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Brainsplinter
A Blacksmithing recipe learned at Cataclysm Blacksmithing 1 that crafts Brainsplinter from 4 reagents.
Reagents
8Truegold598 gold
2Inferno Ruby55 gold49 silver
3Hardened Elementium Bar190 gold
5Chaos Orb3 gold21 silver
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| Recipe item |  Plans: Brainsplinter | Requires Cataclysm Blacksmithing 75 |
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Crafting estimate at current listings
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 5,481 gold3 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
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- Auction House cut (5%)
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- Estimated profit at that listed price
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- Not included: the recipe also accepts 1 optional reagent slot, which are not required and are left out of the cost.
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truegold Metal & Stone · 913 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Truegold (Alchemy) | 8 | 598 gold | 4,784 gold | 87% |
| Inferno Ruby Jewelcrafting · 978 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Inferno Ruby (Alchemy) | 2 | 55 gold49 silver | 110 gold98 silver | 2% |
| Hardened Elementium Bar Metal & Stone · 2,401 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Hardened Elementium (Mining) | 3 | 190 gold | 570 gold | 10% |
| Chaos Orb Other · 10,665 on the Auction House | 5 | 3 gold21 silver | 16 gold5 silver | 0% |
| Total per craft | 5,481 gold3 silver | 100% |
About Brainsplinter
One craft takes 8 Truegold, 2 Inferno Ruby, 3 Hardened Elementium Bar and 5 Chaos Orb. It is taught by Plans: Brainsplinter, which needs Cataclysm Blacksmithing 75.
- Recipe category
- Weapons (Cataclysm Plans)
Brainsplinter tooltip
How to learn Brainsplinter
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to make Brainsplinter.
- Requires
- Cataclysm Blacksmithing (75)
- Binding
- Binds when picked up
Where the reagents come from
Truegold. Made with Transmute: Truegold (Alchemy, Cataclysm Alchemy) from 3 
Pyrium Bar, 10 
Volatile Fire, 10 
Volatile Air and 10 
Volatile Water. At lowest listed prices that makes one Truegold for 514 gold90 silver, against 598 gold listed. Also a required reagent in 40 other recipes (28 Blacksmithing, 10 Engineering, 1 Alchemy and 1 Jewelcrafting); Vial of the Sands takes the most, 12 per craft.
Inferno Ruby. Made with Transmute: Inferno Ruby (Alchemy, Cataclysm Alchemy) from 3 
Carnelian and 3 
Heartblossom. At lowest listed prices that makes one Inferno Ruby for 64 gold2 silver, against 55 gold49 silver listed. Rewarded by the quest Myzerian's Head. Also a required reagent in 12 other recipes (10 Jewelcrafting, 1 Engineering and 1 Leatherworking); the most per craft: Vicious Ruby Choker (Jewelcrafting, 5 per craft), Eye of Many Deaths (Jewelcrafting, 4 per craft), Vicious Ruby Signet (Jewelcrafting, 4 per craft), Jeweler's Ruby Monocle (Jewelcrafting, 3 per craft) and Reinforced Bio-Optic Killshades (Engineering, 2 per craft).
Hardened Elementium Bar. Made with Smelt Hardened Elementium (Mining, Cataclysm Mining) from 10 
Elementium Bar and 4 
Volatile Earth. At lowest listed prices that makes one Hardened Elementium Bar for 268 gold, against 190 gold listed. Also a required reagent in 46 other recipes (28 Blacksmithing, 17 Engineering and 1 Enchanting); the most per craft: Overpowered Chicken Splitter (Engineering, 12 per craft), Emberforged Elementium Boots (Blacksmithing, 10 per craft), Eternal Elementium Handguards (Blacksmithing, 10 per craft), Fists of Fury (Blacksmithing, 10 per craft) and Foundations of Courage (Blacksmithing, 10 per craft).
Chaos Orb. Drops from Hagara the Stormbinder in Dragon Soul. Also a required reagent in 75 other recipes (35 Blacksmithing, 26 Leatherworking, 10 Engineering and 2 Tailoring); the most per craft: Elementium-Edged Scalper (Blacksmithing, 5 per craft), Extreme-Impact Hole Puncher (Engineering, 5 per craft), Lightforged Elementium Hammer (Blacksmithing, 5 per craft), Masterwork Elementium Deathblade (Blacksmithing, 5 per craft) and Masterwork Elementium Spellblade (Blacksmithing, 5 per craft).
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- Elementium StormshieldShields, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Emberforged Elementium BootsArmor, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Eternal Elementium HandguardsArmor, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Fists of FuryArmor, learn at 1, grey at 75
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 4 reagents for one craft of Brainsplinter cost 5,481 gold3 silver. Most of that is Truegold - 8 at 598 gold each, 4,784 gold, 87.3% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 5,769 gold50 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).