-Powered Bolt Gun		352 gold
Personal World Destroyer	Cataclysm Engineering, Devices, grey at 75	10	8 × Handful of Obsidium Bolts 8 × Electrified Ether	Personal World Destroyer		412 gold
R19 Threatfinder	Cataclysm Engineering, Scopes, grey at 50	6	6 × Handful of Obsidium Bolts 2 × Alicite	R19 Threatfinder	5 gold	219 gold
Safety Catch Removal Kit	Cataclysm Engineering, Scopes, grey at 50	10	10 × Handful of Obsidium Bolts	Safety Catch Removal Kit	3 gold	320 gold
Small Gilnean Windmill	Cataclysm Engineering, House Decor, grey at 75	15	50 × Ashwood Lumber 6 × Handful of Obsidium Bolts 12 × Savage Leather 5 × Electrified Ether	Small Gilnean Windmill

Inscription

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Gilnean Map	Cataclysm Inscription, House Decor, grey at 75	3	8 × Ashwood Lumber 8 × Blackfallow Ink 1 × Light Parchment	Gilnean Map

Jewelcrafting

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Smoke Lamp	Cataclysm Jewelcrafting, House Decor, grey at 75	6	8 × Ashwood Lumber 4 × Ember Topaz 2 × Chaos Orb	Smoke Lamp
Smoke Sconce	Cataclysm Jewelcrafting, House Decor, grey at 75	10	12 × Ashwood Lumber 4 × Ember Topaz 4 × Embersilk Cloth 2 × Chaos Orb	Smoke Sconce

Leatherworking

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Gilnean Spare Saddle	Cataclysm Leatherworking, House Decor, grey at 75	4	12 × Ashwood Lumber 4 × Pristine Hide 8 × Eternium Thread	Gilnean Spare Saddle
Scaled Twilight Mosaic	Cataclysm Leatherworking, House Decor, grey at 75	15	40 × Ashwood Lumber 20 × Blackened Dragonscale 10 × Heavy Savage Leather 1 × Inferno Ruby	Scaled Twilight Mosaic

Tailoring

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
"Unity of Thorns" Tapestry	Cataclysm Tailoring, House Decor, grey at 75	2	26 × Ashwood Lumber 2 × Dreamcloth 8 × Eternium Thread 6 × Inferno Ink	"Unity of Thorns" Tapestry
Surwich Expedition Tent	Cataclysm Tailoring, House Decor, grey at 75	6	35 × Ashwood Lumber 20 × Bolt of Embersilk Cloth 4 × Powerful Ghostly Spellthread	Surwich Expedition Tent

"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 Obsidium Bar

Obsidium Bar goes into 20 recipes: 10 in Engineering, 2 in Blacksmithing, 2 in Jewelcrafting, 2 in Leatherworking, 2 in Tailoring, 1 in Alchemy and 1 in Inscription. They come from Cataclysm Alchemy, Cataclysm Blacksmithing, Cataclysm Engineering, Cataclysm Inscription, Cataclysm Jewelcrafting and 2 more skill tiers.

The highest-listed product is Folded Obsidium, from Cataclysm Blacksmithing, at 62 gold48 silver on the US Auction House.

One craft of Folded Obsidium takes 2 Obsidium Bar; at current prices those reagents cost 36 gold per craft.

The cheapest craft that uses Obsidium Bar is Handful of Obsidium Bolts (Cataclysm Engineering): its reagents cost 36 gold and Handful of Obsidium Bolts lists at 14 gold.

4 of the 20 distinct products have a current US commodity price.

Further down the chain, Folded Obsidium is itself a reagent in 28 recipes, such as Hardened Obsidium Bracers, Hardened Obsidium Gauntlets and Hardened Obsidium Belt.

Further down the chain, Handful of Obsidium Bolts is itself a reagent in 22 recipes, such as Reinforced Bio-Optic Killshades, Specialized Bio-Optic Killshades and Deadly Bio-Optic Killshades.

Leveling and recipes for Obsidium Bar

Leveling with Obsidium Bar: Folded Obsidium (Materials) turns yellow at Blacksmithing skill 1 and grey at 5. Handful of Obsidium Bolts (Reagents) turns yellow at Engineering skill 10 and grey at 25. Electrostatic Condenser (Devices) turns yellow at Engineering skill 25 and grey at 30. Authentic Jr. Engineer Goggles (Goggles) turns yellow at Engineering skill 30 and grey at 35. R19 Threatfinder (Scopes) turns yellow at Engineering skill 45 and grey at 50. Safety Catch Removal Kit (Scopes) turns yellow at Engineering skill 45 and grey at 50.

Reagents used with Obsidium Bar

Obsidium Bar is most often combined with Ashwood Lumber, which shares 10 of its 20 recipes; next come Handful of Obsidium Bolts, Electrified Ether and Chaos Orb.

Ashwood Lumber 10 shared recipes
Handful of Obsidium Bolts 7 shared recipes
Electrified Ether 5 shared recipes
Chaos Orb 3 shared recipes
Ember Topaz 3 shared recipes
Eternium Thread 2 shared recipes
Savage Leather 2 shared recipes
Alicite 1 shared recipe
Blackened Dragonscale 1 shared recipe
Blackfallow Ink 1 shared recipe
Bolt of Embersilk Cloth 1 shared recipe
Deepstone Oil 1 shared recipe

How to make Obsidium Bar

Recipe	Profession	Skill tier and category	Reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft (US)
Smelt Obsidium	Mining	Cataclysm Mining, Smelting, grey at 25	2 × Obsidium Ore	1	17 gold

Smelt Obsidium (Cataclysm Mining) combines 2 Obsidium Ore, and those reagents cost 17 gold58 silver; buying 1 Obsidium Bar instead costs 18 gold.

What Obsidium Bar is crafted into

Standing Smoke Lamp (Decor). Made with Standing Smoke Lamp, 20 Obsidium Bar per craft.

Gilnean Cauldron (Decor). Made with Gilnean Cauldron, 16 Obsidium Bar per craft.

Scaled Twilight Mosaic (Decor). Made with Scaled Twilight Mosaic, 15 Obsidium Bar per craft.

Small Gilnean Windmill (Decor). Made with Small Gilnean Windmill, 15 Obsidium Bar per craft.

Obsidium Bar: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 28% below its 30-day median.

Now	18 gold
30-day low	8 gold25 silver Sep 18
30-day high	37 gold3 silver Aug 29
30-day median	25 gold
7-day median	20 gold25 silver
Hourly snapshots	689

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

Obsidium Bar by region

The lowest listing is 17% 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)	18 gold	30	11,827
Europe (EU)	14 gold98 silver	45	3,850

Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Obsidium Bar

Cataclysm Engineering has 38 recipes. Besides Obsidium Bar, the reagents they call for most are Handful of Obsidium Bolts (21 recipes), Electrified Ether (20 recipes), Hardened Elementium Bar (17 recipes), Chaos Orb (10 recipes), Truegold (10 recipes), Elementium Bar (6 recipes), Dream Emerald (4 recipes), Ocean Sapphire (4 recipes), Tinker's Kit (4 recipes), Ashwood Lumber (2 recipes).

Cataclysm Blacksmithing has 96 recipes. Besides Obsidium Bar, the reagents they call for most are Chaos Orb (36 recipes), Elementium Bar (34 recipes), Hardened Elementium Bar (29 recipes), Truegold (29 recipes), Folded Obsidium (28 recipes), Volatile Fire (19 recipes), Volatile Earth (17 recipes), Volatile Water (11 recipes), Essence of Destruction (6 recipes), Living Ember (6 recipes).

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About Obsidium Bar

Obsidium Bar 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 Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Engineering, Inscription, Jewelcrafting, Leatherworking. When a recipe that uses Obsidium Bar spikes in value, the material tends to follow, so watch the recipes above alongside the price history.

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