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Background
Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices the reagents cost more than the crafted item lists for: an estimated loss of 205 gold20 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 213 gold75 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 9 gold
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 45 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −205 gold20 silver (-96%)
- Evidence: 198 current listings holding 97,856 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Elementium Ore NuggetMetal & Stone · 543 on the Auction House | 9 | 23 gold75 silver | 213 gold75 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 213 gold75 silver | 100% |
About Create Elementium Ore
One craft takes 9 Elementium Ore Nugget. Elementium Ore is itself a reagent in 3 other recipes (Blacksmithing and Mining).
Elementium Ore tooltip
Where the reagents come from
Elementium Ore Nugget. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it.
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Create Elementium Ore cost 213 gold75 silver.
Break-even is 225 gold - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 9 gold, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −204 gold75 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 45 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 205 gold20 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -96.0% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 97,856 units across 198 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 →