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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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cosmic Protoweave | Shadowlands Enchanting, Optional Reagents, grey at 120 | 6 |
|  Cosmic Protoweave | 188 gold | 18 gold |
Engineering
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pure-Air Sail Extensions | Shadowlands Engineering, Optional Reagents, grey at 120 | 6 |  Pure-Air Sail Extensions | 293 gold | 34 gold |
Tailoring
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crafter's Mark IV | Shadowlands Tailoring, Optional Reagents, grey at 200 | 10 |
|  Crafter's Mark IV | 154 gold | |
| Crafter's Mark of the First Ones | Shadowlands Tailoring, Optional Reagents, grey at 201 | 25 |
|  Crafter's Mark of the First Ones | 163 gold | |
| Vestige of the Eternal | Shadowlands Tailoring, Optional Reagents, grey at 203 | 60 |
|  Vestige of the Eternal | 375 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.
Formula: Cosmic ProtoweaveReagents 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 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 | 16 silver |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 1 silver Oct 27 |
| 30-day high | 5 gold99 silver Oct 24 |
| 30-day median | 27 silver |
| 7-day median | 22 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 692 |
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.
| Region | Lowest listed price | Listings | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas and Oceania (US) | 17 silver | 153 | 6,975 |
| 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).
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