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Diamond-cut Refractor Scope

A Engineering recipe learned at Northrend Engineering 1 that crafts Diamond-Cut Refractor Scope from 2 reagents.

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Crafting estimate at current listings

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
165 gold
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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Cost per reagent

ReagentQtyEachCostShare
Froststeel Tube
Parts · 169 on the Auction House · crafted by Froststeel Tube (Engineering)
1119 gold119 gold72%
Handful of Cobalt Bolts
Parts · 2,692 on the Auction House · crafted by Handful of Cobalt Bolts (Engineering)
223 gold46 gold28%
Total per craft165 gold100%

About Diamond-cut Refractor Scope

One craft takes 1 Froststeel Tube and 2 Handful of Cobalt Bolts.

Recipe category
Scopes (Northrend Engineering)

Diamond-Cut Refractor Scope tooltip

Diamond-Cut Refractor Scope
Item Level 28
Consumable
Requires Level 27
Use: Attaches a permanent scope to a bow or gun that increases its damage. Attaching this scope to a ranged weapon causes it to become soulbound. Cannot be applied to items higher than level.
Sell price: 3g 50s

Where the reagents come from

Froststeel Tube. Made with Froststeel Tube (Engineering, Northrend Engineering) from 8 Cobalt Bar and 1 Crystallized Water. At lowest listed prices that makes one Froststeel Tube for 145 gold95 silver, against 119 gold listed. Also a required reagent in 5 other recipes (5 Engineering); Joybuzz's Joyful Wall of Trains takes the most, 5 per craft.

Handful of Cobalt Bolts. Made with Handful of Cobalt Bolts (Engineering, Northrend Engineering) from 2 Cobalt Bar, 2 per craft. At lowest listed prices that makes one Handful of Cobalt Bolts for 17 gold90 silver, against 23 gold listed. Also a required reagent in 12 other recipes (12 Engineering); the most per craft: Mechano-Hog (Engineering, 40 per craft), Mekgineer's Chopper (Engineering, 40 per craft), Jeeves (Engineering, 30 per craft), Noise Machine (Engineering, 8 per craft) and Home Defense Gadget (Engineering, 5 per craft).

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Diamond-cut Refractor Scope cost 165 gold. Most of that is Froststeel Tube - 1 at 119 gold each, 119 gold, 72.1% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.

Break-even is 173 gold68 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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