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AlchemyPandaria Alchemy
Flask of the Earth
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 4 gold49 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 12 gold77 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 8 gold71 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 43 silver55 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −4 gold49 silver (-35%)
- Evidence: 25 current listings holding 427 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
- Pandaria Alchemy
- Item level
- 35
- Reagent slots
- 3
- Cast time
- 2.5 sec
Crafts
Reagents
1Crystal Vial1 silver
4Rain Poppy1 gold99 silver
1Golden Lotus4 gold80 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Vial Other · 381,200 on the Auction House | 1 | 1 silver | 1 silver | 0% |
| Rain Poppy Herb · 24,635 on the Auction House | 4 | 1 gold99 silver | 7 gold96 silver | 62% |
| Golden Lotus Herb · 30,128 on the Auction House | 1 | 4 gold80 silver | 4 gold80 silver | 38% |
| Total per craft | 12 gold77 silver | 100% |
About Flask of the Earth
One craft takes 1 Crystal Vial, 4 Rain Poppy and 1 Golden Lotus.
- Recipe category
- Flasks (Pandaria Alchemy)
- Skill-up colours (Pandaria Alchemy skill)
- Orange below 75 · Grey 75 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
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Flask of the Earth: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 44% 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
- 8 gold71 silver
- 30-day low
- 1 gold Sep 6
- 30-day high
- 30 gold Sep 7
- 30-day median
- 15 gold43 silver
- 7-day median
- 15 gold46 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
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); Potion of Prolonged Power takes the most, 10 per craft.
Rain Poppy. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 7 other recipes (6 Alchemy and 1 Inscription); the most per craft: Pandaren Alchemist's Retort (Alchemy, 8 per craft), Rain Poppy Staff (Inscription, 3 per craft), Mad Hozen Elixir (Alchemy, 2 per craft), Elixir of Peace (Alchemy, 1 per craft) and Elixir of the Rapids (Alchemy, 1 per craft).
Golden Lotus. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 13 other recipes (13 Alchemy); the most per craft: Pandaren Alchemist's Kit (Alchemy, 3 per craft), Zen Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 3 per craft), Flask of Falling Leaves (Alchemy, 1 per craft), Flask of Spring Blossoms (Alchemy, 1 per craft) and Flask of Winter's Bite (Alchemy, 1 per craft).
More Pandaria Alchemy recipes in the same skill range
- Alchemist's RejuvenationPotions, learn at 1, grey at 10
- Darkwater PotionPotions, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Desecrated OilOils, learn at 1, grey at 40
- Elixir of MirrorsElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Elixir of PeaceElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Elixir of PerfectionElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Elixir of WeaponryElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 40
- Elixir of the RapidsElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Mad Hozen ElixirElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 40
- Mantid ElixirElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 40
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Flask of the Earth cost 12 gold77 silver. Most of that is Rain Poppy - 4 at 1 gold99 silver each, 7 gold96 silver, 62.3% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 13 gold44 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 8 gold71 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −4 gold6 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 43 silver55 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 4 gold49 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -35.2% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 427 units across 25 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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