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Recipe
InscriptionClassic Inscription
Glyph of the Skeleton
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 gold9 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 16 gold39 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 14 gold
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 70 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −3 gold9 silver (-19%)
- Evidence: 28 current listings holding 759 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
- Classic Inscription
- Item level
- 11
- Reagent slots
- 2
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
1Light Parchment1 silver
3Midnight Ink5 gold46 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Parchment Other · 1,003,420 on the Auction House | 1 | 1 silver | 1 silver | 0% |
| Midnight Ink Inscription · 4,145 on the Auction House · crafted by Midnight Ink (Inscription) | 3 | 5 gold46 silver | 16 gold38 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 16 gold39 silver | 100% |
About Glyph of the Skeleton
One craft takes 1 Light Parchment and 3 Midnight Ink. It is taught by Technique: Glyph of Skeleton, which needs Pandaria Inscription 1.
- Recipe category
- Glyphs (Classic Inscription)
- Skill-up colours (Classic Inscription skill)
- Orange below 300 · Grey 300 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Glyph of the Skeleton tooltip
How to learn Glyph of the Skeleton
Technique: Glyph of Skeleton- Teaches
- Teaches you how to inscribe a Glyph of Skeleton.
- Requires
- Pandaria Inscription (1)
- Auction House
- listed on 4 US realms, cheapest 1,999,998 gold1 silver, 5 for sale
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- Glyph of Gushing Woundyellow 300, grey 300
- Glyph of Hawk Feastyellow 300, grey 300
- Glyph of Inspired Hymnsyellow 300, grey 300
- Glyph of Lingering Ancestorsyellow 300, grey 300
- Glyph of Mighty Victoryyellow 300, grey 300
- Glyph of Rising Tiger Kickyellow 300, grey 300
- Glyph of Shackle Undeadyellow 300, grey 300
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Glyph of the Skeleton: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 27% 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
- 14 gold
- 30-day low
- 7 gold Sep 6
- 30-day high
- 250 gold Sep 6
- 30-day median
- 19 gold23 silver
- 7-day median
- 19 gold23 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.
Midnight Ink. Made with Midnight Ink (Inscription, Classic Inscription) from 2 
Dusky Pigment. At lowest listed prices that makes one Midnight Ink for 9 gold94 silver, against 5 gold46 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 9 other recipes (9 Inscription); the most per craft: Glyph of Lingering Ancestors (Inscription, 3 per craft), Glyph of Winged Vengeance (Inscription, 3 per craft), Research: Midnight Ink (Inscription, 3 per craft), Scroll of Agility II (Inscription, 1 per craft) and Scroll of Intellect II (Inscription, 1 per craft).
More Classic Inscription recipes in the same skill range
- Book of StarsOff-hand, learn at 1, grey at 260
- Book of SurvivalOff-hand, learn at 1, grey at 175
- Brill CoffinHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Brill Coffin LidHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Celestial InkInk, learn at 1, grey at 205
- Certificate of OwnershipOther, learn at 1, grey at 215
- Dawnstar InkInk, learn at 1, grey at 135
- Encased Frigid HeartAncient Techniques, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Enchanting VellumOther, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Fiery InkInk, learn at 1, grey at 230
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Glyph of the Skeleton cost 16 gold39 silver. Most of that is Midnight Ink - 3 at 5 gold46 silver each, 16 gold38 silver, 99.9% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 17 gold25 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 14 gold, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −2 gold39 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 70 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 3 gold9 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -18.9% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 759 units across 28 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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