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Proficient Skinning Knife

A Blacksmithing recipe learned at Khaz Algar Blacksmithing 1 that crafts Proficient Skinning Knife from 2 reagents.

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Crafting estimate at current listings

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
60 gold
Crafted item, lowest listed price
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Auction House cut (5%)
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Estimated profit at that listed price
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  • Not included: the recipe also accepts 2 finishing reagent slots, 1 optional reagent slot, which are not required and are left out of the cost.
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Cost per reagent

ReagentQtyEachCostShare
Core Alloy
Metal & Stone · 445 on the Auction House
159 gold59 gold98%
Crystalline Powder
Other · 4,965 on the Auction House
520 silver1 gold2%
Total per craft60 gold100%

About Proficient Skinning Knife

One craft takes 1 Core Alloy and 5 Crystalline Powder.

Recipe category
Profession Equipment (Khaz Algar Plans)

Proficient Skinning Knife tooltip

Proficient Skinning Knife
Item Level 486
Binds when equipped
Profession
Requires Level 68
Equip: Skinning Tool Equipped (DNT)
Equip: +8 Khaz Algar Skinning Skill
Sell price: 3g 25s

Where the reagents come from

Core Alloy. Made with Core Alloy (Blacksmithing, Khaz Algar Blacksmithing) from 10 Bismuth and 8 Echoing Flux. At lowest listed prices that makes one Core Alloy for 81 gold42 silver, against 59 gold listed. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 59 gold, rank 2 56 gold99 silver and rank 3 95 gold. Also a required reagent in 58 other recipes (51 Blacksmithing, 4 Inscription, 1 Engineering and 1 Jewelcrafting); Replica Rumbling Wastes Drill Pod takes the most, 8 per craft.

Crystalline Powder. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 33 other recipes (13 Blacksmithing, 8 Enchanting, 6 Alchemy and 2 Inscription); the most per craft: Artisan Leatherworker's Knife (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft), Crystalline Radiance (Enchanting, 20 per craft), Artisan Leatherworker's Toolset (Blacksmithing, 10 per craft), Council's Intellect (Enchanting, 10 per craft) and Oathsworn's Strength (Enchanting, 10 per craft).

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Proficient Skinning Knife cost 60 gold. Most of that is Core Alloy - 1 at 59 gold each, 59 gold, 98.3% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.

Break-even is 63 gold15 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.

Other recipes that use Core Alloy

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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).
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