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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 gold90 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 30 gold95 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 19 gold
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 95 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −12 gold90 silver (-42%)
- Evidence: 27 current listings holding 21,357 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 BismuthMetal & Stone · 8,389 on the Auction House | 5 | 6 gold19 silver | 30 gold95 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 30 gold95 silver | 100% |
About Refine Bismuth |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier3:20:20|a
One craft takes 5 Bismuth. Bismuth is itself a reagent in 25 other recipes (Blacksmithing, Engineering, Cooking and Jewelcrafting).
- Recipe category
- Ore Refinement (Khaz Algar Mining)
Bismuth tooltip
Bismuth: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 46% above its 30-day median.
- Now
- 19 gold
- 30-day low
- 4 gold20 silver Oct 16
- 30-day high
- 19 gold99 silver Nov 5
- 30-day median
- 13 gold
- 7-day median
- 13 gold
- 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
Bismuth. Made with Refine Bismuth |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier2:20:20|a (Mining, Khaz Algar Mining) from 5 Bismuth. At lowest listed prices that makes one Bismuth for 22 gold50 silver, against 6 gold19 silver listed. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 4 gold50 silver, rank 2 6 gold19 silver and rank 3 19 gold. Also a required reagent in 26 other recipes (12 Blacksmithing, 6 Engineering, 4 Jewelcrafting and 4 Cooking); Remembrance Stone takes the most, 50 per craft.
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Refine Bismuth |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier3:20:20|a cost 30 gold95 silver.
Break-even is 32 gold57 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 19 gold, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −11 gold95 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 95 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 12 gold90 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -41.7% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 21,357 units across 27 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 →
Other recipes that use Bismuth
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- Dredger's Developed DefenderBlacksmithing
- Dredger's Developed GauntletsBlacksmithing
- Dredger's Developed GreatbeltBlacksmithing
- Dredger's Developed HelmBlacksmithing
- Dredger's Developed LegplatesBlacksmithing
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