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Flask of the Draconic Mind

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.

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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 198 gold80 silver per craft.

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
200 gold89 silver
Crafted item, lowest listed price
2 gold20 silver
Auction House cut (5%)
11 silver
Estimated profit at that listed price
−198 gold80 silver (-99%)
  • Evidence: 17 current listings holding 153 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
  • Outlier: the crafted item’s lowest listing is 78% below its 30-day median of 10 gold, so this estimate rests on a listing far below its usual level.
Verified priceAuction HouseUS region
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Recipe facts

Profession
Alchemy
Requires skill
1
Expansion tier
Cataclysm Alchemy
Item level
32
Reagent slots
4
Cast time
2.5 sec

Crafts

Flask of the Draconic Mind2 gold

Reagents

Cost per reagent

ReagentQtyEachCostShare
Volatile Life
Elemental · 46,598 on the Auction House		84 gold66 silver37 gold28 silver19%
Azshara's Veil
Herb · 5,889 on the Auction House		814 gold95 silver119 gold60 silver60%
Twilight Jasmine
Herb · 4,293 on the Auction House		85 gold50 silver44 gold22%
Crystal Vial
Other · 11,229 on the Auction House		11 silver1 silver0%
Total per craft200 gold89 silver100%

About Flask of the Draconic Mind

One craft takes 8 Volatile Life, 8 Azshara's Veil, 8 Twilight Jasmine and 1 Crystal Vial. Flask of the Draconic Mind is itself a reagent in 2 other recipes (Alchemy).

Recipe category
Flasks (Cataclysm Alchemy)
Skill-up colours (Cataclysm Alchemy skill)
Orange below 60 · Yellow 60 to 64 · Green 65 to 69 · Grey 70 and up
Skill points per craft
1

Flask of the Draconic Mind tooltip

Flask of the Draconic Mind
Item Level 32
Consumable
Requires Level 30
Use: Increases Intellect for 60 min. Counts as both a Battle and Guardian elixir. This effect persists through death.
Sell price: 25s

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Flask of the Draconic Mind is a reagent in

Flask of the Draconic Mind: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 87% 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 gold33 silver
30-day low
95 silver Aug 28
30-day high
685 gold25 silver Aug 26
30-day median
10 gold
7-day median
8 gold
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

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.

Azshara's Veil. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 10 other recipes (10 Alchemy); the most per craft: Vibrant Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 20 per craft), Lifebound Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 12 per craft), Flask of the Winds (Alchemy, 8 per craft), Gilnean Green Potion (Alchemy, 3 per craft) and Transmute: Ocean Sapphire (Alchemy, 3 per craft).

Twilight Jasmine. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 5 other recipes (5 Alchemy); the most per craft: Flask of Steelskin (Alchemy, 8 per craft), Transmute: Demonseye (Alchemy, 3 per craft), Elixir of Mighty Speed (Alchemy, 1 per craft), Elixir of the Master (Alchemy, 1 per craft) and Mythical Healing Potion (Alchemy, 1 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).

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 4 reagents for one craft of Flask of the Draconic Mind cost 200 gold89 silver. Most of that is Azshara's Veil - 8 at 14 gold95 silver each, 119 gold60 silver, 59.5% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.

Break-even is 211 gold46 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 2 gold20 silver, which does not clear it.

The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −198 gold69 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 11 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 198 gold80 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -99.0% return on the gold you put into reagents.

Listing depth right now: 153 units across 17 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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