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Background
Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices the reagents cost more than the crafted item lists for: an estimated loss of 23 gold51 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 26 gold82 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 3 gold48 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 17 silver40 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −23 gold51 silver (-88%)
- Evidence: 128 current listings holding 4,484 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Prismatic Scale FragmentLeather · 1,220 on the Auction House | 9 | 2 gold98 silver | 26 gold82 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 26 gold82 silver | 100% |
About Prismatic Scale
One craft takes 9 Prismatic Scale Fragment. Prismatic Scale is itself a reagent in 20 other recipes (Leatherworking).
Prismatic Scale tooltip
Prismatic Scale: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 10% 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
- 6 gold
- 30-day low
- 24 silver Nov 4
- 30-day high
- 197 gold Oct 24
- 30-day median
- 6 gold68 silver
- 7-day median
- 7 gold54 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 692
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Prismatic Scale Fragment. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 1 other recipe (1 Leatherworking); Prismatic Scale takes the most, 10 per craft.
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Prismatic Scale cost 26 gold82 silver.
Break-even is 28 gold23 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 3 gold48 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −23 gold34 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 17 silver40 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 23 gold51 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -87.7% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 4,484 units across 128 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 →
