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Elementium Earthguard

A Blacksmithing recipe learned at Cataclysm Blacksmithing 1 that crafts Elementium Earthguard from 3 reagents.

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Where it comes from
Recipe item Plans: Elementium EarthguardRequires Cataclysm Blacksmithing 70

Crafting estimate at current listings

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
2,327 gold60 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.
Verified priceAuction HouseUS region

Cost per reagent

ReagentQtyEachCostShare
Hardened Elementium Bar
Metal & Stone · 2,817 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Hardened Elementium (Mining)
3200 gold600 gold26%
Truegold
Metal & Stone · 221 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Truegold (Alchemy)
3575 gold1,725 gold74%
Chaos Orb
Other · 8,628 on the Auction House
12 gold60 silver2 gold60 silver0%
Total per craft2,327 gold60 silver100%

About Elementium Earthguard

One craft takes 3 Hardened Elementium Bar, 3 Truegold and 1 Chaos Orb. It is taught by Plans: Elementium Earthguard, which needs Cataclysm Blacksmithing 70.

Recipe category
Shields (Cataclysm Plans)

Elementium Earthguard tooltip

Elementium Earthguard
Item Level 37
Binds when equipped
ShieldArmor
79 Armor
+5 Strength
+7 Stamina
+5 Mastery
+5 Critical Strike
+14 Intellect
Requires Level 32
Sell price: 15s

How to learn Elementium Earthguard

Plans: Elementium Earthguard

Teaches
Teaches you how to make an Elementium Earthguard.
Requires
Cataclysm Blacksmithing (70)
Binding
Binds when picked up

Where the reagents come from

Hardened Elementium Bar. Made with Smelt Hardened Elementium (Mining, Cataclysm Mining) from 10 Elementium Bar and 4 Volatile Earth. At lowest listed prices that makes one Hardened Elementium Bar for 221 gold98 silver, against 200 gold listed. Also a required reagent in 46 other recipes (28 Blacksmithing, 17 Engineering and 1 Enchanting); Overpowered Chicken Splitter takes the most, 12 per craft.

Truegold. Made with Transmute: Truegold (Alchemy, Cataclysm Alchemy) from 3 Pyrium Bar, 10 Volatile Fire, 10 Volatile Air and 10 Volatile Water. At lowest listed prices that makes one Truegold for 496 gold25 silver, against 575 gold listed. Also a required reagent in 40 other recipes (28 Blacksmithing, 10 Engineering, 1 Alchemy and 1 Jewelcrafting); the most per craft: Vial of the Sands (Alchemy, 12 per craft), Brainsplinter (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft), Elementium-Edged Scalper (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft), Extreme-Impact Hole Puncher (Engineering, 8 per craft) and Foundations of Courage (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft).

Chaos Orb. Drops from Hagara the Stormbinder in Dragon Soul. Also a required reagent in 75 other recipes (35 Blacksmithing, 26 Leatherworking, 10 Engineering and 2 Tailoring); the most per craft: Brainsplinter (Blacksmithing, 5 per craft), Elementium-Edged Scalper (Blacksmithing, 5 per craft), Extreme-Impact Hole Puncher (Engineering, 5 per craft), Lightforged Elementium Hammer (Blacksmithing, 5 per craft) and Masterwork Elementium Deathblade (Blacksmithing, 5 per craft).

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Elementium Earthguard cost 2,327 gold60 silver. Most of that is Truegold - 3 at 575 gold each, 1,725 gold, 74.1% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.

Break-even is 2,450 gold10 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.

Other recipes that use Hardened Elementium Bar

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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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