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BlacksmithingOutland Blacksmithing
Belt of the Guardian
Reagent cost, the crafted item's lowest listed price and the estimated profit at that price, from current US Auction House listings - recalculated every snapshot.
Crafting estimate at current listings
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 2,391 gold15 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- …
- Auction House cut (5%)
- …
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- …
- Not included: the recipe also accepts 1 optional reagent slot, which are not required and are left out of the cost.
Recipe facts
- Profession
- Blacksmithing
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Outland Blacksmithing
- Item level
- 32
- Reagent slots
- 4
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
2Nether Vortex2 gold
5Hardened Adamantite Bar173 gold99 silver
10Primal Water133 gold97 silver
5Primal Earth35 gold50 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nether Vortex Elemental · 1,107 on the Auction House | 2 | 2 gold | 4 gold | 0% |
| Hardened Adamantite Bar Metal & Stone · 802 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Hardened Adamantite (Mining) | 5 | 173 gold99 silver | 869 gold95 silver | 36% |
| Primal Water Elemental · 4,533 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Primal Earth to Water (Alchemy) · crafted by Transmute: Primal Shadow to Water (Alchemy) | 10 | 133 gold97 silver | 1,339 gold70 silver | 56% |
| Primal Earth Elemental · 13,016 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Primal Fire to Earth (Alchemy) · crafted by Transmute: Primal Life to Earth (Alchemy) | 5 | 35 gold50 silver | 177 gold50 silver | 7% |
| Total per craft | 2,391 gold15 silver | 100% |
About Belt of the Guardian
One craft takes 2 Nether Vortex, 5 Hardened Adamantite Bar, 10 Primal Water and 5 Primal Earth. It is taught by Plans: Belt of the Guardian, which needs Outland Blacksmithing 75.
- Recipe category
- Armor (Outland Plans)
- Skill-up colours (Outland Blacksmithing skill)
- Orange below 70 · Yellow 70 to 71 · Green 72 to 74 · Grey 75 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Belt of the Guardian tooltip
How to learn Belt of the Guardian
Plans: Belt of the Guardian- Teaches
- Teaches you how to make a Belt of the Guardian.
- Requires
- Outland Blacksmithing (75)
- Binding
- Binds when picked up
More Armor recipes (Outland Plans)
- Earthforged Leggingsyellow 1, grey 5
- Windforged Leggingsyellow 1, grey 5
- Fel Iron Chain Coifyellow 10, grey 30
- Fel Iron Plate Glovesyellow 10, grey 30
- Fel Iron Plate Beltyellow 15, grey 35
- Fel Iron Chain Glovesyellow 20, grey 40
- Fel Iron Chain Bracersyellow 25, grey 45
- Fel Iron Plate Bootsyellow 25, grey 45
- Fel Iron Plate Pantsyellow 25, grey 45
- Fel Iron Chain Tunicyellow 30, grey 50
- Fel Iron Breastplateyellow 35, grey 55
- Heavy Earthforged Breastplateyellow 40, grey 60
Where the reagents come from
Nether Vortex. Drops from Lady Vashj in Serpentshrine Cavern and Kael'thas Sunstrider in The Eye. Also a required reagent in 19 other recipes (9 Blacksmithing, 4 Alchemy, 4 Leatherworking and 2 Tailoring); Blazefury takes the most, 5 per craft.
Hardened Adamantite Bar. Made with Smelt Hardened Adamantite (Mining, Outland Mining) from 10 
Adamantite Bar. At lowest listed prices that makes one Hardened Adamantite Bar for 172 gold90 silver, against 173 gold99 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 39 other recipes (31 Blacksmithing, 4 Jewelcrafting, 2 Engineering and 1 Alchemy); the most per craft: Gauntlets of the Iron Tower (Blacksmithing, 10 per craft), Draenei Crystal Forge (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft), Foreman's Reinforced Helmet (Engineering, 8 per craft), Helm of the Stalwart Defender (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft) and Oathkeeper's Helm (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft).
Primal Water. Made with Transmute: Primal Earth to Water (Alchemy, Outland Alchemy) from 1 Primal Earth. At lowest listed prices that makes one Primal Water for 35 gold50 silver, against 133 gold97 silver listed. Made with Transmute: Primal Shadow to Water (Alchemy, Outland Alchemy) from 1 
Primal Shadow. At lowest listed prices that makes one Primal Water for 39 gold55 silver, against 133 gold97 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 60 other recipes (17 Blacksmithing, 14 Leatherworking, 9 Tailoring and 6 Alchemy); the most per craft: Thunder (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft), Frozen Shadoweave Robe (Tailoring, 16 per craft), Storm Helm (Blacksmithing, 16 per craft), Blessed Bracers (Blacksmithing, 15 per craft) and Sunblessed Breastplate (Blacksmithing, 15 per craft).
Primal Earth. Made with Transmute: Primal Fire to Earth (Alchemy, Outland Alchemy) from 1 
Primal Fire. At lowest listed prices that makes one Primal Earth for 598 gold99 silver, against 35 gold50 silver listed. Made with Transmute: Primal Life to Earth (Alchemy, Outland Alchemy) from 1 
Primal Life. At lowest listed prices that makes one Primal Earth for 143 gold9 silver, against 35 gold50 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 59 other recipes (18 Leatherworking, 14 Blacksmithing, 6 Engineering and 5 Tailoring); the most per craft: Earthen Netherscale Boots (Leatherworking, 22 per craft), Helm of the Stalwart Defender (Blacksmithing, 22 per craft), Drakefist Hammer (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft), Thick Netherscale Breastplate (Leatherworking, 20 per craft) and Windslayer Wraps (Leatherworking, 18 per craft).
More Outland Blacksmithing recipes in the same skill range
- Adamantite CleaverWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 60
- Adamantite DaggerWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 60
- Adamantite MaulWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 55
- Adamantite RapierWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Adamantite Sharpening StoneEquipment Mods, learn at 1, grey at 60
- Adamantite Weapon ChainEquipment Mods, learn at 1, grey at 55
- Adamantite WeightstoneEquipment Mods, learn at 1, grey at 60
- Black Planar EdgeWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 75
- BlazefuryWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 75
- BlazeguardWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 75
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 4 reagents for one craft of Belt of the Guardian cost 2,391 gold15 silver. Most of that is Primal Water - 10 at 133 gold97 silver each, 1,339 gold70 silver, 56.0% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 2,517 gold - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item has no current Auction House listing to compare it against, so the estimate above is left unknown rather than guessed.
Costs use each reagent’s lowest listed price; the estimate is the crafted item’s lowest listed price, times the items one craft makes, minus those reagents and Blizzard’s 5% sale cut. Listings are asking prices, not sales. Recalculated every snapshot and left blank rather than guessed when a price is missing. How we estimate crafting profit →
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Data notes
- No Auction House price for the crafted item - output value unknown (it may be soulbound/BoE gear or an untracked item).