Jewelcrafting

Jewelcrafting Khaz Algar Jewelcrafting

Engraved Gemcutter

A Jewelcrafting recipe learned at Khaz Algar Jewelcrafting 1 that crafts Engraved Gemcutter from 3 reagents.

Reagents

5Bismuth13 gold1 silver
5Handful of Pebbles48 silver
1Glittering Glass1 gold

Crafts

Engraved Gemcutter7 gold

Downloads

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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 61 gold32 silver per craft.

Reagent cost (lowest listed): 68 gold45 silver
Crafted item, lowest listed price: 7 gold50 silver
Auction House cut (5%): 37 silver50 copper
Estimated profit at that listed price: −61 gold32 silver (-90%)

Evidence: 15 current listings holding 538 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 gives a number that varies from craft to craft, so the estimate counts one item.
Quality: Engraved Gemcutter 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.

Verified priceAuction House1 hr agoUS region

Cost per reagent

Reagent	Qty	Each	Cost	Share
Bismuth Metal & Stone · 4,102 on the Auction House	5	13 gold1 silver	65 gold5 silver	95%
Handful of Pebbles Jewelcrafting · 4,157 on the Auction House	5	48 silver	2 gold40 silver	4%
Glittering Glass Jewelcrafting · 56,736 on the Auction House	1	1 gold	1 gold	1%
Total per craft			68 gold45 silver	100%

About Engraved Gemcutter

One craft takes 5 Bismuth, 5 Handful of Pebbles and 1 Glittering Glass. Engraved Gemcutter is itself a reagent in 28 other recipes (Jewelcrafting).

Recipe category: Basic Reagents (Khaz Algar Designs)

Engraved Gemcutter tooltip

Engraved Gemcutter

Item Level 70

Trade Goods

“Created by players with the Jewelcrafting skill for the purpose of cutting Khaz Algar gems. Can be bought and sold on the Auction House.”

Sell price: 40s

Engraved Gemcutter quality ranks

Engraved Gemcutter comes in 3 quality ranks, and each rank is its own item on the Auction House. The recipe’s base crafting difficulty is 305.

Rank	Item	Lowest listed price	Listings (US)
Rank 1	Engraved Gemcutter	7 gold50 silver	15 listings, 538 units
Rank 2	Engraved Gemcutter	11 gold99 silver	16 listings, 4,108 units
Rank 3	Engraved Gemcutter	25 gold	14 listings, 567 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.

Engraved Gemcutter: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 50% above 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: 7 gold50 silver
30-day low: 1 gold Oct 10
30-day high: 197 gold Oct 24
30-day median: 5 gold
7-day median: 8 gold99 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

Bismuth. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 13 gold1 silver, rank 2 12 gold50 silver and rank 3 19 gold. Also a required reagent in 26 other recipes (12 Blacksmithing, 6 Engineering, 4 Cooking and 3 Jewelcrafting); Remembrance Stone takes the most, 50 per craft.

Handful of Pebbles. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 1 other recipe (1 Jewelcrafting); the most per craft: Marbled Stone (Jewelcrafting, 4 per craft).

Glittering Glass. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 3 other recipes (2 Jewelcrafting and 1 Engineering); the most per craft: Decorative Lens (Jewelcrafting, 10 per craft), Gilded Vial (Jewelcrafting, 6 per craft) and Schmancy Goblin String Lights (Engineering, 6 per craft).

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Engraved Gemcutter cost 68 gold45 silver. Most of that is Bismuth - 5 at 13 gold1 silver each, 65 gold5 silver, 95.0% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.

Break-even is 72 gold5 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 7 gold50 silver, which does not clear it.

The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −60 gold95 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 37 silver50 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 61 gold32 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -89.6% return on the gold you put into reagents.

Listing depth right now: 538 units across 15 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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