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Silken Protofiber

Cloth

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Lowest listed price37 silver
Median listing39 silver
2,382 available122 listings
Verified priceAuction Housecommodity

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Silken Protofiber details

TypeCloth
Item level50
Requires level1
Max stack1,000
Vendor sell price6 silver25 copper
ExpansionShadowlands
First seen in our databuild 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

RecipeSkill tier and categoryNeedsOther reagentsMakesLists at (US)Reagents per craft
Cosmic ProtoweaveShadowlands Enchanting, Optional Reagents, grey at 1206Cosmic Protoweave399 gold23 gold

Engineering

RecipeSkill tier and categoryNeedsOther reagentsMakesLists at (US)Reagents per craft
Pure-Air Sail ExtensionsShadowlands Engineering, Optional Reagents, grey at 1206Pure-Air Sail Extensions600 gold32 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 Ones172 gold
Vestige of the EternalShadowlands Tailoring, Optional Reagents, grey at 20360Vestige of the Eternal394 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.

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.

Now37 silver
30-day low8 silver Sep 10
30-day high149 gold Sep 11
30-day median37 silver
7-day median64 silver
Hourly snapshots676

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.

RegionLowest listed priceListingsUnits
Americas and Oceania (US)37 silver1222,382
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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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.