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AlchemyPandaria Alchemy
Riddle of Steel
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 173 gold71 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 841 gold47 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 702 gold90 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 35 gold14 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −173 gold71 silver (-21%)
- Evidence: 34 current listings holding 1,107 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
Recipe facts
- Profession
- Alchemy
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Pandaria Alchemy
- Item level
- 30
- Reagent slots
- 2
- Cast time
- 1.5 sec
Crafts
Reagents
3Trillium Bar109 gold99 silver
3Spirit of Harmony170 gold50 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trillium Bar Metal & Stone · 8,145 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Trillium (Mining) · crafted by Transmute: Trillium Bar (Alchemy) | 3 | 109 gold99 silver | 329 gold97 silver | 39% |
| Spirit of Harmony Elemental · 12,472 on the Auction House | 3 | 170 gold50 silver | 511 gold50 silver | 61% |
| Total per craft | 841 gold47 silver | 100% |
About Riddle of Steel
One craft takes 3 Trillium Bar and 3 Spirit of Harmony. Living Steel is itself a reagent in 58 other recipes (Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting and Inscription).
- Recipe category
- Transmutation (Pandaria Alchemy)
- Skill-up colours (Pandaria Alchemy skill)
- Orange below 75 · Grey 75 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Living Steel tooltip
More Transmutation recipes (Pandaria Alchemy)
- Transmute: Imperial Amethystyellow 75, grey 75
- Transmute: Living Steelyellow 75, grey 75
- Transmute: Primal Diamondyellow 75, grey 75
- Transmute: Primordial Rubyyellow 75, grey 75
- Transmute: River's Heartyellow 75, grey 75
- Transmute: Sun's Radianceyellow 75, grey 75
- Transmute: Trillium Baryellow 75, grey 75
- Transmute: Vermilion Onyxyellow 75, grey 75
- Transmute: Wild Jadeyellow 75, grey 75
Living Steel is a reagent in
Black Planar Edge, RebornBlacksmithing- Blazefury, RebornBlacksmithing
- Blazeguard, RebornBlacksmithing
- Bloodforged WarfistsBlacksmithing
- Bloodmoon, RebornBlacksmithing
- Breastplate of Ancient SteelBlacksmithing
- Chestplate of Limitless FaithBlacksmithing
- Deep Thunder, RebornBlacksmithing
- Dragonmaw, RebornBlacksmithing
- Dragonstrike, RebornBlacksmithing
- Drakefist Hammer, RebornBlacksmithing
- Fireguard, RebornBlacksmithing
and 46 more recipes.
Living Steel: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 3% below its 30-day median.
- Now
- 702 gold90 silver
- 30-day low
- 599 gold73 silver Sep 15
- 30-day high
- 835 gold96 silver Sep 5
- 30-day median
- 727 gold
- 7-day median
- 708 gold79 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 681
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Trillium Bar. Made with Smelt Trillium (Mining, Pandaria Mining) from 2 
Black Trillium Ore and 2 
White Trillium Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Trillium Bar for 83 gold10 silver, against 109 gold99 silver listed. Made with Transmute: Trillium Bar (Alchemy, Pandaria Alchemy) from 10 
Ghost Iron Bar. At lowest listed prices that makes one Trillium Bar for 137 gold40 silver, against 109 gold99 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 22 other recipes (13 Blacksmithing, 7 Engineering, 1 Jewelcrafting and 1 Alchemy); Reconstructed Mogu Lightning Drill takes the most, 40 per craft.
Spirit of Harmony. Rewarded by the quest Many More Giant Dinosaur Bones. Also a required reagent in 104 other recipes (47 Blacksmithing, 23 Leatherworking, 15 Inscription and 9 Engineering); the most per craft: Depleted-Kyparium Rocket (Engineering, 12 per craft), Geosynchronous World Spinner (Engineering, 12 per craft), Mystery of the Mists (Inscription, 10 per craft), Blazefury, Reborn (Blacksmithing, 9 per craft) and Bloodmoon, Reborn (Blacksmithing, 9 per craft).
Other recipes that make Living Steel
More Pandaria Alchemy recipes in the same skill range
- Alchemist's RejuvenationPotions, learn at 1, grey at 10
- Darkwater PotionPotions, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Desecrated OilOils, learn at 1, grey at 40
- Elixir of MirrorsElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Elixir of PeaceElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Elixir of PerfectionElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Elixir of WeaponryElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 40
- Elixir of the RapidsElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Flask of Falling LeavesFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Flask of Spring BlossomsFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 75
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Riddle of Steel cost 841 gold47 silver. Most of that is Spirit of Harmony - 3 at 170 gold50 silver each, 511 gold50 silver, 60.8% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 885 gold75 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 702 gold90 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −138 gold57 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 35 gold14 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 173 gold71 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -20.6% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 1,107 units across 34 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 Trillium Bar
- Transmute: Living SteelAlchemy
- Accelerated Balanced Trillium IngotBlacksmithing
- Balanced Trillium IngotBlacksmithing
- Masterwork Lightsteel ShieldBlacksmithing
- Masterwork Spiritguard BeltBlacksmithing
- Masterwork Spiritguard BootsBlacksmithing
- Masterwork Spiritguard BracersBlacksmithing
- Masterwork Spiritguard BreastplateBlacksmithing
Featured in guides
Guides and routes on this site that cover Living Steel.