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2Inscription Dragon Isles Inscription
Serene Ink
A Inscription recipe learned at Dragon Isles Inscription 1 that crafts 2 Serene Ink from 4 reagents.
Reagents
2Shimmering Pigment45 silver
1Serene Pigment7 gold72 silver
1Draconic Vial4 gold90 silver
1Iridescent Water98 silver
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| Recipe item |  Technique: Serene Ink | Requires Dragon Isles Inscription 1 |
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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 3 gold86 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 14 gold50 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price (each)
- 5 gold60 silver
- Items per craft
- 2
- Listed value of one craft
- 11 gold20 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 56 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −3 gold86 silver (-27%)
- Evidence: 17 current listings holding 504 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
- Outlier: the crafted item’s lowest listing is 75% below its 30-day median of 22 gold, so this estimate rests on a listing far below its usual level.
- Items per craft: the game’s spell data creates 2 per craft, so the listed value of one craft is that many times the lowest listed price.
- Quality: Serene Ink comes in 3 quality ranks. This is the base comparison, rank 1 reagents against the rank 1 result; your skill and the reagents’ ranks decide the rank you actually get, which this estimate does not model. Each rank’s lowest listing is in the rank table below.
- Not included: the recipe also accepts 2 finishing reagent slots, which are not required and are left out of the cost.
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shimmering Pigment Inscription · 6,262 on the Auction House | 2 | 45 silver | 90 silver | 6% |
| Serene Pigment Inscription · 3,824 on the Auction House | 1 | 7 gold72 silver | 7 gold72 silver | 53% |
| Draconic Vial Other · 3,876 on the Auction House | 1 | 4 gold90 silver | 4 gold90 silver | 34% |
| Iridescent Water Inscription · 9,280 on the Auction House | 1 | 98 silver | 98 silver | 7% |
| Total per craft | 14 gold50 silver | 100% |
About Serene Ink
One craft takes 2 Shimmering Pigment, 1 Serene Pigment, 1 Draconic Vial and 1 Iridescent Water. It is taught by Technique: Serene Ink, which needs Dragon Isles Inscription 1. Serene Ink is itself a reagent in 24 other recipes (Inscription).
- Recipe category
- Inks (Dragon Isles Techniques)
- How it is learned
- Automatically with Dragon Isles Inscription
Serene Ink tooltip
How to learn Serene Ink
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to craft Serene Ink.
- Requires
- Dragon Isles Inscription (1)
Serene Ink quality ranks
Serene Ink comes in 3 quality ranks, and each rank is its own item on the Auction House. The recipe’s base crafting difficulty is 80.
| Rank | Item | Lowest listed price | Listings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Serene Ink | 5 gold60 silver | 17 listings, 504 units |
| Rank 2 | Serene Ink | 9 gold18 silver | 43 listings, 4,933 units |
| Rank 3 | Serene Ink | 4 gold48 silver | 35 listings, 15,977 units |
The crafting estimate above is the base comparison: rank 1 reagents against the rank 1 result. Your skill and the reagents’ ranks decide which rank a craft actually makes, so a higher rank is never priced against rank 1 reagents here. Right now rank 1 lists above rank 3, so a craft that comes out at a higher rank is worth less at today’s listings, not more.
Serene Ink: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 75% 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
- 5 gold60 silver
- 30-day low
- 2 gold Oct 19
- 30-day high
- 94 gold99 silver Oct 6
- 30-day median
- 22 gold
- 7-day median
- 8 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
Shimmering Pigment. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 45 silver, rank 2 99 silver and rank 3 3 gold18 silver. Also a required reagent in 2 other recipes (2 Inscription); Blazing Ink takes the most, 2 per craft.
Serene Pigment. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 7 gold72 silver, rank 2 2 gold21 silver and rank 3 7 gold78 silver.
Draconic Vial. Made with Draconic Vial (Jewelcrafting, Dragon Isles Jewelcrafting) from 1 
Silken Gemdust, 1 
Rousing Fire, 5 
Fractured Glass and 5 
Draconic Stopper, 5 per craft. At lowest listed prices that makes one Draconic Vial for 5 gold75 silver, against 4 gold90 silver listed. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 4 gold90 silver, rank 2 7 gold75 silver and rank 3 26 gold50 silver. Also a required reagent in 34 other recipes (31 Alchemy, 2 Inscription and 1 Engineering); the most per craft: Aerated Phial of Deftness (Alchemy, 10 per craft), Crystalline Phial of Perception (Alchemy, 10 per craft), Steaming Phial of Finesse (Alchemy, 10 per craft), Aerated Mana Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft) and Bottled Putrescence (Alchemy, 5 per craft).
Iridescent Water. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 34 other recipes (33 Inscription and 1 Engineering); the most per craft: Titanic Tyrhold Fountain (Engineering, 20 per craft), Cliffside Wylderdrake: Conical Head (Inscription, 8 per craft), Cliffside Wylderdrake: Red Hair (Inscription, 8 per craft), Cliffside Wylderdrake: Triple Head Horns (Inscription, 8 per craft) and Grotto Netherwing Drake: Chin Tendrils (Inscription, 8 per craft).
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- Arcane Dispelling RuneArtisan Curios, learn at 1, grey at 60
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- Blazing FortuneMysteries, learn at 1, grey at 30
- Bronzescale SigilRunes and Sigils, learn at 1, grey at 65
- Bundle O' Cards: Dragon IslesMysteries, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Buzzing RuneRunes and Sigils, learn at 1, grey at 45
- Chef's Smooth Rolling PinProfession Equipment, learn at 1, grey at 45
- Chef's Splendid Rolling PinProfession Equipment, learn at 1, grey at 100
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 4 reagents for one craft of Serene Ink cost 14 gold50 silver. Most of that is Serene Pigment - 1 at 7 gold72 silver each, 7 gold72 silver, 53.2% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 15 gold26 silver per craft, 7 gold63 silver per item at 2 items a craft - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 5 gold60 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −3 gold30 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 56 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 3 gold86 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -26.6% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 504 units across 17 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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