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Obsidium Skeleton Key
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Obsidium Skeleton Key details
| Type | Other |
|---|---|
| Item level | 32 |
| Max stack | 20 |
| Vendor sell price | 8 silver75 copper |
| Expansion | Cataclysm |
| First seen in our data | build 5.5.4.69585 |
Read from the 12.1.0.69933 game build. Prices are US Auction House data.
What Obsidium Skeleton Key is used in
Inscription
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gilnean Postbox | Cataclysm Inscription, House Decor, grey at 75 | 1 |
|  Gilnean Postbox |
"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.
Leveling and recipes for Obsidium Skeleton Key
Gilnean Postbox (House Decor) turns yellow at Inscription skill 65 and grey at 75.
Reagents used with Obsidium Skeleton Key
In Gilnean Postbox, Obsidium Skeleton Key is combined with Ashwood Lumber, Blackfallow Ink and Elementium Bar.
Ashwood Lumber 1 shared recipe
Blackfallow Ink 1 shared recipe
Elementium Bar 1 shared recipe
How to make Obsidium Skeleton Key
| Recipe | Profession | Skill tier and category | Reagents | Makes | Reagents per craft (US) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Obsidium Skeleton Key | Blacksmithing | Cataclysm Blacksmithing, Skeleton Keys, grey at 40 |
| 2 | 100 gold |
Folded ObsidiumObsidium Skeleton Key (Cataclysm Blacksmithing) combines 2 Folded Obsidium, and those reagents cost 100 gold; buying 2 Obsidium Skeleton Key instead costs 60 gold.
What Obsidium Skeleton Key is crafted into
Gilnean Postbox (Decor). Made with Gilnean Postbox, 1 Obsidium Skeleton Key per craft.
Obsidium Skeleton Key: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 41% 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 | 30 gold |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 5 gold Sep 21 |
| 30-day high | 300 gold95 silver Sep 3 |
| 30-day median | 50 gold58 silver |
| 7-day median | 38 gold79 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 687 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Obsidium Skeleton Key by region
The lowest listing is 19% 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) | 30 gold | 14 | 547 |
| Europe (EU) | 24 gold38 silver | 9 | 71 |
Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Obsidium Skeleton Key
Cataclysm Inscription has 43 recipes. Besides Obsidium Skeleton Key, the reagents they call for most are Light Parchment (30 recipes), Blackfallow Ink (25 recipes), Inferno Ink (12 recipes), Volatile Life (9 recipes), Ashwood Lumber (5 recipes), Volatile Air (4 recipes), Plain Wooden Staff (3 recipes), Volatile Water (3 recipes), Deepstone Oil (2 recipes), Elementium Bar (2 recipes).
Other Reagents priced near Obsidium Skeleton Key
Mote of Air30 gold
Shifting Shadowsong Amethyst30 gold
Enchant Bracer - Exceptional Strength30 gold
Greater Tiger Claw Inscription30 gold- Enchant Boots - Rider's Reassurance30 gold
Eternal Water29 gold
Chromatic Embroidery Thread29 gold- Enchant Weapon - Exceptional Spellpower29 gold
Enchant Tool - Haranir Finesse29 gold- Enchant Bracer - Haste30 gold
Perfect Misty Alexandrite29 gold
Missive of Haste29 gold
About Obsidium Skeleton Key
Obsidium Skeleton Key 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 Inscription. When a recipe that uses Obsidium Skeleton Key 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.