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Guardian Armor
A Leatherworking recipe learned at Classic Leatherworking 1 that crafts Guardian Armor from 4 reagents.
Reagents
2Cured Heavy Hide88 gold2 silver
12Heavy Leather3 gold35 silver
1Shadow Oil24 gold58 silver
2Fine Thread1 silver
Crafts
Background
| Recipe item |  Pattern: Guardian Armor | Requires Classic Leatherworking 175 |
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Crafting estimate at current listings
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 240 gold84 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
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- Auction House cut (5%)
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- Estimated profit at that listed price
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- Not included: the recipe also accepts 1 optional reagent slot, which are not required and are left out of the cost.
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured Heavy Hide Leather · 4,464 on the Auction House · crafted by Cured Heavy Hide (Leatherworking) | 2 | 88 gold2 silver | 176 gold4 silver | 73% |
| Heavy Leather Leather · 50,224 on the Auction House · crafted by Heavy Leather (Leatherworking) | 12 | 3 gold35 silver | 40 gold20 silver | 17% |
| Shadow Oil Other · 165 on the Auction House · crafted by Shadow Oil (Alchemy) | 1 | 24 gold58 silver | 24 gold58 silver | 10% |
| Fine Thread Cloth · 11,510 on the Auction House | 2 | 1 silver | 2 silver | 0% |
| Total per craft | 240 gold84 silver | 100% |
About Guardian Armor
One craft takes 2 Cured Heavy Hide, 12 Heavy Leather, 1 Shadow Oil and 2 Fine Thread. It is taught by Pattern: Guardian Armor, which needs Classic Leatherworking 175.
- Recipe category
- Chest (Leatherworking Patterns)
Guardian Armor tooltip
How to learn Guardian Armor
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to craft Guardian Armor.
- Requires
- Classic Leatherworking (175)
- Auction House
- listed on 64 US realms, cheapest 50 gold, 196 for sale
Where the reagents come from
Cured Heavy Hide. Made with Cured Heavy Hide (Leatherworking, Classic Leatherworking) from 1 
Heavy Hide and 3 
Salt. At lowest listed prices that makes one Cured Heavy Hide for 58 gold3 silver, against 88 gold2 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 19 other recipes (19 Leatherworking); Gem-studded Leather Belt takes the most, 4 per craft.
Heavy Leather. Made with Heavy Leather (Leatherworking, Classic Leatherworking) from 5 
Medium Leather. At lowest listed prices that makes one Heavy Leather for 9 gold50 silver, against 3 gold35 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 84 other recipes (49 Leatherworking, 15 Engineering, 13 Blacksmithing and 7 Tailoring); the most per craft: Dusky Bracers (Leatherworking, 16 per craft), Barbaric Harness (Leatherworking, 14 per craft), Guardian Cloak (Leatherworking, 14 per craft), Murloc Scale Bracers (Leatherworking, 14 per craft) and Comfortable Leather Hat (Leatherworking, 12 per craft).
Shadow Oil. Made with Shadow Oil (Alchemy, Classic Alchemy) from 2 Grave Moss and 1 
Crystal Vial. At lowest listed prices that makes one Shadow Oil for 10 gold97 silver, against 24 gold58 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 6 other recipes (2 Leatherworking, 1 Blacksmithing, 1 Alchemy and 1 Tailoring); the most per craft: Shadow Crescent Axe (Blacksmithing, 2 per craft), Dusky Leather Armor (Leatherworking, 1 per craft), Greater Shadow Protection Potion (Alchemy, 1 per craft), Heavy Scale Shirt (Leatherworking, 1 per craft) and Shadow Hood (Tailoring, 1 per craft).
Fine Thread. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 123 other recipes (67 Leatherworking, 55 Tailoring and 1 Blacksmithing); the most per craft: High Society Top Hat (Tailoring, 4 per craft), Black Silk Pack (Tailoring, 4 per craft), Green Leather Armor (Leatherworking, 4 per craft), Heavy Woolen Pants (Tailoring, 4 per craft) and Hillman's Leather Gloves (Leatherworking, 4 per craft).
More Classic Leatherworking recipes in the same skill range
Animist's FootwrapsAncient Patterns, learn at 1, grey at 300- Animist's LegguardsAncient Patterns, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Barbaric BeltBelts, learn at 1, grey at 240
- Barbaric BracersBracers, learn at 1, grey at 195
- Barbaric GlovesGloves, learn at 1, grey at 190
- Barbaric LeggingsPants, learn at 1, grey at 210
- Barbaric ShouldersShoulders, learn at 1, grey at 215
- Big Voodoo CloakCloaks, learn at 1, grey at 280
- Big Voodoo MaskHelms, learn at 1, grey at 260
- Big Voodoo PantsPants, learn at 1, grey at 280
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 4 reagents for one craft of Guardian Armor cost 240 gold84 silver. Most of that is Cured Heavy Hide - 2 at 88 gold2 silver each, 176 gold4 silver, 73.1% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 253 gold51 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item has no current Auction House listing to compare it against, so the estimate above is left unknown rather than guessed.
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 →
Other recipes that use Cured Heavy Hide
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Data notes
- No Auction House price for the crafted item - output value unknown (it may be soulbound/BoE gear or an untracked item).