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Blacksmithing Khaz Algar Blacksmithing
Core Alloy
A Blacksmithing recipe learned at Khaz Algar Blacksmithing 1 that crafts Core Alloy from 2 reagents.
Reagents
10Bismuth6 gold99 silver
8Echoing Flux12 silver
Crafts
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Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices the reagents cost more than the crafted item lists for: an estimated loss of 22 gold31 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 70 gold86 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 51 gold10 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 2 gold55 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −22 gold31 silver (-32%)
- Evidence: 141 current listings holding 2,196 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: Core Alloy 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.
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bismuth Metal & Stone · 143,710 on the Auction House | 10 | 6 gold99 silver | 69 gold90 silver | 99% |
| Echoing Flux Metal & Stone · 28,768 on the Auction House | 8 | 12 silver | 96 silver | 1% |
| Total per craft | 70 gold86 silver | 100% |
About Core Alloy
One craft takes 10 Bismuth and 8 Echoing Flux. Core Alloy is itself a reagent in 59 other recipes (Blacksmithing, Inscription, Enchanting and Engineering).
- Recipe category
- Smelting (Khaz Algar Plans)
Core Alloy tooltip
Core Alloy quality ranks
Core Alloy comes in 3 quality ranks, and each rank is its own item on the Auction House. The recipe’s base crafting difficulty is 525.
| Rank | Item | Lowest listed price | Listings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Core Alloy | 51 gold10 silver | 141 listings, 2,196 units |
| Rank 2 | Core Alloy | 57 gold79 silver | 44 listings, 1,185 units |
| Rank 3 | Core Alloy | 94 gold | 31 listings, 5,025 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.
Core Alloy: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 14% above 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
- 58 gold
- 30-day low
- 12 gold Oct 30
- 30-day high
- 18,888 gold64 silver Oct 28
- 30-day median
- 50 gold70 silver
- 7-day median
- 59 gold98 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 691
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Bismuth. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 6 gold99 silver, rank 2 7 gold30 silver and rank 3 9 gold50 silver. Also a required reagent in 26 other recipes (11 Blacksmithing, 6 Engineering, 4 Jewelcrafting and 4 Cooking); Remembrance Stone takes the most, 50 per craft.
Echoing Flux. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 3 other recipes (3 Blacksmithing); the most per craft: Charged Alloy (Blacksmithing, 5 per craft), Ironclaw Alloy (Blacksmithing, 5 per craft) and Sanctified Alloy (Blacksmithing, 5 per craft).
More Khaz Algar Blacksmithing recipes in the same skill range
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- Algari Competitor's GreatswordCompetitor's Plate (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's PickaxeCompetitor's Plate (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Plate ArmguardsCompetitor's Plate (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Plate BreastplateCompetitor's Plate (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Plate GauntletsCompetitor's Plate (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Plate GreavesCompetitor's Plate (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Plate HelmCompetitor's Plate (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Core Alloy cost 70 gold86 silver. Most of that is Bismuth - 10 at 6 gold99 silver each, 69 gold90 silver, 98.6% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 74 gold58 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 51 gold10 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −19 gold76 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 2 gold55 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 22 gold31 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -31.5% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 2,196 units across 141 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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