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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 121 gold46 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 130 gold95 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 9 gold98 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 49 silver90 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −121 gold46 silver (-93%)
- Evidence: 93 current listings holding 20,310 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Obsidium Ore NuggetMetal & Stone · 417 on the Auction House | 9 | 14 gold55 silver | 130 gold95 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 130 gold95 silver | 100% |
About Create Obsidium Ore
One craft takes 9 Obsidium Ore Nugget. Obsidium Ore is itself a reagent in 4 other recipes (Blacksmithing and Mining).
Obsidium Ore tooltip
Where the reagents come from
Obsidium 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 Obsidium Ore cost 130 gold95 silver.
Break-even is 137 gold84 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 9 gold98 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −120 gold97 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 49 silver90 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 121 gold46 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -92.8% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 20,310 units across 93 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 →