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InscriptionCataclysm Inscription
Glyph of Shadowy Friends
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 17 gold33 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 52 gold39 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 36 gold90 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 1 gold84 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −17 gold33 silver (-33%)
- Evidence: 29 current listings holding 686 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
- Inscription
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Cataclysm Inscription
- Item level
- 11
- Reagent slots
- 2
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
1Light Parchment1 silver
3Blackfallow Ink17 gold46 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Parchment Other · 850,653 on the Auction House | 1 | 1 silver | 1 silver | 0% |
| Blackfallow Ink Inscription · 12,495 on the Auction House · crafted by Blackfallow Ink (Inscription) | 3 | 17 gold46 silver | 52 gold38 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 52 gold39 silver | 100% |
About Glyph of Shadowy Friends
One craft takes 1 Light Parchment and 3 Blackfallow Ink.
- Recipe category
- Glyphs (Cataclysm Inscription)
- Skill-up colours (Cataclysm Inscription skill)
- Yellow 1 to 9 · Green 10 to 19 · Grey 20 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Glyph of Shadowy Friends tooltip
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Glyph of Shadowy Friends: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 5% 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
- 36 gold91 silver
- 30-day low
- 15 gold77 silver Sep 14
- 30-day high
- 250 gold Sep 3
- 30-day median
- 39 gold
- 7-day median
- 38 gold5 silver
- 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
Light Parchment. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 306 other recipes (295 Inscription, 8 Enchanting and 3 Engineering); Codex of the Clear Mind takes the most, 200 per craft.
Blackfallow Ink. Made with Blackfallow Ink (Inscription, Cataclysm Inscription) from 2 
Ashen Pigment. At lowest listed prices that makes one Blackfallow Ink for 10 gold, against 17 gold46 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 24 other recipes (24 Inscription); the most per craft: Gilnean Postbox (Inscription, 10 per craft), Gilnean Map (Inscription, 8 per craft), Felfire Inscription (Inscription, 4 per craft), Gilnean Wall Shelf (Inscription, 4 per craft) and Inscription of the Earth Prince (Inscription, 4 per craft).
More Cataclysm Inscription recipes in the same skill range
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- Book of BloodWeapons & Off-Hands, learn at 1, grey at 40
- Divine CompanionWeapons & Off-Hands, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Dungeoneering GuideWeapons & Off-Hands, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Forged DocumentsQuest, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Gilnean MapHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Gilnean PostboxHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Gilnean Rocking ChairHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Gilnean Wall ShelfHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Gilnean Wooden TableHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 75
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Glyph of Shadowy Friends cost 52 gold39 silver. Most of that is Blackfallow Ink - 3 at 17 gold46 silver each, 52 gold38 silver, 100.0% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 55 gold14 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 36 gold90 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −15 gold49 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 1 gold84 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 17 gold33 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -33.1% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 686 units across 29 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 →
Other recipes that use Light Parchment
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- Tome of Illusions: NorthrendEnchanting
- Tome of Illusions: OutlandEnchanting
- Tome of Illusions: PandariaEnchanting
- Tome of Illusions: Secrets of the Shado-PanEnchanting
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