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Lifebound Alchemist Stone

A Alchemy recipe learned at Cataclysm Alchemy 1 that crafts Lifebound Alchemist Stone from 4 reagents.

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Crafting estimate at current listings

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
711 gold8 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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Cost per reagent

ReagentQtyEachCostShare
Volatile Life
Elemental · 19,699 on the Auction House
507 gold350 gold49%
Cinderbloom
Herb · 12,330 on the Auction House
124 gold65 silver55 gold80 silver8%
Azshara's Veil
Herb · 9,079 on the Auction House
1212 gold99 silver155 gold88 silver22%
Heartblossom
Herb · 31,015 on the Auction House
1212 gold45 silver149 gold40 silver21%
Total per craft711 gold8 silver100%

About Lifebound Alchemist Stone

One craft takes 50 Volatile Life, 12 Cinderbloom, 12 Azshara's Veil and 12 Heartblossom.

Recipe category
Trinkets (Cataclysm Alchemy)

Lifebound Alchemist Stone tooltip

Lifebound Alchemist Stone
Item Level 37
Binds when picked up
TrinketArmor
+9 Mastery
+9 Stamina
Requires Level 30
Equip: Increases the effect that healing and mana potions have on the wearer by 40%. This effect does not stack.
“Can be used for transmutations in place of a Philosopher's Stone.”
Sell price: 8g 5s

Where the reagents come from

Volatile Life. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 44 other recipes (13 Leatherworking, 13 Alchemy, 9 Inscription and 3 Jewelcrafting); Elementium Moebius Band takes the most, 75 per craft.

Cinderbloom. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 14 other recipes (14 Alchemy); the most per craft: Quicksilver Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 24 per craft), Volatile Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 12 per craft), Flask of Steelskin (Alchemy, 8 per craft), Flask of Titanic Strength (Alchemy, 8 per craft) and Potion of Treasure Finding (Alchemy, 8 per craft).

Azshara's Veil. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 10 other recipes (10 Alchemy); the most per craft: Vibrant Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 20 per craft), Flask of the Draconic Mind (Alchemy, 8 per craft), Flask of the Winds (Alchemy, 8 per craft), Transmute: Ocean Sapphire (Alchemy, 3 per craft) and Gilnean Green Potion (Alchemy, 2 per craft).

Heartblossom. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 11 other recipes (11 Alchemy); the most per craft: Volatile Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 24 per craft), Quicksilver Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 12 per craft), Flask of Flowing Water (Alchemy, 8 per craft), Vibrant Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 8 per craft) and Potion of Treasure Finding (Alchemy, 6 per craft).

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 4 reagents for one craft of Lifebound Alchemist Stone cost 711 gold8 silver. Most of that is Volatile Life - 50 at 7 gold each, 350 gold, 49.2% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.

Break-even is 748 gold50 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.

Other recipes that use Volatile Life

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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).
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