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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 13 gold18 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 18 gold
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 5 gold7 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 25 silver35 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −13 gold18 silver (-73%)
- Evidence: 40 current listings holding 2,652 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Golden Sansam LeafHerb · 11,136 on the Auction House | 9 | 2 gold | 18 gold | 100% |
| Total per craft | 18 gold | 100% |
About Create Golden Sansam
One craft takes 9 Golden Sansam Leaf. Golden Sansam is itself a reagent in 5 other recipes (Alchemy).
Golden Sansam tooltip
Where the reagents come from
Golden Sansam Leaf. 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 Golden Sansam cost 18 gold.
Break-even is 18 gold94 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 5 gold7 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −12 gold93 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 25 silver35 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 13 gold18 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -73.2% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 2,652 units across 40 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 →