TheWoWDBIcon
Background
Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices the reagents cost more than the crafted item lists for: an estimated loss of 1,352 gold79 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 1,358 gold91 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 6 gold44 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 32 silver20 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −1,352 gold79 silver (-100%)
- Evidence: 59 current listings holding 5,921 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fel Scale FragmentLeather · 79 on the Auction House | 9 | 150 gold99 silver | 1,358 gold91 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 1,358 gold91 silver | 100% |
About Fel Scales
One craft takes 9 Fel Scale Fragment. Fel Scales is itself a reagent in 17 other recipes (Leatherworking).
Fel Scales tooltip
Fel Scales: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing sits at 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
- 18 gold
- 30-day low
- 5 gold Oct 25
- 30-day high
- 17,000 gold95 silver Oct 13
- 30-day median
- 18 gold
- 7-day median
- 15 gold76 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 693
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Fel Scale Fragment. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 1 other recipe (1 Leatherworking); Fel Scales takes the most, 10 per craft.
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Fel Scales cost 1,358 gold91 silver.
Break-even is 1,430 gold43 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 6 gold44 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −1,352 gold47 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 32 silver20 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 1,352 gold79 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -99.5% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 5,921 units across 59 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 →
