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AlchemyCataclysm Alchemy
Flask of the Winds
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 one craft shows an estimated profit of 9 gold27 silver. Listings are asking prices, not sales.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 194 gold73 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 214 gold74 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 10 gold73 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- 9 gold27 silver (+5%)
- Evidence: 17 current listings holding 829 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 gold
8Azshara's Veil15 gold
8Whiptail4 gold34 silver
1Crystal Vial1 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volatile Life Elemental · 52,758 on the Auction House | 8 | 5 gold | 40 gold | 21% |
| Azshara's Veil Herb · 11,101 on the Auction House | 8 | 15 gold | 120 gold | 62% |
| Whiptail Herb · 39,631 on the Auction House | 8 | 4 gold34 silver | 34 gold72 silver | 18% |
| Crystal Vial Other · 382,990 on the Auction House | 1 | 1 silver | 1 silver | 0% |
| Total per craft | 194 gold73 silver | 100% |
About Flask of the Winds
One craft takes 8 Volatile Life, 8 Azshara's Veil, 8 Whiptail and 1 Crystal Vial. Flask of the Winds is itself a reagent in 3 other recipes (Alchemy).
- Recipe category
- Flasks (Cataclysm Alchemy)
- Skill-up colours (Cataclysm Alchemy skill)
- Orange below 65 · Yellow 65 to 69 · Green 70 to 74 · Grey 75 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
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Flask of the Winds: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 4% 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
- 198 gold75 silver
- 30-day low
- 25 gold Sep 8
- 30-day high
- 958 gold14 silver Sep 16
- 30-day median
- 208 gold10 silver
- 7-day median
- 214 gold74 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 684
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 Draconic Mind (Alchemy, 8 per craft), Gilnean Green Potion (Alchemy, 3 per craft) and Transmute: Ocean Sapphire (Alchemy, 3 per craft).
Whiptail. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 8 other recipes (8 Alchemy); the most per craft: Flask of Titanic Strength (Alchemy, 8 per craft), Gilnean Green Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft), Potion of Treasure Finding (Alchemy, 4 per craft), Transmute: Amberjewel (Alchemy, 3 per craft) and Mighty Rejuvenation Potion (Alchemy, 2 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 the Winds cost 194 gold73 silver. Most of that is Azshara's Veil - 8 at 15 gold each, 120 gold, 61.6% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 204 gold97 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 214 gold74 silver, which clears it.
At that listed price the gross margin before fees is 20 gold1 silver; the Auction House would keep 10 gold73 silver of a sale, leaving 9 gold27 silver. That is an estimated 4.8% return on the gold you put into reagents, after the cut has taken 53.7% of the gross.
Listing depth right now: 829 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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