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Philosopher's Stone
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)
- 119 gold15 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- …
- Auction House cut (5%)
- …
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- …
- Not included: the recipe also accepts 1 optional reagent slot, which are not required and are left out of the cost.
Recipe facts
- Profession
- Alchemy
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Classic Alchemy
- Item level
- 24
- Reagent slots
- 4
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
4Iron Bar6 gold10 silver
1Black Vitriol39 silver
4Purple Lotus17 gold49 silver
4Firebloom6 gold10 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Bar Metal & Stone · 12,009 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Iron (Mining) | 4 | 6 gold10 silver | 24 gold40 silver | 20% |
| Black Vitriol Other · 2,425 on the Auction House | 1 | 39 silver | 39 silver | 0% |
| Purple Lotus Herb · 4,935 on the Auction House | 4 | 17 gold49 silver | 69 gold96 silver | 59% |
| Firebloom Herb · 2,135 on the Auction House | 4 | 6 gold10 silver | 24 gold40 silver | 20% |
| Total per craft | 119 gold15 silver | 100% |
About Philosopher's Stone
One craft takes 4 Iron Bar, 1 Black Vitriol, 4 Purple Lotus and 4 Firebloom. It is taught by Recipe: Philosopher's Stone, which needs Classic Alchemy 50. Philosopher's Stone is itself a reagent in 1 other recipe (Alchemy).
- Recipe category
- Trinkets (Alchemy)
- Skill-up colours (Classic Alchemy skill)
- Orange below 240 · Yellow 240 to 259 · Green 260 to 279 · Grey 280 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Philosopher's Stone tooltip
How to learn Philosopher's Stone
Recipe: Philosopher's Stone- Teaches
- Teaches you how to make a Philosopher's Stone.
- Requires
- Classic Alchemy (50)
- Auction House
- listed on 77 US realms, cheapest 199 gold29 silver, 564 for sale
Philosopher's Stone is a reagent in
Where the reagents come from
Iron Bar. Made with Smelt Iron (Mining, Classic Mining) from 1 
Iron Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Iron Bar for 5 gold, against 6 gold10 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 34 other recipes (22 Blacksmithing, 6 Engineering, 4 Jewelcrafting and 1 Mining); Barbaric Iron Breastplate takes the most, 20 per craft.
Black Vitriol. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it.
Purple Lotus. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 8 other recipes (5 Alchemy, 2 Enchanting and 1 Tailoring); the most per craft: Cenarion Herb Bag (Tailoring, 10 per craft), Brilliant Mana Oil (Enchanting, 3 per craft), Dreamless Sleep Potion (Alchemy, 3 per craft), Elixir of Dream Vision (Alchemy, 3 per craft) and Elixir of Greater Water Breathing (Alchemy, 2 per craft).
Firebloom. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 7 other recipes (3 Alchemy, 2 Enchanting and 2 Tailoring); the most per craft: Brilliant Wizard Oil (Enchanting, 3 per craft), Elixir of Greater Firepower (Alchemy, 3 per craft), Festival Dress (Tailoring, 2 per craft), Festival Suit (Tailoring, 2 per craft) and Wizard Oil (Enchanting, 2 per craft).
More Classic Alchemy recipes in the same skill range
- Alchemist's FlaskFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Anti-VenomAnti-Venoms, learn at 1, grey at 150
- Apothecary's WorktableHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Arcane ElixirElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 290
- Blackmouth OilOils, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Catseye ElixirElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 260
- Discolored Healing PotionPotions, learn at 1, grey at 120
- Dreamless Sleep PotionPotions, learn at 1, grey at 285
- Elixir of AgilityElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 245
- Elixir of Brute ForceElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 300
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 4 reagents for one craft of Philosopher's Stone cost 119 gold15 silver. Most of that is Purple Lotus - 4 at 17 gold49 silver each, 69 gold96 silver, 58.7% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 125 gold42 silver - 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).