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Radiant Breastplate

A Blacksmithing recipe learned at Classic Blacksmithing 1 that crafts Radiant Breastplate from 3 reagents.

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Where it comes from
Recipe item Plans: Radiant BreastplateRequires Classic Blacksmithing 270

Crafting estimate at current listings

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
74 gold76 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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  • Not included: the recipe also accepts 1 optional reagent slot, which are not required and are left out of the cost.
Verified priceAuction HouseUS region

Cost per reagent

ReagentQtyEachCostShare
Thorium Bar
Metal & Stone · 32,971 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Thorium (Mining)
184 gold1 silver72 gold18 silver97%
Heart of Fire
Elemental · 6,895 on the Auction House
29 silver18 silver0%
Star Ruby
Jewelcrafting · 475 on the Auction House
12 gold40 silver2 gold40 silver3%
Total per craft74 gold76 silver100%

About Radiant Breastplate

One craft takes 18 Thorium Bar, 2 Heart of Fire and 1 Star Ruby. It is taught by Plans: Radiant Breastplate, which needs Classic Blacksmithing 270.

Recipe category
Chest (Blacksmithing Plans)

Radiant Breastplate tooltip

Radiant Breastplate
Item Level 27
Binds when equipped
ChestArmor
16 Armor
+14 Critical Strike
+14 Versatility
Requires Level 21
Sell price: 15s

How to learn Radiant Breastplate

Plans: Radiant Breastplate

Teaches
Teaches you how to make a Radiant Breastplate.
Requires
Classic Blacksmithing (270)
Auction House
listed on 59 US realms, cheapest 10 gold35 silver, 142 for sale

Where the reagents come from

Thorium Bar. Made with Smelt Thorium (Mining, Classic Mining) from 1 Thorium Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Thorium Bar for 3 gold95 silver, against 4 gold1 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 88 other recipes (73 Blacksmithing, 7 Engineering, 5 Jewelcrafting and 1 Inscription); Lionheart Helm takes the most, 80 per craft.

Heart of Fire. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 27 other recipes (17 Blacksmithing, 4 Tailoring, 3 Engineering and 1 Leatherworking); the most per craft: Warblades of the Hakkari, Reborn (Blacksmithing, 30 per craft), Fiery Vengeance (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft), Bloodlord's Reaver (Blacksmithing, 10 per craft), Dark Iron Plate (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft) and Helm of Fire (Leatherworking, 8 per craft).

Star Ruby. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 41 other recipes (18 Blacksmithing, 10 Engineering, 9 Jewelcrafting and 2 Leatherworking); the most per craft: Weaver's Fang (Blacksmithing, 16 per craft), Midnight's Graze (Blacksmithing, 12 per craft), Blood Talon (Blacksmithing, 10 per craft), Heartseeker (Blacksmithing, 6 per craft) and Truesilver Champion (Blacksmithing, 6 per craft).

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Radiant Breastplate cost 74 gold76 silver. Most of that is Thorium Bar - 18 at 4 gold1 silver each, 72 gold18 silver, 96.5% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.

Break-even is 78 gold69 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.

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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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