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JewelcraftingKhaz Algar Jewelcrafting
Captured Starlight
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
At current lowest listed prices one craft shows an estimated profit of 173 gold19 silver. Listings are asking prices, not sales.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 102 gold82 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 290 gold54 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 14 gold52 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- 173 gold19 silver (+168%)
- Evidence: 6 current listings holding 48 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
- Quality: Captured Starlight comes in 3 quality ranks. This is the base comparison, rank 1 reagents against the rank 1 result; your skill and the reagents’ ranks decide the rank you actually get, which this estimate does not model. Each rank’s lowest listing is in the rank table below.
- Not included: the recipe also accepts 2 finishing reagent slots, which are not required and are left out of the cost.
Recipe facts
- Profession
- Jewelcrafting
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Khaz Algar Jewelcrafting
- Item level
- 72
- Reagent slots
- 3
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
1Inverted Prism73 gold21 silver
1Null Stone28 gold25 silver
2Ambivalent Amber68 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverted Prism Jewelcrafting · 69 on the Auction House | 1 | 73 gold21 silver | 73 gold21 silver | 71% |
| Null Stone Metal & Stone · 7,001 on the Auction House | 1 | 28 gold25 silver | 28 gold25 silver | 27% |
| Ambivalent Amber Jewelcrafting · 5,507 on the Auction House | 2 | 68 silver | 1 gold36 silver | 1% |
| Total per craft | 102 gold82 silver | 100% |
About Captured Starlight
One craft takes 1 Inverted Prism, 1 Null Stone and 2 Ambivalent Amber. It is taught by Design: Captured Starlight, which needs Khaz Algar Jewelcrafting 15. Captured Starlight is itself a reagent in 60 other recipes (Blacksmithing, Engineering and Enchanting).
- Recipe category
- Optional Embellishments (Khaz Algar Designs)
- Skill-up colours (Khaz Algar Jewelcrafting skill)
- Orange below 50 · Yellow 50 to 54 · Green 55 to 59 · Grey 60 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Captured Starlight tooltip
How to learn Captured Starlight
Design: Captured Starlight- Teaches
- Teaches you how to craft Captured Starlight.
- Requires
- Khaz Algar Jewelcrafting (15)
- Binding
- Binds when picked up
More Optional Embellishments recipes (Khaz Algar Designs)
Captured Starlight is a reagent in
Algari Competitor's AxeBlacksmithing- Algari Competitor's DaggerBlacksmithing
- Algari Competitor's GreatswordBlacksmithing
- Algari Competitor's PickaxeBlacksmithing
- Algari Competitor's Plate ArmguardsBlacksmithing
- Algari Competitor's Plate BreastplateBlacksmithing
- Algari Competitor's Plate GauntletsBlacksmithing
- Algari Competitor's Plate GreavesBlacksmithing
- Algari Competitor's Plate HelmBlacksmithing
- Algari Competitor's Plate PauldronsBlacksmithing
- Algari Competitor's Plate SabatonsBlacksmithing
- Algari Competitor's Plate WaistguardBlacksmithing
and 48 more recipes.
Captured Starlight quality ranks
Captured Starlight comes in 3 quality ranks, and each rank is its own item on the Auction House. The recipe’s base crafting difficulty is 305.
| Rank | Item | Lowest listed price | Listings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Captured Starlight | 290 gold54 silver | 6 listings, 48 units |
| Rank 2 | Captured Starlight | 484 gold8 silver | 11 listings, 35 units |
| Rank 3 | Captured Starlight | 25 gold | 11 listings, 172 units |
The crafting estimate above is the base comparison: rank 1 reagents against the rank 1 result. Your skill and the reagents’ ranks decide which rank a craft actually makes, so a higher rank is never priced against rank 1 reagents here. Right now rank 1 lists above rank 3, so a craft that comes out at a higher rank is worth less at today’s listings, not more.
Captured Starlight: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 60% below its 30-day median. Over these 30 days the lowest listing moved more than tenfold, so a single snapshot, including the one the estimate uses, can sit far from typical.
- Now
- 290 gold53 silver
- 30-day low
- 290 gold53 silver Sep 20
- 30-day high
- 5,000 gold98 silver Aug 28
- 30-day median
- 721 gold71 silver
- 7-day median
- 290 gold55 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 689
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Inverted Prism. Made with Inverted Prism (Jewelcrafting, Khaz Algar Jewelcrafting) from 1 
Gleaming Shard, 1 
Radiant Ruby, 1 
Extravagant Emerald, 1 
Stunning Sapphire, 1 
Ostentatious Onyx and 1 Null Stone. At lowest listed prices that makes one Inverted Prism for 67 gold23 silver, against 73 gold21 silver listed. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 73 gold21 silver, rank 2 74 gold and rank 3 63 gold62 silver. Also a required reagent in 12 other recipes (10 Jewelcrafting, 1 Tailoring and 1 Alchemy); Beautification Iris takes the most, 5 per craft.
Null Stone. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 28 other recipes (15 Blacksmithing, 10 Jewelcrafting, 1 Tailoring and 1 Engineering); the most per craft: Excavator's Haversack (Tailoring, 10 per craft), Artisan Leatherworker's Knife (Blacksmithing, 5 per craft), Artisan Leatherworker's Toolset (Blacksmithing, 5 per craft), Artisan Needle Set (Blacksmithing, 5 per craft) and Artisan Pickaxe (Blacksmithing, 5 per craft).
Ambivalent Amber. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 16 other recipes (15 Jewelcrafting and 1 Engineering); the most per craft: Binding of Binding (Jewelcrafting, 8 per craft), Fractured Gemstone Locket (Jewelcrafting, 8 per craft), Gundargaz Candelabra (Jewelcrafting, 7 per craft), Octagonal Ochre Window (Jewelcrafting, 4 per craft) and Algari Amber Prism (Jewelcrafting, 3 per craft).
More Khaz Algar Jewelcrafting recipes in the same skill range
- Algari Amber PrismPrisms, learn at 1, grey at 90
- Algari Competitor's AmuletCompetitor's Crafts (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's SignetCompetitor's Crafts (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Emerald PrismPrisms, learn at 1, grey at 110
- Algari Onyx PrismPrisms, learn at 1, grey at 110
- Algari Ruby PrismPrisms, learn at 1, grey at 110
- Algari Sapphire PrismPrisms, learn at 1, grey at 110
- Amulet of Earthen CraftsmanshipJewelry, learn at 1, grey at 120
- Beautification IrisLavish Luxuries, learn at 1, grey at 50
- Binding of BindingJewelry, learn at 1, grey at 120
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Captured Starlight cost 102 gold82 silver. Most of that is Inverted Prism - 1 at 73 gold21 silver each, 73 gold21 silver, 71.2% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 108 gold23 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 290 gold54 silver, which clears it.
At that listed price the gross margin before fees is 187 gold72 silver; the Auction House would keep 14 gold52 silver of a sale, leaving 173 gold19 silver. That is an estimated 168.4% return on the gold you put into reagents, after the cut has taken 7.7% of the gross.
Listing depth right now: 48 units across 6 auctions region-wide. Depth separates a market price from a single asking figure, but listings are not sales, so read it alongside the estimate.
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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