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Purification Potion
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 12 gold43 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 16 gold23 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 4 gold
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 20 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −12 gold43 silver (-77%)
- Evidence: 21 current listings holding 164 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
- Outlier: the crafted item’s lowest listing is 4.0 times its 30-day median of 1 gold, so this estimate rests on a listing far above its usual level.
Recipe facts
- Profession
- Alchemy
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Classic Alchemy
- Item level
- 24
- Reagent slots
- 3
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
2Icecap2 gold11 silver
2Sorrowmoss6 gold
1Crystal Vial1 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icecap Herb · 3,700 on the Auction House | 2 | 2 gold11 silver | 4 gold22 silver | 26% |
| Sorrowmoss Herb · 1,423 on the Auction House | 2 | 6 gold | 12 gold | 74% |
| Crystal Vial Other · 388,460 on the Auction House | 1 | 1 silver | 1 silver | 0% |
| Total per craft | 16 gold23 silver | 100% |
About Purification Potion
One craft takes 2 Icecap, 2 Sorrowmoss and 1 Crystal Vial. It is taught by Recipe: Purification Potion, which needs Classic Alchemy 285.
- Recipe category
- Potions (Alchemy)
- Skill-up colours (Classic Alchemy skill)
- Orange below 300 · Grey 300 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Purification Potion tooltip
How to learn Purification Potion
Recipe: Purification Potion- Teaches
- Teaches you how to make a Purification Potion.
- Requires
- Classic Alchemy (285)
- Auction House
- listed on 2 US realms, cheapest 69,999 gold, 2 for sale
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Purification Potion: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 4.0 times 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
- 4 gold
- 30-day low
- 1 silver Sep 16
- 30-day high
- 22,222 gold22 silver Sep 17
- 30-day median
- 1 gold
- 7-day median
- 4 gold
- Hourly snapshots
- 676
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Icecap. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 6 other recipes (4 Alchemy, 1 Engineering and 1 Enchanting); Alchemist's Flask takes the most, 7 per craft.
Sorrowmoss. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 5 other recipes (5 Alchemy); the most per craft: Elixir of Brute Force (Alchemy, 2 per craft), Elixir of the Mongoose (Alchemy, 2 per craft), Elixir of the Sages (Alchemy, 2 per craft), Mageblood Elixir (Alchemy, 2 per craft) and Mighty Troll's Blood Elixir (Alchemy, 2 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 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
- Elixir of AgilityElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 245
- Elixir of Brute ForceElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Elixir of DefenseElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 195
- Elixir of DemonslayingElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 300
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Purification Potion cost 16 gold23 silver. Most of that is Sorrowmoss - 2 at 6 gold each, 12 gold, 73.9% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 17 gold8 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 4 gold, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −12 gold23 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 20 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 12 gold43 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -76.6% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 164 units across 21 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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