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Hardened Obsidium Shoulders
A Blacksmithing recipe learned at Cataclysm Blacksmithing 1 that crafts Hardened Obsidium Shoulders from 3 reagents.
Reagents
5Folded Obsidium74 gold27 silver
15Elementium Bar21 gold84 silver
10Volatile Earth2 gold95 silver
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| Recipe item |  Plans: Hardened Obsidium Shoulders | Requires Blacksmithing 425 |
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Crafting estimate at current listings
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 728 gold45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folded Obsidium Metal & Stone · 3,993 on the Auction House · crafted by Folded Obsidium (Blacksmithing) | 5 | 74 gold27 silver | 371 gold35 silver | 51% |
| Elementium Bar Metal & Stone · 18,004 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Elementium (Mining) | 15 | 21 gold84 silver | 327 gold60 silver | 45% |
| Volatile Earth Elemental · 40,633 on the Auction House | 10 | 2 gold95 silver | 29 gold50 silver | 4% |
| Total per craft | 728 gold45 silver | 100% |
About Hardened Obsidium Shoulders
One craft takes 5 Folded Obsidium, 15 Elementium Bar and 10 Volatile Earth. It is taught by Plans: Hardened Obsidium Shoulders, which needs Blacksmithing 425.
- Recipe category
- Armor (Cataclysm Plans)
Hardened Obsidium Shoulders tooltip
How to learn Hardened Obsidium Shoulders
Plans: Hardened Obsidium Shoulders
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to make Hardened Obsidium Shoulders.
- Requires
- Blacksmithing (425)
- Binding
- Binds when picked up
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 49 gold84 silver, against 74 gold27 silver 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 17 gold98 silver, against 21 gold84 silver 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
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Hardened Obsidium Shoulders cost 728 gold45 silver. Most of that is Folded Obsidium - 5 at 74 gold27 silver each, 371 gold35 silver, 51.0% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 766 gold78 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 Folded Obsidium
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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).