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EngineeringMidnight Engineering
Greased Cogwheel
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 153 gold75 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 161 gold96 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 8 gold64 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 43 silver20 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −153 gold75 silver (-95%)
- Evidence: 141 current listings holding 322 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
- Quality: Greased Cogwheel comes in 2 quality ranks. This is the base comparison, rank 1 reagents against the rank 1 result; your skill and the reagents’ ranks decide the rank you actually get, which this estimate does not model. Each rank’s lowest listing is in the rank table below.
- Not included: the recipe also accepts 1 finishing reagent slot, which are not required and are left out of the cost.
Recipe facts
- Profession
- Engineering
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Midnight Engineering
- Item level
- 72
- Reagent slots
- 4
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
2Song Gear53 gold86 silver
1Soul Sprocket52 gold25 silver
5Pile of Junk23 silver
1Mote of Wild Magic84 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song Gear Parts · 9,933 on the Auction House | 2 | 53 gold86 silver | 107 gold72 silver | 67% |
| Soul Sprocket Parts · 11,247 on the Auction House | 1 | 52 gold25 silver | 52 gold25 silver | 32% |
| Pile of Junk Parts · 74,468 on the Auction House | 5 | 23 silver | 1 gold15 silver | 1% |
| Mote of Wild Magic Other · 333,312 on the Auction House | 1 | 84 silver | 84 silver | 1% |
| Total per craft | 161 gold96 silver | 100% |
About Greased Cogwheel
One craft takes 2 Song Gear, 1 Soul Sprocket, 5 Pile of Junk and 1 Mote of Wild Magic. Greased Cogwheel is itself a reagent in 51 other recipes (Engineering).
- Recipe category
- Cogwheels (Midnight Schematics)
- Skill-up colours (Midnight Engineering skill)
- Orange below 60 · Yellow 60 to 64 · Green 65 to 69 · Grey 70 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Greased Cogwheel tooltip
More Cogwheels recipes (Midnight Schematics)
Greased Cogwheel is a reagent in
- Aetherlume BandsEngineering
- Aetherlume BraceletsEngineering
- Aetherlume ClonkersEngineering
- Aetherlume Eye WrapEngineering
- Aetherlume GuardsEngineering
- Aetherlume OpticsEngineering
- Aetherlume RunnersEngineering
- Aetherlume Silken CuffsEngineering
- Aetherlume SoftsteppersEngineering
- Aetherlume StompersEngineering
- Aetherlume Sun GuardEngineering
- Aetherlume Vision ShroudEngineering
and 39 more recipes.
Greased Cogwheel quality ranks
Greased Cogwheel comes in 2 quality ranks, and each rank is its own item on the Auction House. The recipe’s base crafting difficulty is 525.
| Rank | Item | Lowest listed price | Listings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Greased Cogwheel | 8 gold64 silver | 141 listings, 322 units |
| Rank 2 | Greased Cogwheel | 150 gold85 silver | 25 listings, 187 units |
The crafting estimate above is the base comparison: rank 1 reagents against the rank 1 result. Your skill and the reagents’ ranks decide which rank a craft actually makes, so a higher rank is never priced against rank 1 reagents here.
Greased Cogwheel: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing sits at its 30-day median.
- Now
- 8 gold64 silver
- 30-day low
- 4 gold64 silver Sep 9
- 30-day high
- 43 gold17 silver Aug 30
- 30-day median
- 8 gold65 silver
- 7-day median
- 8 gold64 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
Song Gear. Made with Song Gear (Engineering, Midnight Engineering) from 10 
Refulgent Copper Ore, 5 
Umbral Tin Ore and 1 
Malleable Wireframe. At lowest listed prices that makes one Song Gear for 62 gold77 silver, against 53 gold86 silver listed. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 53 gold86 silver and rank 2 69 gold74 silver. Also a required reagent in 23 other recipes (23 Engineering); G-00 takes the most, 75 per craft.
Soul Sprocket. Made with Soul Sprocket (Engineering, Midnight Engineering) from 5 Refulgent Copper Ore, 10 Umbral Tin Ore and 1 Malleable Wireframe. At lowest listed prices that makes one Soul Sprocket for 66 gold42 silver, against 52 gold25 silver listed. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 52 gold25 silver and rank 2 146 gold98 silver. Also a required reagent in 41 other recipes (41 Engineering); the most per craft: G-00 (Engineering, 50 per craft), Ren'dorei Crafting Framework (Engineering, 10 per craft), Ren'dorei Stargazer (Engineering, 10 per craft), Ren'dorei Lightpost (Engineering, 6 per craft) and Ren'dorei Warp Orb (Engineering, 6 per craft).
Pile of Junk. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 30 other recipes (30 Engineering); the most per craft: R0CKY (Engineering, 80 per craft), B0P, Curator of Booms (Engineering, 10 per craft), B1P, Scorcher of Souls (Engineering, 10 per craft), Coiled Snake-Eye (Engineering, 10 per craft) and HU5H, Nonchalant Pup (Engineering, 10 per craft).
Mote of Wild Magic. Made with Transmute: Mote of Wild Magic (Alchemy, Midnight Alchemy) from 10 
Mote of Light and 2 
Stabilized Derivate, 8 per craft. Also a required reagent in 88 other recipes (24 Enchanting, 15 Engineering, 13 Leatherworking and 12 Tailoring); the most per craft: Thalassian Alchemist's Mixcap (Leatherworking, 40 per craft), Thalassian Gemshaper's Grand Cover (Leatherworking, 40 per craft), Thalassian Herbtender's Cradle (Leatherworking, 40 per craft), Thalassian Hideshaper's Regalia (Leatherworking, 40 per craft) and Thalassian Ironbender's Regalia (Leatherworking, 40 per craft).
More Midnight Engineering recipes in the same skill range
- Aetherlume BandsLeather Equipment, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Aetherlume BraceletsMail Equipment, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Aetherlume ClonkersMail Equipment, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Aetherlume Eye WrapCloth Equipment, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Aetherlume Field LampHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Aetherlume GuardsPlate Equipment, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Aetherlume OpticsLeather Equipment, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Aetherlume RunnersLeather Equipment, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Aetherlume Silken CuffsCloth Equipment, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Aetherlume SoftsteppersCloth Equipment, learn at 1, grey at 100
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 4 reagents for one craft of Greased Cogwheel cost 161 gold96 silver. Most of that is Song Gear - 2 at 53 gold86 silver each, 107 gold72 silver, 66.5% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 170 gold48 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 8 gold64 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −153 gold32 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 43 silver20 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 153 gold75 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -94.9% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 322 units across 141 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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