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InscriptionDragon Isles Inscription
Draconic Missive of Deftness
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 one craft shows an estimated profit of 641 gold47 silver, but the crafted item’s listing is far from its 30-day median (see below).
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 213 gold53 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 900 gold
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 45 gold
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- 641 gold47 silver (+300%)
- Evidence: 5 current listings holding 12 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
- Outlier: the crafted item’s lowest listing is 96% below its 30-day median of 20,909 gold, so this estimate rests on a listing far below its usual level.
- Quality: Draconic Missive of Deftness comes in 3 quality ranks. This is the base comparison, rank 1 reagents against the rank 1 result; your skill and the reagents’ ranks decide the rank you actually get, which this estimate does not model. Each rank’s lowest listing is in the rank table below.
- Not included: the recipe also accepts 2 finishing reagent slots, which are not required and are left out of the cost.
Recipe facts
- Profession
- Inscription
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Dragon Isles Inscription
- Item level
- 62
- Reagent slots
- 3
- Cast time
- 1.5 sec
Crafts
Reagents
1Serene Ink9 gold90 silver
1Chilled Rune200 gold33 silver
1Glittering Parchment3 gold30 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serene Ink Inscription · 751 on the Auction House | 1 | 9 gold90 silver | 9 gold90 silver | 5% |
| Chilled Rune Inscription · 33 on the Auction House | 1 | 200 gold33 silver | 200 gold33 silver | 94% |
| Glittering Parchment Inscription · 86 on the Auction House | 1 | 3 gold30 silver | 3 gold30 silver | 2% |
| Total per craft | 213 gold53 silver | 100% |
About Draconic Missive of Deftness
One craft takes 1 Serene Ink, 1 Chilled Rune and 1 Glittering Parchment. It is taught by Technique: Draconic Missive of Deftness, which needs Dragon Isles Inscription 35. Draconic Missive of Deftness is itself a reagent in 6 other recipes (Blacksmithing).
- Recipe category
- Gathering Tool Missives (Dragon Isles Techniques)
- Skill-up colours (Dragon Isles Inscription skill)
- Orange below 45 · Yellow 45 to 49 · Green 50 to 54 · Grey 55 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Draconic Missive of Deftness tooltip
How to learn Draconic Missive of Deftness
Technique: Draconic Missive of Deftness
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to craft Draconic Missive of Deftness.
- Requires
- Dragon Isles Inscription (35)
- Binding
- Binds when picked up
More Gathering Tool Missives recipes (Dragon Isles Techniques)
Draconic Missive of Deftness is a reagent in
Draconic Missive of Deftness quality ranks
Draconic Missive of Deftness comes in 3 quality ranks, and each rank is its own item on the Auction House. The recipe’s base crafting difficulty is 275.
| Rank | Item | Lowest listed price | Listings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Draconic Missive of Deftness | 900 gold | 5 listings, 12 units |
| Rank 2 | Draconic Missive of Deftness | 38 gold48 silver | 7 listings, 55 units |
| Rank 3 | Draconic Missive of Deftness | 54 gold99 silver | 8 listings, 323 units |
The crafting estimate above is the base comparison: rank 1 reagents against the rank 1 result. Your skill and the reagents’ ranks decide which rank a craft actually makes, so a higher rank is never priced against rank 1 reagents here. Right now rank 1 lists above rank 2 and rank 3, so a craft that comes out at a higher rank is worth less at today’s listings, not more.
Draconic Missive of Deftness: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 96% 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
- 900 gold
- 30-day low
- 5 gold83 silver Aug 27
- 30-day high
- 45,009 gold Sep 6
- 30-day median
- 20,909 gold
- 7-day median
- 20,909 gold
- Hourly snapshots
- 689
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Serene Ink. Made with Serene Ink (Inscription, Dragon Isles Inscription) from 2 
Shimmering Pigment, 1 
Serene Pigment, 1 
Draconic Vial and 1 
Iridescent Water, 2 per craft. At lowest listed prices that makes one Serene Ink for 6 gold15 silver, against 9 gold90 silver listed. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 9 gold90 silver, rank 2 10 gold and rank 3 4 gold87 silver. Also a required reagent in 23 other recipes (23 Inscription); Draconic Combatant's Medallion takes the most, 10 per craft.
Chilled Rune. Made with Chilled Rune (Inscription, Dragon Isles Inscription) from 1 Serene Ink and 5 
Rousing Frost. At lowest listed prices that makes one Chilled Rune for 79 gold52 silver, against 200 gold33 silver listed. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 200 gold33 silver, rank 2 92 gold and rank 3 153 gold. Also a required reagent in 40 other recipes (40 Inscription); the most per craft: Illuminating Pillar of the Isles (Inscription, 8 per craft), Kinetic Pillar of the Isles (Inscription, 8 per craft), Weathered Explorer's Stave (Inscription, 5 per craft), Crackling Codex of the Isles (Inscription, 4 per craft) and Buzzing Rune (Inscription, 1 per craft).
Glittering Parchment. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 73 other recipes (71 Inscription and 2 Enchanting); the most per craft: Core Explorer's Compendium (Inscription, 20 per craft), Crackling Codex of the Isles (Inscription, 20 per craft), Literature of the Green Dragonflight (Inscription, 16 per craft), Literature of the Red Dragonflight (Inscription, 16 per craft) and Literature of the Blue Dragonflight (Inscription, 15 per craft).
More Dragon Isles Inscription recipes in the same skill range
- Alchemist's Brilliant Mixing RodProfession Equipment, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Alchemist's Sturdy Mixing RodProfession Equipment, learn at 1, grey at 45
- Arcane Dispelling RuneArtisan Curios, learn at 1, grey at 60
- Azurescale SigilRunes and Sigils, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Blazing FortuneMysteries, learn at 1, grey at 30
- Blazing InkInks, learn at 1, grey at 20
- Bronzescale SigilRunes and Sigils, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Bundle O' Cards: Dragon IslesMysteries, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Burnished InkInks, learn at 1, grey at 40
- Buzzing RuneRunes and Sigils, learn at 1, grey at 45
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Draconic Missive of Deftness cost 213 gold53 silver. Most of that is Chilled Rune - 1 at 200 gold33 silver each, 200 gold33 silver, 93.8% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 224 gold76 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 900 gold, which clears it.
At that listed price the gross margin before fees is 686 gold47 silver; the Auction House would keep 45 gold of a sale, leaving 641 gold47 silver. That is an estimated 300.4% return on the gold you put into reagents, after the cut has taken 6.6% of the gross.
Listing depth right now: 12 units across 5 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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