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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 1,103 gold94 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 1,107 gold27 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 3 gold50 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 17 silver50 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −1,103 gold94 silver (-100%)
- Evidence: 38 current listings holding 59,691 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thorium Ore NuggetMetal & Stone · 106 on the Auction House | 9 | 123 gold3 silver | 1,107 gold27 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 1,107 gold27 silver | 100% |
About Create Thorium Ore
One craft takes 9 Thorium Ore Nugget. Thorium Ore is itself a reagent in 3 other recipes (Alchemy, Blacksmithing and Mining).
Thorium Ore tooltip
Thorium Ore: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 12% above its 30-day median.
- Now
- 3 gold50 silver
- 30-day low
- 1 gold25 silver Nov 4
- 30-day high
- 4 gold85 silver Oct 26
- 30-day median
- 3 gold13 silver
- 7-day median
- 3 gold49 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 692
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Thorium 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 Thorium Ore cost 1,107 gold27 silver.
Break-even is 1,165 gold54 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 3 gold50 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −1,103 gold77 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 17 silver50 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 1,103 gold94 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -99.7% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 59,691 units across 38 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 →