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Iron Counterweight
A Blacksmithing recipe learned at Classic Blacksmithing 1 that crafts Iron Counterweight from 3 reagents.
Reagents
4Iron Bar5 gold50 silver
2Coarse Grinding Stone85 silver
1Lesser Moonstone38 silver
Crafts
Background
| Recipe item |  Plans: Iron Counterweight | Requires Classic Blacksmithing 165 |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | NPC #40210 | Sells Plans: Iron Counterweight · Dalaran |
| Vendor | NPC #40214 | Sells Plans: Iron Counterweight · Tanaris · 51.5, 28.1 · /way #71 51.5 28.1 |
| Vendor | NPC #40216 | Sells Plans: Iron Counterweight · Gadgetzan |
Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices one craft shows an estimated profit of 16 gold48 silver. Listings are asking prices, not sales.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 24 gold8 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 42 gold70 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 2 gold13 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- 16 gold48 silver (+68%)
- Evidence: 6 current listings holding 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Bar Metal & Stone · 8,426 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Iron (Mining) | 4 | 5 gold50 silver | 22 gold | 91% |
| Coarse Grinding Stone Metal & Stone · 30,485 on the Auction House · crafted by Coarse Grinding Stone (Blacksmithing) | 2 | 85 silver | 1 gold70 silver | 7% |
| Lesser Moonstone Jewelcrafting · 11,560 on the Auction House | 1 | 38 silver | 38 silver | 2% |
| Total per craft | 24 gold8 silver | 100% |
About Iron Counterweight
One craft takes 4 Iron Bar, 2 Coarse Grinding Stone and 1 Lesser Moonstone. It is taught by Plans: Iron Counterweight, which needs Classic Blacksmithing 165.
- Recipe category
- Weapon Mods (Blacksmithing Plans)
Iron Counterweight tooltip
How to learn Iron Counterweight
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to make an Iron Counterweight to help balance a two-handed weapon.
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (165)
- Auction House
- listed on 58 US realms, cheapest 36 gold51 silver, 166 for sale
Iron Counterweight: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 23% 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
- 42 gold70 silver
- 30-day low
- 9 gold96 silver Oct 7
- 30-day high
- 125 gold3 silver Oct 11
- 30-day median
- 55 gold57 silver
- 7-day median
- 55 gold57 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 692
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Iron Bar. Made with Smelt Iron (Mining, Classic Mining) from 1 
Iron Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Iron Bar for 5 gold50 silver, against 5 gold50 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 34 other recipes (21 Blacksmithing, 6 Engineering, 4 Jewelcrafting and 2 Alchemy); Barbaric Iron Breastplate takes the most, 20 per craft.
Coarse Grinding Stone. Made with Coarse Grinding Stone (Blacksmithing, Classic Blacksmithing) from 2 
Coarse Stone. At lowest listed prices that makes one Coarse Grinding Stone for 30 silver, against 85 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 16 other recipes (16 Blacksmithing); the most per craft: Iron Shield Spike (Blacksmithing, 4 per craft), Ironforge Gauntlets (Blacksmithing, 4 per craft), Deadly Bronze Poniard (Blacksmithing, 2 per craft), Green Iron Boots (Blacksmithing, 2 per craft) and Green Iron Gauntlets (Blacksmithing, 2 per craft).
Lesser Moonstone. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 15 other recipes (7 Blacksmithing, 6 Jewelcrafting and 2 Engineering); the most per craft: Moonsoul Crown (Jewelcrafting, 3 per craft), Moonsteel Broadsword (Blacksmithing, 3 per craft), Amulet of the Moon (Jewelcrafting, 2 per craft), Dazzling Mithril Rapier (Blacksmithing, 2 per craft) and Gnomish Cloaking Device (Engineering, 2 per craft).
More Classic Blacksmithing recipes in the same skill range
AnnihilatorWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 300- Arcanite ChampionWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Arcanite ReaperWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Arcanite Skeleton KeySkeleton Keys, learn at 1, grey at 285
- Axe of Sundered BoneAncient Plans, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Barbaric Iron BootsBoots, learn at 1, grey at 230
- Barbaric Iron BreastplateChest, learn at 1, grey at 210
- Barbaric Iron GlovesGauntlets, learn at 1, grey at 235
- Barbaric Iron HelmHelms, learn at 1, grey at 225
- Barbaric Iron ShouldersShoulders, learn at 1, grey at 210
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Iron Counterweight cost 24 gold8 silver. Most of that is Iron Bar - 4 at 5 gold50 silver each, 22 gold, 91.4% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 25 gold34 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 42 gold70 silver, which clears it.
At that listed price the gross margin before fees is 18 gold62 silver; the Auction House would keep 2 gold13 silver of a sale, leaving 16 gold48 silver. That is an estimated 68.5% return on the gold you put into reagents, after the cut has taken 11.5% of the gross.
Listing depth right now: 32 units across 6 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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