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Background
Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices one craft shows an estimated profit of 2 silver40 copper. Listings are asking prices, not sales.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 66 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 72 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 3 silver60 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- 2 silver40 copper (+4%)
- Evidence: 114 current listings holding 81,279 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lesser Cosmic EssenceEnchanting · 59,301 on the Auction House | 2 | 33 silver | 66 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 66 silver | 100% |
About Greater Cosmic Essence
One craft takes 2 Lesser Cosmic Essence. Greater Cosmic Essence is itself a reagent in 5 other recipes (Enchanting, Leatherworking and Tailoring).
Greater Cosmic Essence tooltip
Where the reagents come from
Lesser Cosmic Essence. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 10 other recipes (10 Enchanting); Super Health takes the most, 7 per craft.
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Greater Cosmic Essence cost 66 silver.
Break-even is 69 silver47 copper - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 72 silver, which clears it.
At that listed price the gross margin before fees is 6 silver; the Auction House would keep 3 silver60 copper of a sale, leaving 2 silver40 copper. That is an estimated 3.6% return on the gold you put into reagents, after the cut has taken 60.0% of the gross.
Listing depth right now: 81,279 units across 114 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 →
