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Background
Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices the reagents cost more than the crafted item lists for: an estimated loss of 7 gold55 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 7 gold70 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 15 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 75 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −7 gold55 silver (-98%)
- Evidence: 18 current listings holding 366 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 70% below its 30-day median of 50 silver, so this estimate rests on a listing far below its usual level.
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 GinsengCooking · 517 on the Auction House | 1 | 7 gold70 silver | 7 gold70 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 7 gold70 silver | 100% |
About Ginseng Tea
One craft takes 1 Ginseng. Ginseng Tea is itself a reagent in 2 other recipes (Cooking).
Ginseng Tea tooltip
Ginseng Tea: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 70% 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
- 15 silver
- 30-day low
- 15 silver Oct 31
- 30-day high
- 888 gold88 silver Oct 28
- 30-day median
- 50 silver
- 7-day median
- 15 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 691
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Ginseng. Rewarded by the quest Way of the Brew. Also a required reagent in 2 other recipes (2 Cooking); Mushan Dumpling Stack takes the most, 6 per craft.
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Ginseng Tea cost 7 gold70 silver.
Break-even is 8 gold10 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 15 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −7 gold55 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 75 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 7 gold55 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -98.1% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 366 units across 18 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 →
