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Recipe
InscriptionLegion Inscription
Glyph of the Crimson Shell
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 73 gold66 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 429 gold91 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 375 gold
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 18 gold75 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −73 gold66 silver (-17%)
- Evidence: 17 current listings holding 231 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
- Legion Inscription
- Item level
- 11
- Reagent slots
- 3
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
1Light Parchment1 silver
10Sallow Pigment34 gold74 silver
30Roseate Pigment2 gold75 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Parchment Other · 970,696 on the Auction House | 1 | 1 silver | 1 silver | 0% |
| Sallow Pigment Inscription · 37,331 on the Auction House | 10 | 34 gold74 silver | 347 gold40 silver | 81% |
| Roseate Pigment Inscription · 103,826 on the Auction House | 30 | 2 gold75 silver | 82 gold50 silver | 19% |
| Total per craft | 429 gold91 silver | 100% |
About Glyph of the Crimson Shell
One craft takes 1 Light Parchment, 10 Sallow Pigment and 30 Roseate Pigment. It is taught by Technique: Glyph of the Crimson Shell, which needs Legion Inscription 1.
- Recipe category
- Glyphs (Legion Inscription)
- Skill-up colours (Legion Inscription skill)
- Orange below 20 · Yellow 20 to 44 · Green 45 to 69 · Grey 70 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Glyph of the Crimson Shell tooltip
How to learn Glyph of the Crimson Shell
Technique: Glyph of the Crimson Shell
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to craft a Glyph of the Crimson Shell.
- Requires
- Legion Inscription (1)
- Binding
- Binds when picked up
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- Glyph of Cracked Iceyellow 20, grey 70
- Glyph of Crackling Crane Lightningyellow 20, grey 70
- Glyph of Crackling Flamesyellow 20, grey 70
- Glyph of Crackling Ox Lightningyellow 20, grey 70
- Glyph of Critterhexyellow 20, grey 70
- Glyph of Dark Absolutionyellow 20, grey 70
- Glyph of Ember Shardsyellow 20, grey 70
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Glyph of the Crimson Shell: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 7% below its 30-day median.
- Now
- 375 gold
- 30-day low
- 222 gold Aug 24
- 30-day high
- 1,270 gold Sep 15
- 30-day median
- 401 gold69 silver
- 7-day median
- 376 gold14 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
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.
Sallow Pigment. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 90 other recipes (90 Inscription); the most per craft: Suramar Dresser (Inscription, 25 per craft), Darkmoon Card of the Legion (Inscription, 24 per craft), Steamy Romance Novel Kit (Inscription, 24 per craft), Unwritten Legend (Inscription, 24 per craft) and Nightborne Jeweler's Table (Inscription, 20 per craft).
Roseate Pigment. Rewarded by the quests Control is Key and Control is Key. Also a required reagent in 96 other recipes (94 Inscription and 2 Tailoring); the most per craft: Straszan Mark (Inscription, 130 per craft), Aqual Mark (Inscription, 100 per craft), Songs of the Alliance (Inscription, 100 per craft), Songs of the Horde (Inscription, 100 per craft) and Glyph of Crackling Ox Lightning (Inscription, 70 per craft).
More Legion Inscription recipes in the same skill range
- Aqual MarkRelics, learn at 1, grey at 70
- Codex of the Tranquil MindBooks & Scrolls, learn at 1, grey at 70
- Covered Square Suramar TableHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Dalaran Display ShelvesHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Nightborne Jeweler's TableHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Prophecy TarotCards, learn at 1, grey at 80
- Scroll of Forgotten KnowledgeBooks & Scrolls, learn at 1, grey at 60
- Songs of BattleBooks & Scrolls, learn at 1, grey at 90
- Songs of PeaceBooks & Scrolls, learn at 1, grey at 90
- Songs of the AllianceBooks & Scrolls, learn at 1, grey at 90
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Glyph of the Crimson Shell cost 429 gold91 silver. Most of that is Sallow Pigment - 10 at 34 gold74 silver each, 347 gold40 silver, 80.8% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 452 gold53 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 375 gold, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −54 gold91 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 18 gold75 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 73 gold66 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -17.1% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 231 units across 17 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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