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Guru's Elixir
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 12 gold56 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 13 gold51 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 1 gold
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 5 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −12 gold56 silver (-93%)
- Evidence: 18 current listings holding 191 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
- Profession
- Alchemy
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Northrend Alchemy
- Item level
- 30
- Reagent slots
- 2
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
3Pygmy Oil4 gold50 silver
1Crystal Vial1 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pygmy Oil Other · 4,233 on the Auction House · crafted by Pygmy Oil (Alchemy) | 3 | 4 gold50 silver | 13 gold50 silver | 100% |
| Crystal Vial Other · 387,057 on the Auction House | 1 | 1 silver | 1 silver | 0% |
| Total per craft | 13 gold51 silver | 100% |
About Guru's Elixir
One craft takes 3 Pygmy Oil and 1 Crystal Vial.
- Recipe category
- Elixirs (Northrend Alchemy)
- Skill-up colours (Northrend Alchemy skill)
- Orange below 5 · Yellow 5 to 9 · Green 10 to 14 · Grey 15 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Guru's Elixir tooltip
More Elixirs recipes (Northrend Alchemy)
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- Spellpower Elixiryellow 1, grey 15
- Elixir of Mighty Strengthyellow 15, grey 25
- Elixir of Versatilityyellow 15, grey 25
- Elixir of Mighty Fortitudeyellow 20, grey 30
- Elixir of Mighty Agilityyellow 25, grey 40
- Elixir of Mighty Thoughtsyellow 25, grey 40
- Elixir of Accuracyyellow 40, grey 55
- Elixir of Armor Piercingyellow 40, grey 55
- Elixir of Deadly Strikesyellow 40, grey 55
- Elixir of Lightning Speedyellow 40, grey 55
- Elixir of Mighty Defenseyellow 40, grey 55
Guru's Elixir: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 26% 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
- 1 gold
- 30-day low
- 20 silver Sep 16
- 30-day high
- 45,009 gold Sep 2
- 30-day median
- 1 gold36 silver
- 7-day median
- 1 gold
- Hourly snapshots
- 685
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Pygmy Oil. Made with Pygmy Oil (Alchemy, Northrend Alchemy) from 1 
Pygmy Suckerfish, 2 per craft. At lowest listed prices that makes one Pygmy Oil for 71 silver, against 4 gold50 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 4 other recipes (4 Alchemy); Indestructible Alchemist Stone takes the most, 12 per craft.
Crystal Vial. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 321 other recipes (310 Alchemy, 10 Enchanting and 1 Inscription); the most per craft: Potion of Prolonged Power (Alchemy, 10 per craft), Apothecary's Worktable (Alchemy, 6 per craft), Major Arcane Protection Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft), Major Fire Protection Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft) and Major Frost Protection Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft).
More Northrend Alchemy recipes in the same skill range
- Crazy Alchemist's PotionPotions, learn at 1, grey at 55
- Endless Healing PotionPotions, learn at 1, grey at 40
- Endless Mana PotionPotions, learn at 1, grey at 45
- Ethereal OilOils, learn at 1, grey at 15
- Flask of Endless RageFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Flask of Pure MojoFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Flask of StonebloodFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Flask of the Frost WyrmFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Icecrown Plague CanisterHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Icy Mana PotionPotions, learn at 1, grey at 10
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Guru's Elixir cost 13 gold51 silver. Most of that is Pygmy Oil - 3 at 4 gold50 silver each, 13 gold50 silver, 99.9% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 14 gold22 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 1 gold, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −12 gold51 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 5 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 12 gold56 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -93.0% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 191 units across 18 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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