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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 38 gold78 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 44 gold37 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 5 gold88 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 29 silver40 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −38 gold78 silver (-87%)
- Evidence: 91 current listings holding 119,703 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Saronite Ore NuggetMetal & Stone · 2,123 on the Auction House | 9 | 4 gold93 silver | 44 gold37 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 44 gold37 silver | 100% |
About Create Saronite Ore
One craft takes 9 Saronite Ore Nugget. Saronite Ore is itself a reagent in 3 other recipes (Blacksmithing and Mining).
Saronite Ore tooltip
Saronite Ore: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 8% above its 30-day median.
- Now
- 7 gold56 silver
- 30-day low
- 3 gold Oct 11
- 30-day high
- 11 gold20 silver Oct 7
- 30-day median
- 7 gold
- 7-day median
- 7 gold85 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
Saronite 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 Saronite Ore cost 44 gold37 silver.
Break-even is 46 gold70 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 gold88 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −38 gold49 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 29 silver40 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 38 gold78 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -87.4% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 119,703 units across 91 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 →