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Iron Shield Spike
A Blacksmithing recipe learned at Classic Blacksmithing 1 that crafts Iron Shield Spike from 2 reagents.
Reagents
6Iron Bar5 gold99 silver
4Coarse Grinding Stone75 silver
Crafts
Background
| Recipe item |  Plans: Iron Shield Spike | Requires Classic Blacksmithing 150 |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | NPC #40210 | Sells Plans: Iron Shield Spike · Dalaran |
| Vendor | NPC #40214 | Sells Plans: Iron Shield Spike · Tanaris · 51.5, 28.1 · /way #71 51.5 28.1 |
| Vendor | NPC #40216 | Sells Plans: Iron Shield Spike · Gadgetzan |
Crafting estimate at current listings
No real market: too few listings for this price to mean anything yet.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 38 gold94 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 18,888 gold56 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 944 gold42 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- 17,905 gold19 silver
Thin market: the crafted item’s lowest listing comes from very few current listings and sits far out of line with reagent cost. Treat this estimate as unverified until more listings accrue.
- Evidence: 3 current listings holding 7 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 · 6,845 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Iron (Mining) | 6 | 5 gold99 silver | 35 gold94 silver | 92% |
| Coarse Grinding Stone Metal & Stone · 30,956 on the Auction House · crafted by Coarse Grinding Stone (Blacksmithing) | 4 | 75 silver | 3 gold | 8% |
| Total per craft | 38 gold94 silver | 100% |
About Iron Shield Spike
One craft takes 6 Iron Bar and 4 Coarse Grinding Stone. It is taught by Plans: Iron Shield Spike, which needs Classic Blacksmithing 150.
- Recipe category
- Armor Mods (Blacksmithing Plans)
Iron Shield Spike tooltip
How to learn Iron Shield Spike
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to make an Iron Shield Spike.
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (150)
- Auction House
- listed on 58 US realms, cheapest 127 gold37 silver, 155 for sale
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 gold11 silver, against 5 gold99 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 38 silver, against 75 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 16 other recipes (16 Blacksmithing); the most per craft: Ironforge Gauntlets (Blacksmithing, 4 per craft), Deadly Bronze Poniard (Blacksmithing, 2 per craft), Green Iron Boots (Blacksmithing, 2 per craft), Green Iron Gauntlets (Blacksmithing, 2 per craft) and Heavy Bronze Mace (Blacksmithing, 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 2 reagents for one craft of Iron Shield Spike cost 38 gold94 silver. Most of that is Iron Bar - 6 at 5 gold99 silver each, 35 gold94 silver, 92.3% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 40 gold98 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 18,888 gold56 silver, which clears it.
At that listed price the gross margin before fees is 18,849 gold62 silver; the Auction House would keep 944 gold42 silver of a sale, leaving 17,905 gold19 silver. That is an estimated 45981.5% return on the gold you put into reagents, after the cut has taken 5.0% of the gross.
Listing depth right now: 7 units across 3 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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