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AlchemyCataclysm Alchemy
Flask of Flowing Water
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 the reagents cost more than the crafted item lists for: an estimated loss of 182 gold77 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 191 gold85 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 9 gold55 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 47 silver75 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −182 gold77 silver (-95%)
- Evidence: 16 current listings holding 739 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
Recipe facts
- Profession
- Alchemy
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Cataclysm Alchemy
- Item level
- 32
- Reagent slots
- 4
- Cast time
- 2.5 sec
Crafts
Reagents
8Volatile Life5 gold45 silver
8Stormvine3 gold84 silver
8Heartblossom14 gold69 silver
1Crystal Vial1 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volatile Life Elemental · 50,348 on the Auction House | 8 | 5 gold45 silver | 43 gold60 silver | 23% |
| Stormvine Herb · 5,807 on the Auction House | 8 | 3 gold84 silver | 30 gold72 silver | 16% |
| Heartblossom Herb · 13,987 on the Auction House | 8 | 14 gold69 silver | 117 gold52 silver | 61% |
| Crystal Vial Other · 435,043 on the Auction House | 1 | 1 silver | 1 silver | 0% |
| Total per craft | 191 gold85 silver | 100% |
About Flask of Flowing Water
One craft takes 8 Volatile Life, 8 Stormvine, 8 Heartblossom and 1 Crystal Vial.
- Recipe category
- Flasks (Cataclysm Alchemy)
- Skill-up colours (Cataclysm Alchemy skill)
- Orange below 55 · Yellow 55 to 59 · Green 60 to 64 · Grey 65 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Flask of Flowing Water tooltip
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Flask of Flowing Water: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 89% 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
- 9 gold55 silver
- 30-day low
- 80 silver Sep 18
- 30-day high
- 17 gold79 silver Aug 28
- 30-day median
- 5 gold5 silver
- 7-day median
- 2 gold82 silver
- 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
Volatile Life. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 44 other recipes (13 Leatherworking, 13 Alchemy, 9 Inscription and 3 Jewelcrafting); Elementium Moebius Band takes the most, 75 per craft.
Stormvine. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 7 other recipes (7 Alchemy); the most per craft: Potion of Treasure Finding (Alchemy, 4 per craft), Transmute: Dream Emerald (Alchemy, 3 per craft), Deathblood Venom (Alchemy, 2 per craft), Earthen Potion (Alchemy, 2 per craft) and Elixir of Mighty Speed (Alchemy, 1 per craft).
Heartblossom. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 11 other recipes (11 Alchemy); the most per craft: Volatile Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 24 per craft), Lifebound Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 12 per craft), Quicksilver Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 12 per craft), Vibrant Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 8 per craft) and Potion of Treasure Finding (Alchemy, 6 per craft).
Crystal Vial. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 321 other recipes (310 Alchemy, 10 Enchanting and 1 Inscription); the most per craft: Potion of Prolonged Power (Alchemy, 10 per craft), Apothecary's Worktable (Alchemy, 6 per craft), Major Arcane Protection Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft), Major Fire Protection Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft) and Major Frost Protection Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft).
More Cataclysm Alchemy recipes in the same skill range
- Big Cauldron of BattleCauldrons, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Cauldron of BattleCauldrons, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Deathblood VenomPotions, learn at 1, grey at 20
- Deepstone OilOils, learn at 1, grey at 35
- Draught of WarPotions, learn at 1, grey at 10
- Earthen PotionPotions, learn at 1, grey at 15
- Elixir of Deep EarthElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 40
- Elixir of Impossible AccuracyElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 45
- Elixir of Mighty SpeedElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 55
- Elixir of the CobraElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 30
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 4 reagents for one craft of Flask of Flowing Water cost 191 gold85 silver. Most of that is Heartblossom - 8 at 14 gold69 silver each, 117 gold52 silver, 61.3% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 201 gold94 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 9 gold55 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −182 gold30 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 47 silver75 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 182 gold77 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -95.3% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 739 units across 16 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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