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Inscription Cataclysm Inscription
Key to the Planes
A Inscription recipe learned at Cataclysm Inscription 1 that crafts Key to the Planes from 5 reagents.
Reagents
10Light Parchment2 silver
2Inferno Ink30 gold50 silver
2Volatile Water15 gold29 silver
2Volatile Air15 gold47 silver
2Volatile Earth3 gold
Crafts
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Crafting estimate at current listings
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 128 gold72 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Parchment Other · 222,459 on the Auction House | 10 | 2 silver | 20 silver | 0% |
| Inferno Ink Parts · 4,151 on the Auction House · crafted by Inferno Ink (Inscription) | 2 | 30 gold50 silver | 61 gold | 47% |
| Volatile Water Elemental · 49,148 on the Auction House | 2 | 15 gold29 silver | 30 gold58 silver | 24% |
| Volatile Air Elemental · 8,424 on the Auction House | 2 | 15 gold47 silver | 30 gold94 silver | 24% |
| Volatile Earth Elemental · 38,939 on the Auction House | 2 | 3 gold | 6 gold | 5% |
| Total per craft | 128 gold72 silver | 100% |
About Key to the Planes
One craft takes 10 Light Parchment, 2 Inferno Ink, 2 Volatile Water, 2 Volatile Air and 2 Volatile Earth.
- Recipe category
- Weapons & Off-Hands (Cataclysm Inscription)
Key to the Planes tooltip
Where the reagents come from
Light Parchment. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 307 other recipes (296 Inscription, 8 Enchanting and 3 Engineering); Codex of the Clear Mind takes the most, 200 per craft.
Inferno Ink. Made with Inferno Ink (Inscription, Cataclysm Inscription) from 2 
Burning Embers. At lowest listed prices that makes one Inferno Ink for 37 gold16 silver, against 30 gold50 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 13 other recipes (11 Inscription, 1 Tailoring and 1 Leatherworking); the most per craft: Rosethorn Staff (Inscription, 12 per craft), Silver Inlaid Staff (Inscription, 12 per craft), Darkmoon Card of Destruction (Inscription, 10 per craft), Battle Tome (Inscription, 8 per craft) and Divine Companion (Inscription, 8 per craft).
Volatile Water. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 60 other recipes (22 Leatherworking, 15 Tailoring, 11 Blacksmithing and 6 Jewelcrafting); the most per craft: Brazen Elementium Medallion (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Entwined Elementium Choker (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Jeweler's Sapphire Monocle (Jewelcrafting, 50 per craft), Clutches of Evil (Leatherworking, 40 per craft) and Dragonfire Gloves (Leatherworking, 40 per craft).
Volatile Air. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 33 other recipes (10 Leatherworking, 8 Tailoring, 6 Enchanting and 4 Jewelcrafting); the most per craft: Band of Blades (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Elementium Destroyer's Ring (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Assassin's Chestplate (Leatherworking, 30 per craft), Belt of Nefarious Whispers (Leatherworking, 30 per craft) and Dream of Skywall (Tailoring, 30 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 (17 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).
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3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 5 reagents for one craft of Key to the Planes cost 128 gold72 silver. Most of that is Inferno Ink - 2 at 30 gold50 silver each, 61 gold, 47.4% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 135 gold49 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 Light Parchment
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- Tome of Illusions: PandariaEnchanting
- Tome of Illusions: Secrets of the Shado-PanEnchanting
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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).