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AlchemyCataclysm Alchemy
Ghost Elixir
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 3 gold3 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 6 gold9 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 3 gold22 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 16 silver10 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −3 gold3 silver (-50%)
- Evidence: 30 current listings holding 715 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
- 2
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
2Cinderbloom3 gold4 silver
1Crystal Vial1 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinderbloom Herb · 11,751 on the Auction House | 2 | 3 gold4 silver | 6 gold8 silver | 100% |
| Crystal Vial Other · 468,724 on the Auction House | 1 | 1 silver | 1 silver | 0% |
| Total per craft | 6 gold9 silver | 100% |
About Ghost Elixir
One craft takes 2 Cinderbloom and 1 Crystal Vial.
- Recipe category
- Elixirs (Cataclysm Alchemy)
- Skill-up colours (Cataclysm Alchemy skill)
- Orange below 5 · Yellow 5 to 9 · Green 10 to 14 · Grey 15 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Ghost Elixir tooltip
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Ghost Elixir: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 54% 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
- 3 gold22 silver
- 30-day low
- 2 gold Sep 8
- 30-day high
- 49,999 gold97 silver Aug 24
- 30-day median
- 7 gold
- 7-day median
- 5 gold
- 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
Cinderbloom. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 14 other recipes (14 Alchemy); Quicksilver Alchemist Stone takes the most, 24 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
- Flask of Flowing WaterFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Flask of SteelskinFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Flask of Titanic StrengthFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Flask of the Draconic MindFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 70
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Ghost Elixir cost 6 gold9 silver. Most of that is Cinderbloom - 2 at 3 gold4 silver each, 6 gold8 silver, 99.8% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 6 gold41 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 3 gold22 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −2 gold87 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 16 silver10 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 3 gold3 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -49.8% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 715 units across 30 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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