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Cold-Forged Shank
A Blacksmithing recipe learned at Cataclysm Blacksmithing 1 that crafts Cold-Forged Shank from 3 reagents.
Reagents
15Folded Obsidium38 gold25 silver
6Volatile Earth1 gold69 silver
4Volatile Water15 gold30 silver
Crafts
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| Recipe item |  Plans: Cold-Forged Shank | Requires Blacksmithing 425 |
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Crafting estimate at current listings
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 645 gold9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folded Obsidium Metal & Stone · 6,068 on the Auction House · crafted by Folded Obsidium (Blacksmithing) | 15 | 38 gold25 silver | 573 gold75 silver | 89% |
| Volatile Earth Elemental · 106,993 on the Auction House | 6 | 1 gold69 silver | 10 gold14 silver | 2% |
| Volatile Water Elemental · 77,900 on the Auction House | 4 | 15 gold30 silver | 61 gold20 silver | 9% |
| Total per craft | 645 gold9 silver | 100% |
About Cold-Forged Shank
One craft takes 15 Folded Obsidium, 6 Volatile Earth and 4 Volatile Water. It is taught by Plans: Cold-Forged Shank, which needs Blacksmithing 425.
- Recipe category
- Weapons (Cataclysm Plans)
Cold-Forged Shank tooltip
How to learn Cold-Forged Shank
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to make a Cold-Forged Shank.
- Requires
- Blacksmithing (425)
- Binding
- Binds when picked up
Where the reagents come from
Folded Obsidium. Made with Folded Obsidium (Blacksmithing, Cataclysm Blacksmithing) from 2 
Obsidium Bar. At lowest listed prices that makes one Folded Obsidium for 43 gold90 silver, against 38 gold25 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 27 other recipes (27 Blacksmithing); Decapitator's Razor takes the most, 20 per craft.
Volatile Earth. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 40 other recipes (16 Blacksmithing, 9 Leatherworking, 4 Jewelcrafting and 4 Enchanting); the most per craft: Elementium Guardian (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Punisher's Band (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Dragonkiller Tunic (Leatherworking, 50 per craft), Dream of Deepholm (Tailoring, 30 per craft) and Corded Viper Belt (Leatherworking, 25 per craft).
Volatile Water. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 60 other recipes (22 Leatherworking, 15 Tailoring, 10 Blacksmithing and 6 Jewelcrafting); the most per craft: Brazen Elementium Medallion (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Entwined Elementium Choker (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Jeweler's Sapphire Monocle (Jewelcrafting, 50 per craft), Clutches of Evil (Leatherworking, 40 per craft) and Dragonfire Gloves (Leatherworking, 40 per craft).
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First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Cold-Forged Shank cost 645 gold9 silver. Most of that is Folded Obsidium - 15 at 38 gold25 silver each, 573 gold75 silver, 88.9% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 679 gold4 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 →
Other recipes that use Folded Obsidium
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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).