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Daunting Legplates

A Blacksmithing recipe learned at Northrend Blacksmithing 1 that crafts Daunting Legplates from 2 reagents.

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Crafting estimate at current listings

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
180 gold96 silver
Crafted item, lowest listed price
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Auction House cut (5%)
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Estimated profit at that listed price
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  • Not included: the recipe also accepts 1 optional reagent slot, which are not required and are left out of the cost.
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Cost per reagent

ReagentQtyEachCostShare
Saronite Bar
Metal & Stone · 28,413 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Saronite (Mining)
1412 gold80 silver179 gold20 silver99%
Eternal Earth
Elemental · 16,298 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Eternal Air to Earth (Alchemy) · crafted by Transmute: Eternal Shadow to Earth (Alchemy)
11 gold76 silver1 gold76 silver1%
Total per craft180 gold96 silver100%

About Daunting Legplates

One craft takes 14 Saronite Bar and 1 Eternal Earth.

Recipe category
Armor (Northrend Plans)

Daunting Legplates tooltip

Daunting Legplates
Item Level 35
Binds when equipped
LegsArmor
23 Armor
+6 Strength or Intellect
+11 Stamina
+15 Dodge
Requires Level 29
Sell price: 15s

Where the reagents come from

Saronite Bar. Made with Smelt Saronite (Mining, Northrend Mining) from 2 Saronite Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Saronite Bar for 11 gold80 silver, against 12 gold80 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 91 other recipes (73 Blacksmithing, 17 Engineering and 1 Alchemy); Armor Plated Combat Shotgun takes the most, 20 per craft.

Eternal Earth. Made with Transmute: Eternal Air to Earth (Alchemy, Northrend Alchemy) from 1 Eternal Air. At lowest listed prices that makes one Eternal Earth for 34 gold98 silver, against 1 gold76 silver listed. Made with Transmute: Eternal Shadow to Earth (Alchemy, Northrend Alchemy) from 1 Eternal Shadow. At lowest listed prices that makes one Eternal Earth for 29 gold27 silver, against 1 gold76 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 31 other recipes (9 Jewelcrafting, 8 Blacksmithing, 4 Leatherworking and 3 Enchanting); the most per craft: Pillars of Might (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft), Draconic Bonesplinter Legguards (Leatherworking, 16 per craft), Boots of Kingly Upheaval (Blacksmithing, 12 per craft), Protectors of Life (Blacksmithing, 12 per craft) and Rock-Steady Treads (Leatherworking, 10 per craft).

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Daunting Legplates cost 180 gold96 silver. Most of that is Saronite Bar - 14 at 12 gold80 silver each, 179 gold20 silver, 99.0% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.

Break-even is 190 gold48 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item has no current Auction House listing to compare it against, so the estimate above is left unknown rather than guessed.

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Data notes

  • No Auction House price for the crafted item - output value unknown (it may be soulbound/BoE gear or an untracked item).
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