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Gnomish Lightning Generator

A Engineering recipe learned at Northrend Engineering 1 that crafts Gnomish Lightning Generator from 4 reagents.

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Crafting estimate at current listings

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
391 gold52 silver
Crafted item, lowest listed price
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Auction House cut (5%)
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Estimated profit at that listed price
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  • Not included: the recipe also accepts 1 optional reagent slot, which are not required and are left out of the cost.
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Cost per reagent

ReagentQtyEachCostShare
Titanium Bar
Metal & Stone · 5,979 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Titanium (Mining) · crafted by Transmute: Titanium (Alchemy)
292 gold99 silver185 gold98 silver48%
Saronite Bar
Metal & Stone · 26,845 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Saronite (Mining)
812 gold66 silver101 gold28 silver26%
Eternal Water
Elemental · 8,383 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Eternal Fire to Water (Alchemy) · crafted by Transmute: Eternal Air to Water (Alchemy)
219 gold84 silver39 gold68 silver10%
Eternal Air
Elemental · 13,991 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Eternal Earth to Air (Alchemy) · crafted by Transmute: Eternal Water to Air (Alchemy)
232 gold29 silver64 gold58 silver16%
Total per craft391 gold52 silver100%

About Gnomish Lightning Generator

One craft takes 2 Titanium Bar, 8 Saronite Bar, 2 Eternal Water and 2 Eternal Air.

Recipe category
Devices (Northrend Engineering)

Gnomish Lightning Generator tooltip

Gnomish Lightning Generator
Item Level 35
Binds when picked up
TrinketArmor
+13 Critical Strike
Requires Level 24
Use: Generates a bolt of lightning to strike an enemy for Nature damage. This entire device is made of metal....
“It's safe!”
Sell price: 8g 5s

Where the reagents come from

Titanium Bar. Made with Smelt Titanium (Mining, Northrend Mining) from 2 Titanium Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Titanium Bar for 93 gold98 silver, against 92 gold99 silver listed. Made with Transmute: Titanium (Alchemy, Northrend Alchemy) from 8 Saronite Bar. At lowest listed prices that makes one Titanium Bar for 101 gold28 silver, against 92 gold99 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 46 other recipes (23 Jewelcrafting, 15 Engineering, 4 Blacksmithing and 2 Enchanting); Armor Plated Combat Shotgun takes the most, 10 per craft.

Saronite Bar. Made with Smelt Saronite (Mining, Northrend Mining) from 2 Saronite Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Saronite Bar for 11 gold76 silver, against 12 gold66 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 91 other recipes (74 Blacksmithing, 16 Engineering and 1 Alchemy); the most per craft: Armor Plated Combat Shotgun (Engineering, 20 per craft), Saronite Mindcrusher (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft), Saronite Swordbreakers (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft), Saronite Swordbreakers (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft) and Corroded Saronite Edge (Blacksmithing, 16 per craft).

Eternal Water. Made with Transmute: Eternal Air to Water (Alchemy, Northrend Alchemy) from 1 Eternal Air. At lowest listed prices that makes one Eternal Water for 32 gold29 silver, against 19 gold84 silver listed. Made with Transmute: Eternal Fire to Water (Alchemy, Northrend Alchemy) from 1 Eternal Fire. At lowest listed prices that makes one Eternal Water for 66 gold33 silver, against 19 gold84 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 62 other recipes (35 Leatherworking, 12 Blacksmithing, 4 Jewelcrafting and 4 Tailoring); the most per craft: Armor Plated Combat Shotgun (Engineering, 15 per craft), Revenant's Breastplate (Leatherworking, 12 per craft), Revenant's Treads (Leatherworking, 10 per craft), Crusader's Dragonscale Bracers (Leatherworking, 8 per craft) and Crusader's Dragonscale Bracers (Leatherworking, 8 per craft).

Eternal Air. Made with Transmute: Eternal Earth to Air (Alchemy, Northrend Alchemy) from 1 Eternal Earth. At lowest listed prices that makes one Eternal Air for 1 gold92 silver, against 32 gold29 silver listed. Made with Transmute: Eternal Water to Air (Alchemy, Northrend Alchemy) from 1 Eternal Water. At lowest listed prices that makes one Eternal Air for 19 gold84 silver, against 32 gold29 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 46 other recipes (27 Leatherworking, 5 Blacksmithing, 5 Engineering and 5 Alchemy); the most per craft: Puresteel Legplates (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft), Lightning-Infused Leggings (Leatherworking, 16 per craft), Armor Plated Combat Shotgun (Engineering, 15 per craft), Earthsoul Boots (Leatherworking, 10 per craft) and Ensorcelled Nerubian Breastplate (Leatherworking, 8 per craft).

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 4 reagents for one craft of Gnomish Lightning Generator cost 391 gold52 silver. Most of that is Titanium Bar - 2 at 92 gold99 silver each, 185 gold98 silver, 47.5% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.

Break-even is 412 gold12 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item has no current Auction House listing to compare it against, so the estimate above is left unknown rather than guessed.

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  • No Auction House price for the crafted item - output value unknown (it may be soulbound/BoE gear or an untracked item).
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