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Gnomish Mind Control Cap

A Engineering recipe learned at Classic Engineering 1 that crafts Gnomish Mind Control Cap from 5 reagents.

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Crafting estimate at current listings

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
69 gold16 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
Mithril Bar
Metal & Stone · 48,530 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Mithril (Mining)
105 gold45 silver54 gold50 silver79%
Truesilver Bar
Metal & Stone · 113,856 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Truesilver (Mining) · crafted by Transmute: Mithril to Truesilver (Alchemy)
42 gold23 silver8 gold92 silver13%
Gold Power Core
Parts · 22,538 on the Auction House · crafted by Gold Power Core (Engineering)
12 gold98 silver2 gold98 silver4%
Star Ruby
Jewelcrafting · 10,330 on the Auction House
21 gold20 silver2 gold40 silver3%
Mageweave Cloth
Cloth · 174,019 on the Auction House
49 silver36 silver1%
Total per craft69 gold16 silver100%

About Gnomish Mind Control Cap

One craft takes 10 Mithril Bar, 4 Truesilver Bar, 1 Gold Power Core, 2 Star Ruby and 4 Mageweave Cloth.

Recipe category
Devices (Engineering)

Gnomish Mind Control Cap tooltip

Gnomish Mind Control Cap
Item Level 25
Binds when equipped
HeadArmor
5 Armor
+14 Versatility
Use: Engage in mental combat with a humanoid target to try and control their mind. If all works well, you will control the mind of the target for 30 sec..... Increased chance of failure when used against targets over level.
Sell price: 15s

Where the reagents come from

Mithril Bar. Made with Smelt Mithril (Mining, Classic Mining) from 1 Mithril Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Mithril Bar for 4 gold97 silver, against 5 gold45 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 67 other recipes (39 Blacksmithing, 25 Engineering, 2 Jewelcrafting and 1 Alchemy); Truesilver Champion takes the most, 30 per craft.

Truesilver Bar. Made with Smelt Truesilver (Mining, Classic Mining) from 1 Truesilver Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Truesilver Bar for 1 gold11 silver, against 2 gold23 silver listed. Made with Transmute: Mithril to Truesilver (Alchemy, Classic Alchemy) from 1 Mithril Bar. At lowest listed prices that makes one Truesilver Bar for 5 gold45 silver, against 2 gold23 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 67 other recipes (36 Blacksmithing, 14 Jewelcrafting, 12 Engineering and 3 Inscription); the most per craft: Warsword of Caer Darrow (Blacksmithing, 60 per craft), Belt of the Mentor (Blacksmithing, 45 per craft), Plated Construct's Ribcage (Blacksmithing, 36 per craft), Sacred Guardian (Blacksmithing, 28 per craft) and Mirah's Lullaby (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft).

Gold Power Core. Made with Gold Power Core (Engineering, Classic Engineering) from 1 Gold Bar, 3 per craft. At lowest listed prices that makes one Gold Power Core for 1 gold50 silver, against 2 gold98 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 10 other recipes (10 Engineering); the most per craft: Gnomish Goggles (Engineering, 2 per craft), Crashin' Thrashin' Robot (Engineering, 1 per craft), Gnomish Battle Chicken (Engineering, 1 per craft), Goblin Mortar (Engineering, 1 per craft) and Gyrochronatom (Engineering, 1 per craft).

Star Ruby. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 41 other recipes (19 Blacksmithing, 9 Jewelcrafting, 9 Engineering and 2 Leatherworking); the most per craft: Weaver's Fang (Blacksmithing, 16 per craft), Midnight's Graze (Blacksmithing, 12 per craft), Blood Talon (Blacksmithing, 10 per craft), Heartseeker (Blacksmithing, 6 per craft) and Truesilver Champion (Blacksmithing, 6 per craft).

Mageweave Cloth. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 14 other recipes (5 Blacksmithing, 4 Tailoring, 4 Engineering and 1 Leatherworking); the most per craft: Mithril Coif (Blacksmithing, 6 per craft), Nightscape Shoulders (Leatherworking, 6 per craft), Ornate Mithril Gloves (Blacksmithing, 6 per craft), Relic of the Past IV (Tailoring, 5 per craft) and Bolt of Mageweave (Tailoring, 4 per craft).

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 5 reagents for one craft of Gnomish Mind Control Cap cost 69 gold16 silver. Most of that is Mithril Bar - 10 at 5 gold45 silver each, 54 gold50 silver, 78.8% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.

Break-even is 72 gold80 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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Data notes

  • 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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