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RecipeMiningKhaz Algar Mining

Refine Bismuth |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier2:20:20|a

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.

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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 28 gold42 silver per craft.

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
34 gold60 silver
Crafted item, lowest listed price
6 gold50 silver
Auction House cut (5%)
32 silver50 copper
Estimated profit at that listed price
−28 gold42 silver (-82%)
  • Evidence: 208 current listings holding 38,849 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
Verified priceAuction HouseUS region

Recipe facts

Profession
Mining
Requires skill
1
Expansion tier
Khaz Algar Mining
Item level
70
Reagent slots
1
Cast time
2 sec

Crafts

Bismuth6 gold

Reagents

Cost per reagent

ReagentQtyEachCostShare
Bismuth
Metal & Stone · 50,892 on the Auction House		56 gold92 silver34 gold60 silver100%
Total per craft34 gold60 silver100%

About Refine Bismuth |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier2:20:20|a

One craft takes 5 Bismuth. Bismuth is itself a reagent in 26 other recipes (Blacksmithing, Engineering, Cooking and Jewelcrafting).

Recipe category
Ore Refinement (Khaz Algar Mining)
Skill-up colours (Khaz Algar Mining skill)
Grey 1 and up
Skill points per craft
1

Bismuth tooltip

Bismuth
Item Level 70
Trade Goods
“Gathered by players with the Mining skill. Can be bought and sold on the Auction House.”
Sell price: 5s

More Ore Refinement recipes (Khaz Algar Mining)

Bismuth is a reagent in

and 14 more recipes.

Bismuth: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 25% 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
6 gold
30-day low
1 silver Sep 3
30-day high
197 gold Aug 25
30-day median
7 gold97 silver
7-day median
7 gold54 silver
Hourly snapshots
689

US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.

Where the reagents come from

Bismuth. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 6 gold92 silver, rank 2 6 gold50 silver and rank 3 12 gold99 silver. 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-Tier2:20:20|a cost 34 gold60 silver.

Break-even is 36 gold42 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 6 gold50 silver, which does not clear it.

The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −28 gold10 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 32 silver50 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 28 gold42 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -82.2% return on the gold you put into reagents.

Listing depth right now: 38,849 units across 208 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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