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AlchemyCataclysm Alchemy
Potion of Illusion
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 gold27 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 24 gold7 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 24 gold
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 1 gold20 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −1 gold27 silver (-5%)
- Evidence: 46 current listings holding 1,681 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 gives a number that varies from craft to craft, so the estimate counts one item.
Recipe facts
- Profession
- Alchemy
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Cataclysm Alchemy
- Item level
- 32
- Reagent slots
- 3
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
3Volatile Life5 gold
1Azshara's Veil9 gold6 silver
1Crystal Vial1 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volatile Life Elemental · 160,366 on the Auction House | 3 | 5 gold | 15 gold | 62% |
| Azshara's Veil Herb · 23,399 on the Auction House | 1 | 9 gold6 silver | 9 gold6 silver | 38% |
| Crystal Vial Other · 455,042 on the Auction House | 1 | 1 silver | 1 silver | 0% |
| Total per craft | 24 gold7 silver | 100% |
About Potion of Illusion
One craft takes 3 Volatile Life, 1 Azshara's Veil and 1 Crystal Vial.
- Recipe category
- Potions (Cataclysm Alchemy)
- Skill-up colours (Cataclysm Alchemy skill)
- Orange below 20 · Yellow 20 to 24 · Green 25 to 29 · Grey 30 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Potion of Illusion tooltip
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Potion of Illusion: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 2% 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
- 28 gold22 silver
- 30-day low
- 9 gold86 silver Sep 19
- 30-day high
- 35,009 gold Sep 2
- 30-day median
- 28 gold86 silver
- 7-day median
- 28 gold86 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 685
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Volatile Life. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 44 other recipes (13 Leatherworking, 13 Alchemy, 9 Inscription and 3 Jewelcrafting); Elementium Moebius Band takes the most, 75 per craft.
Azshara's Veil. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 10 other recipes (10 Alchemy); the most per craft: Vibrant Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 20 per craft), Lifebound Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 12 per craft), Flask of the Draconic Mind (Alchemy, 8 per craft), Flask of the Winds (Alchemy, 8 per craft) and Gilnean Green Potion (Alchemy, 3 per craft).
Crystal Vial. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 321 other recipes (310 Alchemy, 10 Enchanting and 1 Inscription); the most per craft: Potion of Prolonged Power (Alchemy, 10 per craft), Apothecary's Worktable (Alchemy, 6 per craft), Major Arcane Protection Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft), Major Fire Protection Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft) and Major Frost Protection Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft).
More Cataclysm Alchemy recipes in the same skill range
- Big Cauldron of BattleCauldrons, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Cauldron of BattleCauldrons, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Deepstone OilOils, learn at 1, grey at 35
- Elixir of Deep EarthElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 40
- Elixir of Impossible AccuracyElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 45
- Elixir of Mighty SpeedElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 55
- Elixir of the CobraElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 30
- Elixir of the MasterElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 60
- Elixir of the NagaElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 20
- Flask of Flowing WaterFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 65
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Potion of Illusion cost 24 gold7 silver. Most of that is Volatile Life - 3 at 5 gold each, 15 gold, 62.3% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 25 gold33 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 24 gold, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −7 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 1 gold20 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 1 gold27 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -5.3% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 1,681 units across 46 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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