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Major Shadow Protection Potion
A Alchemy recipe learned at Outland Alchemy 1 that crafts 5 Major Shadow Protection Potion from 3 reagents.
Reagents
1Primal Shadow48 gold99 silver
3Mana Thistle39 gold93 silver
5Crystal Vial3 silver
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| Recipe item |  Recipe: Major Shadow Protection Potion | Requires Outland Alchemy 60 |
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Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices the reagents cost more than the crafted item lists for: an estimated loss of 50 gold18 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 168 gold93 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price (each)
- 25 gold
- Items per craft
- 5
- Listed value of one craft
- 125 gold
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 6 gold25 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −50 gold18 silver (-30%)
- Evidence: 7 current listings holding 90 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
- Items per craft: the game’s spell data creates 5 per craft, so the listed value of one craft is that many times the lowest listed price.
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primal Shadow Elemental · 6,163 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Primal Water to Shadow (Alchemy) | 1 | 48 gold99 silver | 48 gold99 silver | 29% |
| Mana Thistle Herb · 3,653 on the Auction House | 3 | 39 gold93 silver | 119 gold79 silver | 71% |
| Crystal Vial Other · 319,963 on the Auction House | 5 | 3 silver | 15 silver | 0% |
| Total per craft | 168 gold93 silver | 100% |
About Major Shadow Protection Potion
One craft takes 1 Primal Shadow, 3 Mana Thistle and 5 Crystal Vial. It is taught by Recipe: Major Shadow Protection Potion, which needs Outland Alchemy 60.
- Recipe category
- Potions (Outland Alchemy)
Major Shadow Protection Potion tooltip
How to learn Major Shadow Protection Potion
Recipe: Major Shadow Protection Potion
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to make a Major Shadow Protection Potion.
- Requires
- Outland Alchemy (60)
- Binding
- Binds when picked up
Major Shadow Protection Potion: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 66% below its 30-day median.
- Now
- 25 gold
- 30-day low
- 15 gold Oct 31
- 30-day high
- 128 gold36 silver Oct 7
- 30-day median
- 74 gold25 silver
- 7-day median
- 25 gold
- Hourly snapshots
- 692
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Primal Shadow. Made with Transmute: Primal Water to Shadow (Alchemy, Outland Alchemy) from 1 
Primal Water. At lowest listed prices that makes one Primal Shadow for 139 gold99 silver, against 48 gold99 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 62 other recipes (22 Leatherworking, 13 Blacksmithing, 11 Tailoring and 6 Jewelcrafting); Fireguard takes the most, 20 per craft.
Mana Thistle. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 19 other recipes (19 Alchemy); the most per craft: Cauldron of Major Arcane Protection (Alchemy, 7 per craft), Cauldron of Major Fire Protection (Alchemy, 7 per craft), Cauldron of Major Frost Protection (Alchemy, 7 per craft), Cauldron of Major Nature Protection (Alchemy, 7 per craft) and Cauldron of Major Shadow Protection (Alchemy, 7 per craft).
Crystal Vial. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 321 other recipes (310 Alchemy, 10 Enchanting and 1 Inscription); the most per craft: Potion of Prolonged Power (Alchemy, 10 per craft), Apothecary's Worktable (Alchemy, 6 per craft), Major Arcane Protection Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft), Major Fire Protection Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft) and Major Frost Protection Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft).
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- Assassin's Alchemist StoneTrinkets, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Cauldron of Major Arcane ProtectionCauldrons, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Cauldron of Major Fire ProtectionCauldrons, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Cauldron of Major Frost ProtectionCauldrons, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Cauldron of Major Nature ProtectionCauldrons, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Cauldron of Major Shadow ProtectionCauldrons, learn at 1, grey at 75
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Major Shadow Protection Potion cost 168 gold93 silver. Most of that is Mana Thistle - 3 at 39 gold93 silver each, 119 gold79 silver, 70.9% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 177 gold82 silver per craft, 35 gold56 silver per item at 5 items a craft - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 25 gold, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −43 gold93 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 6 gold25 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 50 gold18 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -29.7% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 90 units across 7 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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