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Pyrium Shield Spike
A Blacksmithing recipe learned at Cataclysm Blacksmithing 1 that crafts Pyrium Shield Spike from 1 reagent.
Reagents
5Pyrium Bar35 gold
Crafts
Background
| Recipe item |  Plans: Pyrium Shield Spike | Requires Cataclysm Blacksmithing 75 |
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Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices one craft shows an estimated profit of 40 gold35 silver. Listings are asking prices, not sales.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 175 gold
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 226 gold69 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 11 gold33 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- 40 gold35 silver (+23%)
- Evidence: 6 current listings holding 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyrium Bar Metal & Stone · 7,579 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Pyrium Bar (Alchemy) · crafted by Smelt Pyrite (Mining) | 5 | 35 gold | 175 gold | 100% |
| Total per craft | 175 gold | 100% |
About Pyrium Shield Spike
One craft takes 5 Pyrium Bar. It is taught by Plans: Pyrium Shield Spike, which needs Cataclysm Blacksmithing 75.
- Recipe category
- Equipment Mods (Cataclysm Plans)
Pyrium Shield Spike tooltip
How to learn Pyrium Shield Spike
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to make a Pyrium Shield Spike.
- Requires
- Cataclysm Blacksmithing (75)
- Binding
- Binds when picked up
Pyrium Shield Spike: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 22% 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
- 226 gold69 silver
- 30-day low
- 20 gold69 silver Nov 2
- 30-day high
- 10,000 gold19 silver Oct 9
- 30-day median
- 292 gold49 silver
- 7-day median
- 226 gold69 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
Pyrium Bar. Made with Smelt Pyrite (Mining, Cataclysm Mining) from 2 
Pyrite Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Pyrium Bar for 20 gold, against 35 gold listed. Made with Transmute: Pyrium Bar (Alchemy, Cataclysm Alchemy) from 1 
Elementium Bar and 1 
Volatile Earth, 3 per craft. At lowest listed prices that makes one Pyrium Bar for 9 gold33 silver, against 35 gold listed. Also a required reagent in 3 other recipes (2 Blacksmithing and 1 Alchemy); Ebonsteel Belt Buckle takes the most, 4 per craft.
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Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Pyrium Shield Spike cost 175 gold.
Break-even is 184 gold21 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 226 gold69 silver, which clears it.
At that listed price the gross margin before fees is 51 gold69 silver; the Auction House would keep 11 gold33 silver of a sale, leaving 40 gold35 silver. That is an estimated 23.1% return on the gold you put into reagents, after the cut has taken 21.9% of the gross.
Listing depth right now: 43 units across 6 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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