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Frostguard

A Blacksmithing recipe learned at Classic Blacksmithing 1 that crafts Frostguard from 6 reagents.

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Where it comes from
Recipe item Plans: FrostguardRequires Classic Blacksmithing 300

Crafting estimate at current listings

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
3,445 gold82 silver
Crafted item, lowest listed price
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Auction House cut (5%)
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Estimated profit at that listed price
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Verified priceAuction HouseUS region

Cost per reagent

ReagentQtyEachCostShare
Arcanite Bar
Metal & Stone · 4,403 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Arcanite (Alchemy)
18163 gold30 silver2,939 gold40 silver85%
Blue Sapphire
Jewelcrafting · 5,417 on the Auction House
81 gold65 silver13 gold20 silver0%
Azerothian Diamond
Jewelcrafting · 4,661 on the Auction House
81 gold39 silver11 gold12 silver0%
Essence of Water
Elemental · 4,913 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Earth to Water (Alchemy) · crafted by Transmute: Undeath to Water (Alchemy)
444 gold55 silver178 gold20 silver5%
Dense Grinding Stone
Metal & Stone · 4,212 on the Auction House · crafted by Dense Grinding Stone (Blacksmithing)
215 silver30 silver0%
Enchanted Leather
Leather · 5,738 on the Auction House · crafted by Enchanted Leather (Enchanting)
475 gold90 silver303 gold60 silver9%
Total per craft3,445 gold82 silver100%

About Frostguard

One craft takes 18 Arcanite Bar, 8 Blue Sapphire, 8 Azerothian Diamond, 4 Essence of Water, 2 Dense Grinding Stone and 4 Enchanted Leather. It is taught by Plans: Frostguard, which needs Classic Blacksmithing 300.

Recipe category
Weapons (Blacksmithing Plans)

Frostguard tooltip

Frostguard
Item Level 29
Binds when equipped
One-HandWeapon
8 - 13 DamageSpeed 2.60
(4.0 damage per second)
Requires Level 24
Chance on hit: Target's movement slowed by 30% and increasing the time between attacks by 25% for 5 sec.
Sell price: 1g 65s

How to learn Frostguard

Plans: Frostguard

Teaches
Teaches you how to make a Frostguard.
Requires
Classic Blacksmithing (300)
Auction House
listed on 54 US realms, cheapest 74 gold64 silver, 123 for sale

Where the reagents come from

Arcanite Bar. Made with Transmute: Arcanite (Alchemy, Classic Alchemy) from 1 Thorium Bar and 1 Arcane Crystal. At lowest listed prices that makes one Arcanite Bar for 173 gold20 silver, against 163 gold30 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 93 other recipes (74 Blacksmithing, 7 Jewelcrafting, 5 Engineering and 3 Inscription); Sulfuron Hammer takes the most, 50 per craft.

Blue Sapphire. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 22 other recipes (13 Blacksmithing, 4 Jewelcrafting, 2 Inscription and 2 Engineering); the most per craft: Soulscryer (Inscription, 20 per craft), Shifting Sliver (Inscription, 16 per craft), The Face of Doom (Blacksmithing, 12 per craft), Frostwyrm's Frigid Stare (Jewelcrafting, 10 per craft) and Lionheart Helm (Blacksmithing, 10 per craft).

Azerothian Diamond. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 28 other recipes (16 Blacksmithing, 5 Jewelcrafting, 4 Engineering and 1 Enchanting); the most per craft: The Plague Belcher (Blacksmithing, 12 per craft), Arcanite Champion (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft), Plated Construct's Ribcage (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft), Darrowshire Protector (Blacksmithing, 6 per craft) and Heartseeker (Blacksmithing, 6 per craft).

Essence of Water. Made with Transmute: Earth to Water (Alchemy, Classic Alchemy) from 1 Essence of Earth. At lowest listed prices that makes one Essence of Water for 2 gold55 silver, against 44 gold55 silver listed. Made with Transmute: Undeath to Water (Alchemy, Classic Alchemy) from 1 Essence of Undeath. At lowest listed prices that makes one Essence of Water for 54 gold57 silver, against 44 gold55 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 54 other recipes (21 Leatherworking, 13 Tailoring, 12 Blacksmithing and 5 Enchanting); the most per craft: Belt of the Archmage (Tailoring, 12 per craft), Glacial Chapeau (Tailoring, 12 per craft), Robe of the Archmage (Tailoring, 10 per craft), Glacial Epaulets (Tailoring, 9 per craft) and Peculiar Glacial Mantle (Tailoring, 9 per craft).

Dense Grinding Stone. Made with Dense Grinding Stone (Blacksmithing, Classic Blacksmithing) from 4 Dense Stone. At lowest listed prices that makes one Dense Grinding Stone for 12 silver, against 15 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 22 other recipes (22 Blacksmithing); the most per craft: Harbinger of Death (Blacksmithing, 40 per craft), Gurubashi Carver (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft), Warsword of Caer Darrow (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft), Huge Thorium Battleaxe (Blacksmithing, 6 per craft) and Heartseeker (Blacksmithing, 4 per craft).

Enchanted Leather. Made with Enchanted Leather (Enchanting, Classic Enchanting) from 1 Rugged Leather and 3 Greater Eternal Essence. At lowest listed prices that makes one Enchanted Leather for 47 gold24 silver, against 75 gold90 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 60 other recipes (29 Leatherworking, 16 Blacksmithing, 10 Tailoring and 4 Engineering); the most per craft: Displacement Boots (Leatherworking, 40 per craft), Languished Leather (Leatherworking, 40 per craft), Scourged Scales (Leatherworking, 40 per craft), Polar Helm (Leatherworking, 32 per craft) and Skyfury Headdress (Leatherworking, 30 per craft).

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 6 reagents for one craft of Frostguard cost 3,445 gold82 silver. Most of that is Arcanite Bar - 18 at 163 gold30 silver each, 2,939 gold40 silver, 85.3% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.

Break-even is 3,627 gold17 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item has no current Auction House listing to compare it against, so the estimate above is left unknown rather than guessed.

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Data notes

  • No Auction House price for the crafted item - output value unknown (it may be soulbound/BoE gear or an untracked item).
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