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Background
Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices one craft shows an estimated profit of 5 gold39 silver. Listings are asking prices, not sales.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 7 gold86 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 13 gold95 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 69 silver75 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- 5 gold39 silver (+69%)
- Evidence: 37 current listings holding 75,760 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 Planar EssenceEnchanting · 9,293 on the Auction House | 2 | 3 gold93 silver | 7 gold86 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 7 gold86 silver | 100% |
About Greater Planar Essence
One craft takes 2 Lesser Planar Essence. Greater Planar Essence is itself a reagent in 7 other recipes (Enchanting, Tailoring and Inscription).
Greater Planar Essence tooltip
Where the reagents come from
Lesser Planar Essence. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 5 other recipes (5 Enchanting); Stats takes the most, 6 per craft.
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Greater Planar Essence cost 7 gold86 silver.
Break-even is 8 gold27 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 13 gold95 silver, which clears it.
At that listed price the gross margin before fees is 6 gold9 silver; the Auction House would keep 69 silver75 copper of a sale, leaving 5 gold39 silver. That is an estimated 68.6% return on the gold you put into reagents, after the cut has taken 11.5% of the gross.
Listing depth right now: 75,760 units across 37 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 →
