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BlacksmithingCataclysm Blacksmithing
Hardened Obsidium Helm
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
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 513 gold20 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- …
- Auction House cut (5%)
- …
- 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.
Recipe facts
- Profession
- Blacksmithing
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Cataclysm Blacksmithing
- Item level
- 36
- Reagent slots
- 3
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
4Folded Obsidium65 gold
15Elementium Bar16 gold
6Volatile Earth2 gold20 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folded Obsidium Metal & Stone · 4,156 on the Auction House · crafted by Folded Obsidium (Blacksmithing) | 4 | 65 gold | 260 gold | 51% |
| Elementium Bar Metal & Stone · 20,397 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Elementium (Mining) | 15 | 16 gold | 240 gold | 47% |
| Volatile Earth Elemental · 23,486 on the Auction House | 6 | 2 gold20 silver | 13 gold20 silver | 3% |
| Total per craft | 513 gold20 silver | 100% |
About Hardened Obsidium Helm
One craft takes 4 Folded Obsidium, 15 Elementium Bar and 6 Volatile Earth. It is taught by Plans: Hardened Obsidium Helm, which needs Blacksmithing 425.
- Recipe category
- Armor (Cataclysm Plans)
- Skill-up colours (Cataclysm Blacksmithing skill)
- Orange below 50 · Yellow 50 to 51 · Green 52 to 54 · Grey 55 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Hardened Obsidium Helm tooltip
How to learn Hardened Obsidium Helm
Plans: Hardened Obsidium Helm- Teaches
- Teaches you how to make a Hardened Obsidium Helm.
- Requires
- Blacksmithing (425)
- Binding
- Binds when picked up
More Armor recipes (Cataclysm Plans)
- Hardened Obsidium Bracersyellow 10, grey 15
- Hardened Obsidium Gauntletsyellow 10, grey 15
- Redsteel Bracersyellow 10, grey 15
- Redsteel Gauntletsyellow 10, grey 15
- Stormforged Bracersyellow 10, grey 15
- Stormforged Gauntletsyellow 10, grey 15
- Hardened Obsidium Beltyellow 20, grey 25
- Redsteel Beltyellow 20, grey 25
- Stormforged Beltyellow 20, grey 25
- Hardened Obsidium Bootsyellow 30, grey 35
- Redsteel Bootsyellow 30, grey 35
- Stormforged Bootsyellow 30, grey 35
Where the reagents come from
Folded Obsidium. Made with Folded Obsidium (Blacksmithing, Cataclysm Blacksmithing) from 2 
Obsidium Bar. At lowest listed prices that makes one Folded Obsidium for 40 gold, against 65 gold listed. Also a required reagent in 27 other recipes (27 Blacksmithing); Decapitator's Razor takes the most, 20 per craft.
Elementium Bar. Made with Smelt Elementium (Mining, Cataclysm Mining) from 2 
Elementium Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Elementium Bar for 11 gold10 silver, against 16 gold listed. Also a required reagent in 55 other recipes (33 Blacksmithing, 12 Jewelcrafting, 6 Engineering and 2 Inscription); the most per craft: Fire-Etched Dagger (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft), Lure Master Tackle Box (Engineering, 20 per craft), Stormforged Helm (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft), Elementium Dragonling (Engineering, 16 per craft) and Elementium Shield Spike (Blacksmithing, 15 per craft).
Volatile Earth. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 40 other recipes (16 Blacksmithing, 9 Leatherworking, 4 Jewelcrafting and 4 Enchanting); the most per craft: Elementium Guardian (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Punisher's Band (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Dragonkiller Tunic (Leatherworking, 50 per craft), Dream of Deepholm (Tailoring, 30 per craft) and Corded Viper Belt (Leatherworking, 25 per craft).
More Cataclysm Blacksmithing recipes in the same skill range
- BrainsplinterWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Cold-Forged ShankWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 35
- Decapitator's RazorWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 30
- Ebonsteel Belt BuckleEquipment Mods, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Elementium BonesplitterWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Elementium EarthguardShields, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Elementium GutslicerWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Elementium HammerWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Elementium PoleaxeWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Elementium ShankWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 75
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Hardened Obsidium Helm cost 513 gold20 silver. Most of that is Folded Obsidium - 4 at 65 gold each, 260 gold, 50.7% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 540 gold21 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 →
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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).