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AlchemyOutland Alchemy
Major Shadow Protection Potion
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
At current lowest listed prices the reagents cost more than the crafted item lists for: an estimated loss of 52 gold36 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 118 gold86 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price (each)
- 14 gold
- Items per craft
- 5
- Listed value of one craft
- 70 gold
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 3 gold50 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −52 gold36 silver (-44%)
- Evidence: 16 current listings holding 166 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
- Outlier: the crafted item’s lowest listing is 77% below its 30-day median of 59 gold98 silver, so this estimate rests on a listing far below its usual level.
- 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.
Recipe facts
- Profession
- Alchemy
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Outland Alchemy
- Item level
- 27
- Reagent slots
- 3
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
1Primal Shadow37 gold60 silver
3Mana Thistle27 gold7 silver
5Crystal Vial1 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primal Shadow Elemental · 7,180 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Primal Water to Shadow (Alchemy) | 1 | 37 gold60 silver | 37 gold60 silver | 32% |
| Mana Thistle Herb · 3,662 on the Auction House | 3 | 27 gold7 silver | 81 gold21 silver | 68% |
| Crystal Vial Other · 382,990 on the Auction House | 5 | 1 silver | 5 silver | 0% |
| Total per craft | 118 gold86 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)
- Skill-up colours (Outland Alchemy skill)
- Orange below 75 · Grey 75 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
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
More Potions recipes (Outland Alchemy)
- Volatile Healing Potionyellow 15, grey 30
- Unstable Mana Potionyellow 25, grey 40
- Sneaking Potionyellow 30, grey 45
- Insane Strength Potionyellow 35, grey 50
- Mad Alchemist's Potionyellow 35, grey 50
- Super Healing Potionyellow 40, grey 55
- Shrouding Potionyellow 50, grey 65
- Super Mana Potionyellow 55, grey 70
- Destruction Potionyellow 65, grey 75
- Fel Mana Potionyellow 75, grey 75
- Fel Regeneration Potionyellow 60, grey 75
- Haste Potionyellow 65, grey 75
Major Shadow Protection Potion: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 77% 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
- 14 gold
- 30-day low
- 14 gold Sep 20
- 30-day high
- 145 gold Aug 23
- 30-day median
- 59 gold98 silver
- 7-day median
- 15 gold71 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 682
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 148 gold40 silver, against 37 gold60 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: Arakkoan Alchemist's Concoction (Alchemy, 7 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) and Cauldron of Major Nature 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).
More Outland Alchemy recipes in the same skill range
- Adept's ElixirElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 30
- Alchemist StoneTrinkets, learn at 1, grey at 50
- Arakkoan Alchemist's BottleHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Arakkoan Alchemist's ConcoctionHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 75
- 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 118 gold86 silver. Most of that is Mana Thistle - 3 at 27 gold7 silver each, 81 gold21 silver, 68.3% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 125 gold11 silver per craft, 25 gold2 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 14 gold, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −48 gold86 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 3 gold50 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 52 gold36 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -44.1% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 166 units across 16 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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