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Greater Magic Essence
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 38 silver25 copper per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 1 gold
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 65 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 3 silver25 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −38 silver25 copper (-38%)
- Evidence: 106 current listings holding 19,423 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
Recipe facts
- Item level
- 10
- Reagent slots
- 1
- Cast time
- Instant
Crafts
Reagents
2Lesser Magic Essence50 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesser Magic Essence Enchanting · 11,067 on the Auction House | 2 | 50 silver | 1 gold | 100% |
| Total per craft | 1 gold | 100% |
About Greater Magic Essence
One craft takes 2 Lesser Magic Essence. Greater Magic Essence is itself a reagent in 1 other recipe (Enchanting).
Greater Magic Essence tooltip
Greater Magic Essence is a reagent in
Greater Magic Essence: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 35% below 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
- 65 silver
- 30-day low
- 1 silver Sep 2
- 30-day high
- 2 gold36 silver Aug 22
- 30-day median
- 1 gold
- 7-day median
- 95 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 686
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Lesser Magic 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); Lesser Health takes the most, 2 per craft.
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Greater Magic Essence cost 1 gold.
Break-even is 1 gold5 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 65 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −35 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 3 silver25 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 38 silver25 copper at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -38.2% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 19,423 units across 106 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 →