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BlacksmithingCataclysm Blacksmithing
Lifeforce Hammer
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
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 582 gold20 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- …
- Auction House cut (5%)
- …
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- …
- Not included: the recipe also accepts 1 optional reagent slot, which are not required and are left out of the cost.
Recipe facts
- Profession
- Blacksmithing
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Cataclysm Blacksmithing
- Item level
- 36
- Reagent slots
- 4
- Cast time
- 2.5 sec
Crafts
Reagents
4Folded Obsidium65 gold
12Elementium Bar16 gold
10Volatile Earth2 gold22 silver
6Volatile Water18 gold
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folded Obsidium Metal & Stone · 4,167 on the Auction House · crafted by Folded Obsidium (Blacksmithing) | 4 | 65 gold | 260 gold | 45% |
| Elementium Bar Metal & Stone · 20,311 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Elementium (Mining) | 12 | 16 gold | 192 gold | 33% |
| Volatile Earth Elemental · 22,319 on the Auction House | 10 | 2 gold22 silver | 22 gold20 silver | 4% |
| Volatile Water Elemental · 74,246 on the Auction House | 6 | 18 gold | 108 gold | 19% |
| Total per craft | 582 gold20 silver | 100% |
About Lifeforce Hammer
One craft takes 4 Folded Obsidium, 12 Elementium Bar, 10 Volatile Earth and 6 Volatile Water. It is taught by Plans: Lifeforce Hammer, which needs Blacksmithing 425.
- Recipe category
- Weapons (Cataclysm Plans)
- Skill-up colours (Cataclysm Blacksmithing skill)
- Orange below 40 · Yellow 40 to 41 · Green 42 to 44 · Grey 45 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Lifeforce Hammer tooltip
How to learn Lifeforce Hammer
Plans: Lifeforce Hammer- Teaches
- Teaches you how to make a Lifeforce Hammer.
- Requires
- Blacksmithing (425)
- Binding
- Binds when picked up
More Weapons recipes (Cataclysm Plans)
- Decapitator's Razoryellow 25, grey 30
- Cold-Forged Shankyellow 30, grey 35
- Obsidium Bladespearyellow 30, grey 35
- Fire-Etched Daggeryellow 40, grey 45
- Obsidium Executioneryellow 40, grey 45
- Brainsplinteryellow 75, grey 75
- Elementium Bonesplitteryellow 75, grey 75
- Elementium-Edged Scalperyellow 75, grey 75
- Elementium Gutsliceryellow 75, grey 75
- Elementium Hammeryellow 75, grey 75
- Elementium Poleaxeyellow 75, grey 75
- Elementium Shankyellow 75, grey 75
Where the reagents come from
Folded Obsidium. Made with Folded Obsidium (Blacksmithing, Cataclysm Blacksmithing) from 2 
Obsidium Bar. At lowest listed prices that makes one Folded Obsidium for 38 gold, against 65 gold listed. Also a required reagent in 27 other recipes (27 Blacksmithing); Decapitator's Razor takes the most, 20 per craft.
Elementium Bar. Made with Smelt Elementium (Mining, Cataclysm Mining) from 2 
Elementium Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Elementium Bar for 16 gold, against 16 gold listed. Also a required reagent in 55 other recipes (33 Blacksmithing, 12 Jewelcrafting, 6 Engineering and 2 Inscription); the most per craft: Fire-Etched Dagger (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft), Lure Master Tackle Box (Engineering, 20 per craft), Stormforged Helm (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft), Elementium Dragonling (Engineering, 16 per craft) and Elementium Shield Spike (Blacksmithing, 15 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 (16 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).
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, 10 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).
More Cataclysm Blacksmithing recipes in the same skill range
- Bracers of Destructive StrengthArmor, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Ebonsteel Belt BuckleEquipment Mods, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Elementium DeathplateArmor, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Elementium EarthguardShields, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Elementium Girdle of PainArmor, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Elementium Shield SpikeEquipment Mods, learn at 1, grey at 55
- Elementium StormshieldShields, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Emberforged Elementium BootsArmor, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Eternal Elementium HandguardsArmor, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Fists of FuryArmor, learn at 1, grey at 75
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 4 reagents for one craft of Lifeforce Hammer cost 582 gold20 silver. Most of that is Folded Obsidium - 4 at 65 gold each, 260 gold, 44.7% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 612 gold84 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 Folded Obsidium
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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).