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Elementium Shield Spike
A Blacksmithing recipe learned at Cataclysm Blacksmithing 1 that crafts Elementium Shield Spike from 1 reagent.
Reagents
15Elementium Bar21 gold84 silver
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| Recipe item |  Plans: Elementium Shield Spike | Requires Blacksmithing 425 |
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Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices the reagents cost more than the crafted item lists for: an estimated loss of 326 gold36 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 327 gold60 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 1 gold30 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 6 silver50 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −326 gold36 silver (-100%)
- Evidence: 24 current listings holding 86 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elementium Bar Metal & Stone · 73,035 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Elementium (Mining) | 15 | 21 gold84 silver | 327 gold60 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 327 gold60 silver | 100% |
About Elementium Shield Spike
One craft takes 15 Elementium Bar. It is taught by Plans: Elementium Shield Spike, which needs Blacksmithing 425.
- Recipe category
- Equipment Mods (Cataclysm Plans)
Elementium Shield Spike tooltip
How to learn Elementium Shield Spike
Plans: Elementium Shield Spike
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to make an Elementium Shield Spike.
- Requires
- Blacksmithing (425)
- Binding
- Binds when picked up
Elementium Shield Spike: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 13% 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
- 1 gold30 silver
- 30-day low
- 25 silver Oct 31
- 30-day high
- 518 gold91 silver Oct 31
- 30-day median
- 1 gold50 silver
- 7-day median
- 1 gold30 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 691
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Elementium Bar. Made with Smelt Elementium (Mining, Cataclysm Mining) from 2 
Elementium Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Elementium Bar for 18 gold, against 21 gold84 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 55 other recipes (33 Blacksmithing, 12 Jewelcrafting, 6 Engineering and 2 Inscription); Fire-Etched Dagger takes the most, 20 per craft.
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- Elementium HammerWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 75
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Elementium Shield Spike cost 327 gold60 silver.
Break-even is 344 gold84 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 1 gold30 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −326 gold30 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 6 silver50 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 326 gold36 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -99.6% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 86 units across 24 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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