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BlacksmithingClassic Blacksmithing
Blackguard
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)
- 4,064 gold16 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- …
- Auction House cut (5%)
- …
- Estimated profit at that listed price
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Recipe facts
- Profession
- Blacksmithing
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Classic Blacksmithing
- Item level
- 29
- Reagent slots
- 5
- Cast time
- 2.5 sec
Crafts
Reagents
6Lava Core32 silver
6Fiery Core1 gold19 silver
10Arcanite Bar240 gold99 silver
6Dark Iron Bar210 gold
12Guardian Stone32 gold10 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lava Core Other · 13,026 on the Auction House | 6 | 32 silver | 1 gold92 silver | 0% |
| Fiery Core Other · 23,943 on the Auction House | 6 | 1 gold19 silver | 7 gold14 silver | 0% |
| Arcanite Bar Metal & Stone · 8,438 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Arcanite (Alchemy) | 10 | 240 gold99 silver | 2,409 gold90 silver | 59% |
| Dark Iron Bar Metal & Stone · 3,776 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Dark Iron (Mining) | 6 | 210 gold | 1,260 gold | 31% |
| Guardian Stone Metal & Stone · 3,204 on the Auction House | 12 | 32 gold10 silver | 385 gold20 silver | 9% |
| Total per craft | 4,064 gold16 silver | 100% |
About Blackguard
One craft takes 6 Lava Core, 6 Fiery Core, 10 Arcanite Bar, 6 Dark Iron Bar and 12 Guardian Stone. It is taught by Plans: Blackguard, which needs Classic Blacksmithing 300.
- Recipe category
- Weapons (Blacksmithing Plans)
- Skill-up colours (Classic Blacksmithing skill)
- Orange below 300 · Grey 300 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Blackguard tooltip
How to learn Blackguard
Plans: Blackguard- Teaches
- Teaches you how to make Blackguard.
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (300)
- Binding
- Binds when picked up
More Weapons recipes (Blacksmithing Plans)
- Copper Maceyellow 55, grey 95
- Copper Axeyellow 60, grey 100
- Copper Shortswordyellow 65, grey 105
- Copper Claymoreyellow 70, grey 110
- Copper Daggeryellow 70, grey 110
- Copper Battle Axeyellow 75, grey 115
- Heavy Copper Longswordyellow 75, grey 115
- Heavy Copper Maulyellow 105, grey 145
- Thick War Axeyellow 110, grey 150
- Big Bronze Knifeyellow 135, grey 165
- Bronze Maceyellow 140, grey 170
- Pearl-handled Daggeryellow 140, grey 170
Where the reagents come from
Lava Core. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 26 other recipes (14 Blacksmithing, 6 Leatherworking, 3 Tailoring and 2 Engineering); Dark Iron Destroyer takes the most, 12 per craft.
Fiery Core. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 27 other recipes (13 Blacksmithing, 6 Leatherworking, 5 Tailoring and 1 Enchanting); the most per craft: Dark Iron Reaver (Blacksmithing, 12 per craft), Sulfuron Hammer (Blacksmithing, 10 per craft), Flarecore Wraps (Tailoring, 8 per craft), Ebon Hand (Blacksmithing, 7 per craft) and Black Amnesty (Blacksmithing, 6 per craft).
Arcanite Bar. Made with Transmute: Arcanite (Alchemy, Classic Alchemy) from 1 
Thorium Bar and 1 
Arcane Crystal. At lowest listed prices that makes one Arcanite Bar for 253 gold60 silver, against 240 gold99 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 93 other recipes (74 Blacksmithing, 7 Jewelcrafting, 5 Engineering and 3 Inscription); the most per craft: Sulfuron Hammer (Blacksmithing, 50 per craft), Invulnerable Mail (Blacksmithing, 30 per craft), Warblades of the Hakkari, Reborn (Blacksmithing, 24 per craft), Arcanite Reaper (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft) and Blade of Unholy Might (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft).
Dark Iron Bar. Made with Smelt Dark Iron (Mining, Classic Mining) from 8 
Dark Iron Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Dark Iron Bar for 167 gold4 silver, against 210 gold listed. Also a required reagent in 30 other recipes (22 Blacksmithing, 6 Engineering and 2 Jewelcrafting); the most per craft: Dark Iron Sunderer (Blacksmithing, 26 per craft), Dark Iron Plate (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft), Steel Ironforge Emblem (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft), Sulfuron Hammer (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft) and Dark Iron Destroyer (Blacksmithing, 18 per craft).
Guardian Stone. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 14 other recipes (9 Blacksmithing, 3 Tailoring and 2 Leatherworking); the most per craft: Obsidian Mail Tunic (Blacksmithing, 10 per craft), The Face of Doom (Blacksmithing, 9 per craft), Midnight's Graze (Blacksmithing, 6 per craft), Cloak of Warding (Tailoring, 4 per craft) and Fiery Vengeance (Blacksmithing, 4 per craft).
More Classic Blacksmithing recipes in the same skill range
- Arcanite Skeleton KeySkeleton Keys, learn at 1, grey at 285
- Axe of Sundered BoneAncient Plans, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Barbaric Iron BootsBoots, learn at 1, grey at 230
- Barbaric Iron BreastplateChest, learn at 1, grey at 210
- Barbaric Iron GlovesGauntlets, learn at 1, grey at 235
- Barbaric Iron HelmHelms, learn at 1, grey at 225
- Barbaric Iron ShouldersShoulders, learn at 1, grey at 210
- Belt of the MentorAncient Plans, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Black Grasp of the DestroyerGauntlets, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Blade of Unholy MightAncient Plans, learn at 1, grey at 300
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 5 reagents for one craft of Blackguard cost 4,064 gold16 silver. Most of that is Arcanite Bar - 10 at 240 gold99 silver each, 2,409 gold90 silver, 59.3% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 4,278 gold6 silver - 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).