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Iron Counterweight
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 11 gold37 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 20 gold84 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 9 gold96 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 49 silver80 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −11 gold37 silver (-55%)
- Evidence: 10 current listings holding 55 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
- Outlier: the crafted item’s lowest listing is 94% below its 30-day median of 180 gold, so this estimate rests on a listing far below its usual level.
Recipe facts
- Profession
- Blacksmithing
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Classic Blacksmithing
- Item level
- 14
- Reagent slots
- 3
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
4Iron Bar5 gold
2Coarse Grinding Stone35 silver
1Lesser Moonstone14 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Bar Metal & Stone · 11,480 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Iron (Mining) | 4 | 5 gold | 20 gold | 96% |
| Coarse Grinding Stone Metal & Stone · 70,166 on the Auction House · crafted by Coarse Grinding Stone (Blacksmithing) | 2 | 35 silver | 70 silver | 3% |
| Lesser Moonstone Jewelcrafting · 18,992 on the Auction House | 1 | 14 silver | 14 silver | 1% |
| Total per craft | 20 gold84 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)
- Skill-up colours (Classic Blacksmithing skill)
- Orange below 190 · Yellow 190 to 201 · Green 202 to 214 · Grey 215 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Iron Counterweight tooltip
How to learn Iron Counterweight
Plans: 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 61 US realms, cheapest 89 gold71 silver, 185 for sale
More Weapon Mods recipes (Blacksmithing Plans)
- Rough Sharpening Stoneyellow 15, grey 55
- Rough Weightstoneyellow 15, grey 55
- Coarse Sharpening Stoneyellow 65, grey 80
- Coarse Weightstoneyellow 65, grey 80
- Heavy Sharpening Stoneyellow 125, grey 140
- Heavy Weightstoneyellow 125, grey 140
- Solid Sharpening Stoneyellow 200, grey 210
- Solid Weightstoneyellow 200, grey 210
- Steel Weapon Chainyellow 215, grey 240
- Dense Sharpening Stoneyellow 255, grey 260
- Dense Weightstoneyellow 255, grey 260
- Elemental Sharpening Stoneyellow 300, grey 300
Iron Counterweight: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 94% 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
- 9 gold96 silver
- 30-day low
- 9 gold94 silver Sep 1
- 30-day high
- 49,999 gold94 silver Sep 18
- 30-day median
- 180 gold
- 7-day median
- 34 gold84 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 681
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 4 gold15 silver, against 5 gold 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 12 silver, against 35 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 20 gold84 silver. Most of that is Iron Bar - 4 at 5 gold each, 20 gold, 96.0% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 21 gold93 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 9 gold96 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −10 gold88 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 49 silver80 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 11 gold37 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -54.6% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 55 units across 10 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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