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Lion's Ink
A Inscription recipe learned at Classic Inscription 1 that crafts Lion's Ink from 1 reagent.
Reagents
2Golden Pigment6 gold69 silver
Crafts
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Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices one craft shows an estimated profit of 2 gold55 silver. Listings are asking prices, not sales.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 13 gold38 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 16 gold77 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 83 silver85 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- 2 gold55 silver (+19%)
- Evidence: 14 current listings holding 4,871 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Pigment Inscription · 2,828 on the Auction House | 2 | 6 gold69 silver | 13 gold38 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 13 gold38 silver | 100% |
About Lion's Ink
One craft takes 2 Golden Pigment. Lion's Ink is itself a reagent in 4 other recipes (Inscription).
- Recipe category
- Ink (Classic Inscription)
Lion's Ink tooltip
Lion's Ink: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 8% 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
- 16 gold77 silver
- 30-day low
- 9 gold87 silver Oct 19
- 30-day high
- 99 gold99 silver Oct 14
- 30-day median
- 18 gold18 silver
- 7-day median
- 17 gold62 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 693
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Golden Pigment. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it.
More Classic Inscription recipes in the same skill range
Book of StarsOff-hand, learn at 1, grey at 260- Book of SurvivalOff-hand, learn at 1, grey at 175
- Brill CoffinHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Brill Coffin LidHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Certificate of OwnershipOther, learn at 1, grey at 215
- Encased Frigid HeartAncient Techniques, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Enchanting VellumOther, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Fire Eater's GuideOff-hand, learn at 1, grey at 260
- Glyph of Crimson BanishGlyphs, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Glyph of EvaporationGlyphs, learn at 1, grey at 300
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Lion's Ink cost 13 gold38 silver.
Break-even is 14 gold8 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 16 gold77 silver, which clears it.
At that listed price the gross margin before fees is 3 gold39 silver; the Auction House would keep 83 silver85 copper of a sale, leaving 2 gold55 silver. That is an estimated 19.1% return on the gold you put into reagents, after the cut has taken 24.7% of the gross.
Listing depth right now: 4,871 units across 14 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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