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Silken Protofiber

Silken Protofiber is a Rare Cloth used in 5 recipes (Enchanting, Engineering and Tailoring).

Silken Protofiber stacks to 1,000. 5 recipes consume it, taught by Enchanting, Engineering and Tailoring.

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Lowest listed price17 silver
Median listing29 silver
6,975 available153 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.

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

RecipeSkill tier and categoryNeedsOther reagentsMakesLists at (US)Reagents per craft
Cosmic ProtoweaveShadowlands Enchanting, Optional Reagents, grey at 1206Cosmic Protoweave188 gold18 gold

Engineering

RecipeSkill tier and categoryNeedsOther reagentsMakesLists at (US)Reagents per craft
Pure-Air Sail ExtensionsShadowlands Engineering, Optional Reagents, grey at 1206Pure-Air Sail Extensions293 gold34 gold

Tailoring

RecipeSkill tier and categoryNeedsOther reagentsMakesLists at (US)Reagents per craft
Crafter's Mark IVShadowlands Tailoring, Optional Reagents, grey at 20010Crafter's Mark IV154 gold
Crafter's Mark of the First OnesShadowlands Tailoring, Optional Reagents, grey at 20125Crafter's Mark of the First Ones163 gold
Vestige of the EternalShadowlands Tailoring, Optional Reagents, grey at 20360Vestige of the Eternal375 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 293 gold 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 34 gold56 silver per craft.

Silken Protofiber is about 3% 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 18 gold51 silver and Cosmic Protoweave lists at 188 gold.

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.

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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 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.

Now16 silver
30-day low1 silver Oct 27
30-day high5 gold99 silver Oct 24
30-day median27 silver
7-day median22 silver
Hourly snapshots692

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 59% 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)17 silver1536,975
Europe (EU)7 silver16456,512

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).

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