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Greased Cogwheel
A Engineering recipe learned at Midnight Engineering 1 that crafts Greased Cogwheel from 4 reagents.
Reagents
2Song Gear62 gold96 silver
1Soul Sprocket59 gold
5Pile of Junk25 silver
1Mote of Wild Magic39 silver
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Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices the reagents cost more than the crafted item lists for: an estimated loss of 167 gold56 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 186 gold56 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 20 gold
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 1 gold
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −167 gold56 silver (-90%)
- Evidence: 75 current listings holding 269 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.
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song Gear Parts · 4,323 on the Auction House | 2 | 62 gold96 silver | 125 gold92 silver | 67% |
| Soul Sprocket Parts · 2,545 on the Auction House | 1 | 59 gold | 59 gold | 32% |
| Pile of Junk Parts · 19,800 on the Auction House | 5 | 25 silver | 1 gold25 silver | 1% |
| Mote of Wild Magic Other · 220,655 on the Auction House | 1 | 39 silver | 39 silver | 0% |
| Total per craft | 186 gold56 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)
Greased Cogwheel tooltip
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 | 20 gold | 75 listings, 269 units |
| Rank 2 | Greased Cogwheel | 68 gold98 silver | 29 listings, 170 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 is 2.3 times 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
- 20 gold
- 30-day low
- 4 gold Oct 23
- 30-day high
- 84 gold34 silver Oct 17
- 30-day median
- 8 gold70 silver
- 7-day median
- 26 gold99 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 693
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 88 gold38 silver, against 62 gold96 silver listed. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 62 gold96 silver and rank 2 77 gold27 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 91 gold33 silver, against 59 gold listed. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 59 gold and rank 2 109 gold7 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).
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Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 4 reagents for one craft of Greased Cogwheel cost 186 gold56 silver. Most of that is Song Gear - 2 at 62 gold96 silver each, 125 gold92 silver, 67.5% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 196 gold37 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 20 gold, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −166 gold56 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 1 gold of a sale, so a craft loses 167 gold56 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -89.8% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 269 units across 75 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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