RecipeInscriptionCataclysm Inscription

Origami Beetle

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 1 silver10 copper per craft.

Reagent cost (lowest listed): 3 silver
Crafted item, lowest listed price: 2 silver
Auction House cut (5%): 10 copper
Estimated profit at that listed price: −1 silver10 copper (-37%)

Evidence: 14 current listings holding 2,678 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 75% below its 30-day median of 8 silver, so this estimate rests on a listing far below its usual level.

Verified priceAuction House1 hr agoUS region

Recipe facts

Profession: Inscription
Requires skill: 1
Expansion tier: Cataclysm Inscription
Item level: 30
Reagent slots: 1
Cast time: 3.5 sec

Crafts

Origami Beetle2 silver

Reagents

3Light Parchment1 silver

Cost per reagent

Reagent	Qty	Each	Cost	Share
Light Parchment Other · 641,719 on the Auction House	3	1 silver	3 silver	100%
Total per craft			3 silver	100%

About Origami Beetle

One craft takes 3 Light Parchment. It is taught by Technique: Origami Beetle, which needs Cataclysm Inscription 1.

Recipe category: Toys (Cataclysm Inscription)
Skill-up colours (Cataclysm Inscription skill): Orange below 40 · Yellow 40 to 49 · Green 50 to 59 · Grey 60 and up
Skill points per craft: 1

Origami Beetle tooltip

Origami Beetle

Item Level 30

Consumable

Use: Release a small swarm of beetles.

Sell price: 10c

How to learn Origami Beetle

Technique: Origami Beetle

Teaches: Teaches you how to fold an Origami Beetle.
Requires: Cataclysm Inscription (1)
Binding: Binds when picked up

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Origami Beetle: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 75% 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: 2 silver
30-day low: 1 silver Sep 4
30-day high: 7 gold95 silver Aug 24
30-day median: 8 silver
7-day median: 8 silver
Hourly snapshots: 677

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

Where the reagents come from

Light Parchment. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 306 other recipes (295 Inscription, 8 Enchanting and 3 Engineering); Codex of the Clear Mind takes the most, 200 per craft.

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Origami Beetle cost 3 silver.

Break-even is 3 silver16 copper - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 2 silver, which does not clear it.

The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −1 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 10 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 1 silver10 copper at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -36.7% return on the gold you put into reagents.

Listing depth right now: 2,678 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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