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BlacksmithingNorthrend Blacksmithing
Protectors of Life
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)
- 3,933 gold50 silver
- 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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Recipe facts
- Profession
- Blacksmithing
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Northrend Blacksmithing
- Item level
- 35
- Reagent slots
- 3
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
8Titansteel Bar485 gold
12Eternal Earth1 gold75 silver
5Primordial Saronite6 gold50 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titansteel Bar Metal & Stone · 858 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Titansteel (Mining) | 8 | 485 gold | 3,880 gold | 99% |
| Eternal Earth Elemental · 3,532 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Eternal Air to Earth (Alchemy) · crafted by Transmute: Eternal Shadow to Earth (Alchemy) | 12 | 1 gold75 silver | 21 gold | 1% |
| Primordial Saronite Other · 689 on the Auction House | 5 | 6 gold50 silver | 32 gold50 silver | 1% |
| Total per craft | 3,933 gold50 silver | 100% |
About Protectors of Life
One craft takes 8 Titansteel Bar, 12 Eternal Earth and 5 Primordial Saronite. It is taught by Plans: Protectors of Life, which needs Northrend Blacksmithing 75.
- Recipe category
- Armor (Northrend Plans)
- Skill-up colours (Northrend Blacksmithing skill)
- Orange below 100 · Grey 100 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Protectors of Life tooltip
How to learn Protectors of Life
Plans: Protectors of Life- Teaches
- Teaches you how to forge Protectors of Life.
- Requires
- Northrend Blacksmithing (75) · Honored with The Ashen Verdict
- Binding
- Binds when picked up
More Armor recipes (Northrend Plans)
- Cobalt Beltyellow 1, grey 5
- Cobalt Bootsyellow 1, grey 5
- Cobalt Bracersyellow 1, grey 5
- Cobalt Shouldersyellow 1, grey 5
- Cobalt Helmyellow 1, grey 10
- Cobalt Legplatesyellow 1, grey 10
- Cobalt Chestpieceyellow 5, grey 15
- Cobalt Gauntletsyellow 5, grey 15
- Spiked Cobalt Helmyellow 5, grey 15
- Spiked Cobalt Bootsyellow 10, grey 20
- Spiked Cobalt Chestpieceyellow 15, grey 25
- Spiked Cobalt Shouldersyellow 15, grey 25
Where the reagents come from
Titansteel Bar. Made with Smelt Titansteel (Mining, Northrend Mining) from 3 
Titanium Bar, 1 
Eternal Fire, 1 Eternal Earth and 1 
Eternal Shadow. At lowest listed prices that makes one Titansteel Bar for 453 gold18 silver, against 485 gold listed. Also a required reagent in 45 other recipes (38 Blacksmithing, 3 Engineering, 2 Inscription and 2 Enchanting); Breastplate of the White Knight takes the most, 12 per craft.
Eternal Earth. Made with Transmute: Eternal Air to Earth (Alchemy, Northrend Alchemy) from 1 
Eternal Air. At lowest listed prices that makes one Eternal Earth for 43 gold50 silver, against 1 gold75 silver listed. Made with Transmute: Eternal Shadow to Earth (Alchemy, Northrend Alchemy) from 1 Eternal Shadow. At lowest listed prices that makes one Eternal Earth for 14 gold67 silver, against 1 gold75 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 31 other recipes (9 Jewelcrafting, 8 Blacksmithing, 4 Leatherworking and 3 Enchanting); the most per craft: Pillars of Might (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft), Draconic Bonesplinter Legguards (Leatherworking, 16 per craft), Boots of Kingly Upheaval (Blacksmithing, 12 per craft), Rock-Steady Treads (Leatherworking, 10 per craft) and Armsman (Enchanting, 8 per craft).
Primordial Saronite. Drops from Blood Prince Council in Icecrown Citadel (25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic)), Blood-Queen Lana'thel in Icecrown Citadel (25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic)) and Deathbringer Saurfang in Icecrown Citadel (25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic)). Also a required reagent in 17 other recipes (8 Leatherworking, 5 Blacksmithing and 4 Tailoring); the most per craft: Bladeborn Leggings (Leatherworking, 8 per craft), Draconic Bonesplinter Legguards (Leatherworking, 8 per craft), Leggings of Woven Death (Tailoring, 8 per craft), Legplates of Painful Death (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft) and Legwraps of Unleashed Nature (Leatherworking, 8 per craft).
More Northrend Blacksmithing recipes in the same skill range
- Cobalt Skeleton KeySkeleton Keys, learn at 1, grey at 5
- Cobalt TenderizerWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 20
- Cobalt Triangle ShieldShields, learn at 1, grey at 5
- Corroded Saronite EdgeWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 55
- Corroded Saronite WoundbringerWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 55
- Cudgel of Saronite JusticeWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 50
- Dalaran Runic AnvilHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Dalaran Sewer GateHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Dalaran Sun SconceHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Deadly Saronite DirkWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 50
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Protectors of Life cost 3,933 gold50 silver. Most of that is Titansteel Bar - 8 at 485 gold each, 3,880 gold, 98.6% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 4,140 gold52 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 →
Other recipes that use Titansteel Bar
- Battlelord's Plate BootsBlacksmithing
- Belt of the TitansBlacksmithing
- Boots of Kingly UpheavalBlacksmithing
- Breastplate of the White KnightBlacksmithing
- Breastplate of the White KnightBlacksmithing
- Brilliant Titansteel HelmBlacksmithing
- Brilliant Titansteel TreadsBlacksmithing
- Dalaran Runic AnvilBlacksmithing
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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).