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Origami Beetle
A Inscription recipe learned at Cataclysm Inscription 1 that crafts Origami Beetle from 1 reagent.
Reagents
3Light Parchment1 silver
Crafts
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| Recipe item |  Technique: Origami Beetle | Requires Cataclysm Inscription 1 |
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Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices one craft shows an estimated profit of 4 silver60 copper. Listings are asking prices, not sales.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 3 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 8 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 40 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- 4 silver60 copper (+153%)
- Evidence: 40 current listings holding 921 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Parchment Other · 357,970 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)
Origami Beetle tooltip
How to learn Origami Beetle
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to fold an Origami Beetle.
- Requires
- Cataclysm Inscription (1)
- Binding
- Binds when picked up
Origami Beetle: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing sits at 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
- 8 silver
- 30-day low
- 3 silver Oct 6
- 30-day high
- 18,888 gold83 silver Oct 17
- 30-day median
- 8 silver
- 7-day median
- 8 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 689
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 307 other recipes (296 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 8 silver, which clears it.
At that listed price the gross margin before fees is 5 silver; the Auction House would keep 40 copper of a sale, leaving 4 silver60 copper. That is an estimated 153.3% return on the gold you put into reagents, after the cut has taken 8.0% of the gross.
Listing depth right now: 921 units across 40 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 Light Parchment
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- Tome of Illusions: NorthrendEnchanting
- Tome of Illusions: OutlandEnchanting
- Tome of Illusions: PandariaEnchanting
- Tome of Illusions: Secrets of the Shado-PanEnchanting
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