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Obsidium Skeleton Key

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.

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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 63 gold22 silver per craft.

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
141 gold12 silver
Crafted item, lowest listed price (each)
41 gold
Items per craft
2
Listed value of one craft
82 gold
Auction House cut (5%)
4 gold10 silver
Estimated profit at that listed price
−63 gold22 silver (-45%)
  • Evidence: 14 current listings holding 161 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 2 per craft, so the listed value of one craft is that many times the lowest listed price.
Verified priceAuction HouseUS region
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Recipe facts

Profession
Blacksmithing
Requires skill
1
Expansion tier
Cataclysm Blacksmithing
Item level
32
Reagent slots
1
Cast time
1.5 sec

Crafts

Obsidium Skeleton Key41 gold

Reagents

Cost per reagent

ReagentQtyEachCostShare
Folded Obsidium
Metal & Stone · 3,169 on the Auction House · crafted by Folded Obsidium (Blacksmithing)		270 gold56 silver141 gold12 silver100%
Total per craft141 gold12 silver100%

About Obsidium Skeleton Key

One craft takes 2 Folded Obsidium. It is taught by Plans: Obsidium Skeleton Key, which needs Blacksmithing 425. Obsidium Skeleton Key is itself a reagent in 1 other recipe (Inscription).

Recipe category
Skeleton Keys (Cataclysm Plans)
Skill-up colours (Cataclysm Blacksmithing skill)
Orange below 30 · Yellow 30 to 34 · Green 35 to 39 · Grey 40 and up
Skill points per craft
1

Obsidium Skeleton Key tooltip

Obsidium Skeleton Key
Item Level 32
Consumable
Use: Allows opening of locks that require up to 35 lockpicking skill. The skeleton key is consumed in the process.
Sell price: 8s 75c

How to learn Obsidium Skeleton Key

Plans: Obsidium Skeleton Key

Teaches
Teaches you how to make an Obsidium Skeleton Key.
Requires
Blacksmithing (425)
Binding
Binds when picked up

Obsidium Skeleton Key is a reagent in

Obsidium Skeleton Key: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 38% 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
41 gold
30-day low
5 gold13 silver Aug 23
30-day high
49,999 gold98 silver Aug 26
30-day median
66 gold
7-day median
50 gold98 silver
Hourly snapshots
676

US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.

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 50 gold, against 70 gold56 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 27 other recipes (27 Blacksmithing); Decapitator's Razor takes the most, 20 per craft.

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Obsidium Skeleton Key cost 141 gold12 silver.

Break-even is 148 gold54 silver per craft, 74 gold27 silver per item at 2 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 41 gold, which does not clear it.

The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −59 gold12 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 4 gold10 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 63 gold22 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -44.8% return on the gold you put into reagents.

Listing depth right now: 161 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 →

Other recipes that use Folded Obsidium

Guides and routes on this site that cover Obsidium Skeleton Key.

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