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Ghostly Skeleton Key

A Blacksmithing recipe learned at Pandaria Blacksmithing 1 that crafts Ghostly Skeleton Key from 1 reagent.

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Where it comes from
Auto-learnedPandaria BlacksmithingLearned automatically with this skill line

Crafting estimate at current listings

At current lowest listed prices the reagents cost more than the crafted item lists for: an estimated loss of 10 gold99 silver per craft.

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
11 gold94 silver
Crafted item, lowest listed price
1 gold
Auction House cut (5%)
5 silver
Estimated profit at that listed price
−10 gold99 silver (-92%)
  • Evidence: 13 current listings holding 112 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 67% below its 30-day median of 3 gold, so this estimate rests on a listing far below its usual level.
Verified priceAuction HouseUS region
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Cost per reagent

ReagentQtyEachCostShare
Ghost Iron Bar
Metal & Stone · 18,570 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Ghost Iron (Mining)
111 gold94 silver11 gold94 silver100%
Total per craft11 gold94 silver100%

About Ghostly Skeleton Key

One craft takes 1 Ghost Iron Bar. It is learned automatically with Pandaria Blacksmithing.

Recipe category
Skeleton Keys (Pandaren Plans)
How it is learned
Automatically with Pandaria Blacksmithing

Ghostly Skeleton Key tooltip

Ghostly Skeleton Key
Item Level 34
Consumable
Use: Allows opening of locks that require up to 35 lockpicking skill. The skeleton key is consumed in the process.
Sell price: 5s

Ghostly Skeleton Key: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 67% 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 gold
30-day low
75 silver Nov 3
30-day high
18,888 gold82 silver Oct 16
30-day median
3 gold
7-day median
2 gold
Hourly snapshots
693

US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.

Where the reagents come from

Ghost Iron Bar. Made with Smelt Ghost Iron (Mining, Pandaria Mining) from 2 Ghost Iron Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Ghost Iron Bar for 11 gold90 silver, against 11 gold94 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 158 other recipes (139 Blacksmithing, 13 Engineering, 2 Inscription and 2 Alchemy); Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Barrier takes the most, 20 per craft.

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Ghostly Skeleton Key cost 11 gold94 silver.

Break-even is 12 gold56 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 1 gold, which does not clear it.

The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −10 gold94 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 5 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 10 gold99 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -92.0% return on the gold you put into reagents.

Listing depth right now: 112 units across 13 auctions region-wide. Depth separates a market price from a single asking figure, but listings are not sales, so read it alongside the estimate.

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