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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 53 silver70 copper per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 4 gold47 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price (each)
- 2 gold7 silver
- Items per craft
- 2
- Listed value of one craft
- 4 gold14 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 20 silver70 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −53 silver70 copper (-12%)
- Evidence: 45 current listings holding 573 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
- Items per craft: the game’s spell data creates 2 per craft, so the listed value of one craft is that many times the lowest listed price.
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 SpinefishOther · 1,792 on the Auction House | 3 | 1 gold49 silver | 4 gold47 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 4 gold47 silver | 100% |
About Desecrated Oil
One craft takes 3 Spinefish. Desecrated Oil is itself a reagent in 4 other recipes (Inscription, Alchemy and Engineering).
- Recipe category
- Oils (Pandaria Alchemy)
Desecrated Oil tooltip
Desecrated Oil: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 54% below its 30-day median. Over these 30 days the lowest listing moved more than tenfold, so a single snapshot, including the one the estimate uses, can sit far from typical.
- Now
- 2 gold7 silver
- 30-day low
- 25 silver Nov 1
- 30-day high
- 18 gold88 silver Oct 15
- 30-day median
- 4 gold48 silver
- 7-day median
- 3 gold28 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
Spinefish. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it.
More Pandaria Alchemy recipes in the same skill range
Alchemist's RejuvenationPotions, learn at 1, grey at 10- Darkwater PotionPotions, learn at 1, grey at 65
- 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
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Desecrated Oil cost 4 gold47 silver.
Break-even is 4 gold70 silver per craft, 2 gold35 silver per item at 2 items a craft - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 2 gold7 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −33 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 20 silver70 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 53 silver70 copper at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -12.0% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 573 units across 45 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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