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Silken Protofiber
Cloth
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Silken Protofiber details
| Type | Cloth |
|---|---|
| Item level | 50 |
| Requires level | 1 |
| Max stack | 1,000 |
| Vendor sell price | 6 silver25 copper |
| Expansion | Shadowlands |
| First seen in our data | build 12.0.7.68887 |
Read from the 12.1.0.69875 game build. Prices are US Auction House data.
In-game tooltip for Silken Protofiber: "Produced by some of the more powerful worms and spiders within Zereth Mortis, it is used by players with the Tailoring skill."
What Silken Protofiber is used in
Enchanting
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadowlands Enchanting, Optional Reagents, grey at 120 | 6 |
| 399 gold | 23 gold |
Engineering
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadowlands Engineering, Optional Reagents, grey at 120 | 6 | 600 gold | 32 gold |
Tailoring
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadowlands Tailoring, Optional Reagents, grey at 200 | 10 |
| 154 gold | |||
| Shadowlands Tailoring, Optional Reagents, grey at 201 | 25 |
| 172 gold | |||
| Shadowlands Tailoring, Optional Reagents, grey at 203 | 60 |
| 394 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 Silken Protofiber
Silken Protofiber goes into 5 recipes: 3 in Tailoring, 1 in Enchanting and 1 in Engineering. They come from Shadowlands Enchanting, Shadowlands Engineering and Shadowlands Tailoring.
The highest-listed product is Pure-Air Sail Extensions, from Shadowlands Engineering, at 600 gold98 silver on the US Auction House.
One craft of Pure-Air Sail Extensions takes 6 Silken Protofiber plus 4 Progenium Ore, 10 Handful of Laestrite Bolts and 20 Porous Polishing Abrasive; at current prices those reagents cost 32 gold84 silver per craft.
Silken Protofiber is about 7% of that reagent bill at its current price; Progenium Ore, Handful of Laestrite Bolts and Porous Polishing Abrasive make up the rest.
The cheapest craft that uses Silken Protofiber is Cosmic Protoweave (Shadowlands Enchanting): its reagents cost 23 gold57 silver and Cosmic Protoweave lists at 399 gold15 silver.
2 of the 5 distinct products have a current US commodity price.
Further down the chain, Cosmic Protoweave is itself a reagent in 46 recipes, such as Spiritual Alchemy Stone, Shadebound Treads and Shadebound Vest.
Further down the chain, Crafter's Mark IV is itself a reagent in 46 recipes, such as Spiritual Alchemy Stone, Shadebound Treads and Shadebound Vest.
Further down the chain, Crafter's Mark of the First Ones is itself a reagent in 46 recipes, such as Spiritual Alchemy Stone, Shadebound Treads and Shadebound Vest.
Leveling and recipes for Silken Protofiber
Leveling with Silken Protofiber: Cosmic Protoweave (Optional Reagents) turns yellow at Enchanting skill 100 and grey at 120. Pure-Air Sail Extensions (Optional Reagents) turns yellow at Engineering skill 100 and grey at 120. Crafter's Mark IV (Optional Reagents) stops giving Tailoring skill-ups at 200. Crafter's Mark of the First Ones (Optional Reagents) stops giving Tailoring skill-ups at 201. Vestige of the Eternal (Optional Reagents) stops giving Tailoring skill-ups at 203.
Recipe items that teach these crafts: Formula: Cosmic Protoweave and Schematic: Pure-Air Sail Extensions.
Reagents used with Silken Protofiber
Silken Protofiber is most often combined with Penumbra Thread, which shares 3 of its 5 recipes; next come Lightless Silk, Progenitor Essentia and Handful of Laestrite Bolts.
Penumbra Thread 3 shared recipes
Lightless Silk 2 shared recipes
Progenitor Essentia 2 shared recipes
Handful of Laestrite Bolts 1 shared recipe
Immortal Shard 1 shared recipe
Porous Polishing Abrasive 1 shared recipe
Progenium Ore 1 shared recipe
Sacred Shard 1 shared recipe
Shrouded Cloth 1 shared recipe
What Silken Protofiber is crafted into
Vestige of the Eternal (Optional Reagents). Made with Vestige of the Eternal, 60 Silken Protofiber per craft.
Crafter's Mark of the First Ones (Optional Reagents). Made with Crafter's Mark of the First Ones, 25 Silken Protofiber per craft.
Crafter's Mark IV (Optional Reagents). Made with Crafter's Mark IV, 10 Silken Protofiber per craft.
Cosmic Protoweave (Optional Reagents). Made with Cosmic Protoweave, 6 Silken Protofiber per craft.
Silken Protofiber: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing sits at 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 | 37 silver |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 8 silver Sep 10 |
| 30-day high | 149 gold Sep 11 |
| 30-day median | 37 silver |
| 7-day median | 64 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 676 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Silken Protofiber by region
The lowest listing is 81% 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) | 37 silver | 122 | 2,382 |
| Europe (EU) | 7 silver | 164 | 56,512 |
Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Silken Protofiber
Shadowlands Tailoring has 72 recipes. Besides Silken Protofiber, the reagents they call for most are Shrouded Cloth (68 recipes), Enchanted Lightless Silk (37 recipes), Orboreal Shard (37 recipes), Penumbra Thread (33 recipes), Lightless Silk (15 recipes), Arden Lumber (3 recipes), Progenitor Essentia (2 recipes), Essence of Rebirth (1 recipe), Essence of Valor (1 recipe), Korthite Crystal (1 recipe).
Shadowlands Enchanting has 46 recipes. Besides Silken Protofiber, the reagents they call for most are Sacred Shard (28 recipes), Soul Dust (26 recipes), Eternal Crystal (15 recipes), Immortal Shard (6 recipes), Arden Lumber (2 recipes), Twilight Bark (2 recipes), Elethium Ore (1 recipe), Heavy Callous Hide (1 recipe), Lightless Silk (1 recipe), Progenium Ore (1 recipe).
Cloth priced near Silken Protofiber
Lightless Silk37 silver
Bolt of Silk Cloth40 silver
Bolt of Mageweave44 silver
Frostweave Cloth27 silver
Rune Thread47 silver
Bolt of Netherweave48 silver
Windwool Cloth19 silver
Shadow Silk18 silver
Embroidered Deep Sea Satin17 silver
Tattered Wildercloth16 silver
Thick Spider's Silk14 silver
Heavy Silken Thread10 silver
About Silken Protofiber
Silken Protofiber 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 Enchanting, Engineering, Tailoring. When a recipe that uses Silken Protofiber 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.