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BlacksmithingClassic Blacksmithing
Persuader
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
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 8,392 gold30 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- …
- Auction House cut (5%)
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- Estimated profit at that listed price
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Recipe facts
- Profession
- Blacksmithing
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Classic Blacksmithing
- Item level
- 29
- Reagent slots
- 5
- Cast time
- 2.5 sec
Crafts
Reagents
15Arcanite Bar240 gold98 silver
10Dark Iron Bar200 gold
20Essence of Undeath55 gold88 silver
20Dark Rune74 gold
10Devilsaur Leather18 gold
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcanite Bar Metal & Stone · 7,454 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Arcanite (Alchemy) | 15 | 240 gold98 silver | 3,614 gold70 silver | 43% |
| Dark Iron Bar Metal & Stone · 3,809 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Dark Iron (Mining) | 10 | 200 gold | 2,000 gold | 24% |
| Essence of Undeath Elemental · 35,344 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Water to Undeath (Alchemy) | 20 | 55 gold88 silver | 1,117 gold60 silver | 13% |
| Dark Rune Other · 5,434 on the Auction House | 20 | 74 gold | 1,480 gold | 18% |
| Devilsaur Leather Leather · 5,568 on the Auction House | 10 | 18 gold | 180 gold | 2% |
| Total per craft | 8,392 gold30 silver | 100% |
About Persuader
One craft takes 15 Arcanite Bar, 10 Dark Iron Bar, 20 Essence of Undeath, 20 Dark Rune and 10 Devilsaur Leather. It is taught by Plans: Persuader, which needs Classic Blacksmithing 300.
- Recipe category
- Weapons (Blacksmithing Plans)
- Skill-up colours (Classic Blacksmithing skill)
- Orange below 300 · Grey 300 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Persuader tooltip
How to learn Persuader
Plans: Persuader- Teaches
- Teaches you how to make the Persuader.
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (300)
- Auction House
- listed on 46 US realms, cheapest 20,000 gold1 silver, 90 for sale
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- Bronze Maceyellow 140, grey 170
- Pearl-handled Daggeryellow 140, grey 170
Where the reagents come from
Arcanite Bar. Made with Transmute: Arcanite (Alchemy, Classic Alchemy) from 1 
Thorium Bar and 1 
Arcane Crystal. At lowest listed prices that makes one Arcanite Bar for 242 gold88 silver, against 240 gold98 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 93 other recipes (74 Blacksmithing, 7 Jewelcrafting, 5 Engineering and 3 Inscription); Sulfuron Hammer takes the most, 50 per craft.
Dark Iron Bar. Made with Smelt Dark Iron (Mining, Classic Mining) from 8 
Dark Iron Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Dark Iron Bar for 167 gold92 silver, against 200 gold listed. Also a required reagent in 30 other recipes (22 Blacksmithing, 6 Engineering and 2 Jewelcrafting); the most per craft: Dark Iron Sunderer (Blacksmithing, 26 per craft), Dark Iron Plate (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft), Steel Ironforge Emblem (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft), Sulfuron Hammer (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft) and Dark Iron Destroyer (Blacksmithing, 18 per craft).
Essence of Undeath. Made with Transmute: Water to Undeath (Alchemy, Classic Alchemy) from 1 
Essence of Water. At lowest listed prices that makes one Essence of Undeath for 67 gold68 silver, against 55 gold88 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 46 other recipes (15 Blacksmithing, 7 Tailoring, 5 Enchanting and 4 Jewelcrafting); the most per craft: Shroud of Forbidden Magic (Tailoring, 100 per craft), Death's Gamble (Blacksmithing, 40 per craft), Frostwyrm's Frigid Stare (Jewelcrafting, 40 per craft), Frostwyrm's Icy Gaze (Jewelcrafting, 40 per craft) and Necrotic Gown (Tailoring, 40 per craft).
Dark Rune. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 31 other recipes (11 Blacksmithing, 9 Tailoring, 4 Leatherworking and 3 Inscription); the most per craft: Shroud of Forbidden Magic (Tailoring, 25 per craft), Encased Frigid Heart (Inscription, 20 per craft), Mindslave's Reach (Enchanting, 20 per craft), Warblades of the Hakkari, Reborn (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft) and Necrotic Gown (Tailoring, 15 per craft).
Devilsaur Leather. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 3 other recipes (3 Leatherworking); the most per craft: Devilsaur Leggings (Leatherworking, 12 per craft), Camp Narache Rug (Leatherworking, 8 per craft) and Devilsaur Gauntlets (Leatherworking, 8 per craft).
More Classic Blacksmithing recipes in the same skill range
- Arcanite Skeleton KeySkeleton Keys, learn at 1, grey at 285
- Axe of Sundered BoneAncient Plans, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Barbaric Iron BootsBoots, learn at 1, grey at 230
- Barbaric Iron BreastplateChest, learn at 1, grey at 210
- Barbaric Iron GlovesGauntlets, learn at 1, grey at 235
- Barbaric Iron HelmHelms, learn at 1, grey at 225
- Barbaric Iron ShouldersShoulders, learn at 1, grey at 210
- Belt of the MentorAncient Plans, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Black Grasp of the DestroyerGauntlets, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Blade of Unholy MightAncient Plans, learn at 1, grey at 300
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 5 reagents for one craft of Persuader cost 8,392 gold30 silver. Most of that is Arcanite Bar - 15 at 240 gold98 silver each, 3,614 gold70 silver, 43.1% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 8,834 gold - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item has no current Auction House listing to compare it against, so the estimate above is left unknown rather than guessed.
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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Data notes
- No Auction House price for the crafted item - output value unknown (it may be soulbound/BoE gear or an untracked item).