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AlchemyPandaria Alchemy
Darkwater Potion
Reagent cost, the crafted item's lowest listed price and the estimated profit at that price, from current US Auction House listings - recalculated every snapshot.
Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices the reagents cost more than the crafted item lists for: an estimated loss of 33 gold97 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 41 gold65 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 8 gold8 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 40 silver40 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −33 gold97 silver (-82%)
- Evidence: 14 current listings holding 94 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
Recipe facts
- Profession
- Alchemy
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Pandaria Alchemy
- Item level
- 35
- Reagent slots
- 2
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
1Crystal Vial1 silver
3Desecrated Oil13 gold88 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Vial Other · 386,385 on the Auction House | 1 | 1 silver | 1 silver | 0% |
| Desecrated Oil Other · 348 on the Auction House · crafted by Desecrated Oil (Alchemy) | 3 | 13 gold88 silver | 41 gold64 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 41 gold65 silver | 100% |
About Darkwater Potion
One craft takes 1 Crystal Vial and 3 Desecrated Oil.
- Recipe category
- Potions (Pandaria Alchemy)
- Skill-up colours (Pandaria Alchemy skill)
- Orange below 40 · Yellow 40 to 51 · Green 52 to 64 · Grey 65 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Darkwater Potion tooltip
More Potions recipes (Pandaria Alchemy)
- Alchemist's Rejuvenationyellow 1, grey 10
- Master Healing Potionyellow 1, grey 10
- Potion of the Jade Serpentyellow 15, grey 40
- Potion of the Mountainsyellow 15, grey 40
- Potion of Focusyellow 40, grey 65
- Potion of Mogu Poweryellow 40, grey 65
- Virmen's Biteyellow 40, grey 65
- Master Mana Potionyellow 75, grey 75
- Potion of Luckyellow 75, grey 75
Darkwater Potion: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 23% below its 30-day median.
- Now
- 8 gold8 silver
- 30-day low
- 8 gold8 silver Sep 20
- 30-day high
- 18 gold88 silver Sep 11
- 30-day median
- 10 gold47 silver
- 7-day median
- 9 gold39 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 681
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Crystal Vial. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 321 other recipes (310 Alchemy, 10 Enchanting and 1 Inscription); Potion of Prolonged Power takes the most, 10 per craft.
Desecrated Oil. Made with Desecrated Oil (Alchemy, Pandaria Alchemy) from 3 
Spinefish, 2 per craft. At lowest listed prices that makes one Desecrated Oil for 4 gold48 silver, against 13 gold88 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 3 other recipes (2 Inscription and 1 Engineering); the most per craft: Lucky Traveler's Bench (Inscription, 5 per craft), Pandaren Wooden Table (Inscription, 5 per craft) and Reconstructed Mogu Lightning Drill (Engineering, 4 per craft).
More Pandaria Alchemy recipes in the same skill range
- Desecrated OilOils, learn at 1, grey at 40
- Elixir of MirrorsElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Elixir of PeaceElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Elixir of PerfectionElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Elixir of WeaponryElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 40
- Elixir of the RapidsElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Flask of Falling LeavesFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Flask of Spring BlossomsFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Flask of Winter's BiteFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Flask of the EarthFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 75
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Darkwater Potion cost 41 gold65 silver. Most of that is Desecrated Oil - 3 at 13 gold88 silver each, 41 gold64 silver, 100.0% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 43 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 8 gold8 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −33 gold57 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 40 silver40 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 33 gold97 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -81.6% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 94 units across 14 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 →
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