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2Inscription Dragon Isles Inscription
Cosmic Ink
A Inscription recipe learned at Dragon Isles Inscription 1 that crafts 2 Cosmic Ink from 5 reagents.
Reagents
1Serene Ink5 gold
2Burnished Ink60 gold40 silver
1Runed Writhebark750 gold
1Iridescent Water53 silver
1Awakened Frost128 gold97 silver
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| Recipe item |  Technique: Cosmic Ink | Requires Dragon Isles Inscription 35 |
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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 482 gold83 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 1,005 gold30 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price (each)
- 274 gold98 silver
- Items per craft
- 2
- Listed value of one craft
- 549 gold96 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 27 gold49 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −482 gold83 silver (-48%)
- Evidence: 21 current listings holding 255 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
- Items per craft: the game’s spell data creates 2 per craft, so the listed value of one craft is that many times the lowest listed price.
- Quality: Cosmic Ink 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serene Ink Inscription · 471 on the Auction House | 1 | 5 gold | 5 gold | 0% |
| Burnished Ink Inscription · 71 on the Auction House | 2 | 60 gold40 silver | 120 gold80 silver | 12% |
| Runed Writhebark Inscription · 201 on the Auction House | 1 | 750 gold | 750 gold | 75% |
| Iridescent Water Inscription · 4,041 on the Auction House | 1 | 53 silver | 53 silver | 0% |
| Awakened Frost Elemental · 1,587 on the Auction House | 1 | 128 gold97 silver | 128 gold97 silver | 13% |
| Total per craft | 1,005 gold30 silver | 100% |
About Cosmic Ink
One craft takes 1 Serene Ink, 2 Burnished Ink, 1 Runed Writhebark, 1 Iridescent Water and 1 Awakened Frost. It is taught by Technique: Cosmic Ink, which needs Dragon Isles Inscription 35. Cosmic Ink is itself a reagent in 11 other recipes (Inscription).
- Recipe category
- Inks (Dragon Isles Techniques)
Cosmic Ink tooltip
How to learn Cosmic Ink
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to craft Cosmic Ink.
- Requires
- Dragon Isles Inscription (35)
Cosmic Ink quality ranks
Cosmic Ink comes in 3 quality ranks, and each rank is its own item on the Auction House. The recipe’s base crafting difficulty is 300.
| Rank | Item | Lowest listed price | Listings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Cosmic Ink | 274 gold98 silver | 21 listings, 255 units |
| Rank 2 | Cosmic Ink | 274 gold99 silver | 5 listings, 814 units |
| Rank 3 | Cosmic Ink | 1,156 gold58 silver | 12 listings, 121 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.
Cosmic Ink: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 26% 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
- 274 gold98 silver
- 30-day low
- 100 gold Oct 22
- 30-day high
- 18,888 gold58 silver Nov 1
- 30-day median
- 371 gold51 silver
- 7-day median
- 300 gold
- 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
Serene Ink. Made with Serene Ink (Inscription, Dragon Isles Inscription) from 2 
Shimmering Pigment, 1 
Serene Pigment, 1 
Draconic Vial and 1 Iridescent Water, 2 per craft. At lowest listed prices that makes one Serene Ink for 4 gold93 silver, against 5 gold listed. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 5 gold, rank 2 9 gold40 silver and rank 3 4 gold48 silver. Also a required reagent in 23 other recipes (23 Inscription); Draconic Combatant's Medallion takes the most, 10 per craft.
Burnished Ink. Made with Burnished Ink (Inscription, Dragon Isles Inscription) from 2 
Blazing Ink, 2 
Flourishing Ink, 2 Serene Ink and 1 Iridescent Water, 2 per craft. At lowest listed prices that makes one Burnished Ink for 83 gold42 silver, against 60 gold40 silver listed. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 60 gold40 silver, rank 2 48 gold99 silver and rank 3 300 gold. Also a required reagent in 27 other recipes (27 Inscription); the most per craft: Glyph of the Lunar Chameleon (Inscription, 4 per craft), Glyph of the Shath'Yar (Inscription, 4 per craft), Mark of the Auric Dreamstag (Inscription, 4 per craft), Contract: Artisan's Consortium (Inscription, 3 per craft) and Azurescale Sigil (Inscription, 2 per craft).
Runed Writhebark. Made with Runed Writhebark (Inscription, Dragon Isles Inscription) from 5 
Writhebark, 1 Flourishing Ink, 1 
Chilled Rune and 5 
Rousing Air. At lowest listed prices that makes one Runed Writhebark for 599 gold11 silver, against 750 gold listed. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 750 gold, rank 2 419 gold99 silver and rank 3 not listed. Also a required reagent in 21 other recipes (14 Inscription, 4 Leatherworking and 3 Enchanting); the most per craft: Lydiara's Binding Rune (Inscription, 50 per craft), Alchemist's Brilliant Mixing Rod (Inscription, 12 per craft), Chef's Splendid Rolling Pin (Inscription, 12 per craft), Scribe's Resplendent Quill (Inscription, 12 per craft) and Illuminating Pillar of the Isles (Inscription, 10 per craft).
Iridescent Water. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 34 other recipes (33 Inscription and 1 Engineering); the most per craft: Titanic Tyrhold Fountain (Engineering, 20 per craft), Cliffside Wylderdrake: Conical Head (Inscription, 8 per craft), Cliffside Wylderdrake: Red Hair (Inscription, 8 per craft), Cliffside Wylderdrake: Triple Head Horns (Inscription, 8 per craft) and Grotto Netherwing Drake: Chin Tendrils (Inscription, 8 per craft).
Awakened Frost. Made with Transmute: Awakened Frost (Alchemy, Dragon Isles Alchemy) from 1 
Awakened Earth and 1 
Awakened Air, 2 per craft. At lowest listed prices that makes one Awakened Frost for 126 gold56 silver, against 128 gold97 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 45 other recipes (16 Alchemy, 9 Jewelcrafting, 8 Inscription and 5 Enchanting); the most per craft: Illusion: Primal Frost (Enchanting, 20 per craft), Darkmoon Deck Box: Rime (Inscription, 10 per craft), Frosted Armor Kit (Leatherworking, 10 per craft), Frozen Devotion (Enchanting, 6 per craft) and Draconic Phial Cauldron (Alchemy, 5 per craft).
More Dragon Isles Inscription recipes in the same skill range
Alchemist's Brilliant Mixing RodProfession Equipment, learn at 1, grey at 100- Alchemist's Sturdy Mixing RodProfession Equipment, learn at 1, grey at 45
- Arcane Dispelling RuneArtisan Curios, learn at 1, grey at 60
- Azurescale SigilRunes and Sigils, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Blazing FortuneMysteries, learn at 1, grey at 30
- Bronzescale SigilRunes and Sigils, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Bundle O' Cards: Dragon IslesMysteries, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Buzzing RuneRunes and Sigils, learn at 1, grey at 45
- Chef's Smooth Rolling PinProfession Equipment, learn at 1, grey at 45
- Chef's Splendid Rolling PinProfession Equipment, learn at 1, grey at 100
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 5 reagents for one craft of Cosmic Ink cost 1,005 gold30 silver. Most of that is Runed Writhebark - 1 at 750 gold each, 750 gold, 74.6% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 1,058 gold21 silver per craft, 529 gold10 silver per item at 2 items a craft - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 274 gold98 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −455 gold34 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 27 gold49 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 482 gold83 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -48.0% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 255 units across 21 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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