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Alchemy Classic Alchemy
Shadow Oil
A Alchemy recipe learned at Classic Alchemy 1 that crafts Shadow Oil from 2 reagents.
Reagents
2Grave Moss5 gold48 silver
1Crystal Vial1 silver
Crafts
Background
| Recipe item |  Recipe: Shadow Oil | Requires Classic Alchemy 165 |
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Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices one craft shows an estimated profit of 12 gold38 silver. Listings are asking prices, not sales.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 10 gold97 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 24 gold58 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 1 gold22 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- 12 gold38 silver (+113%)
- Evidence: 16 current listings holding 165 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grave Moss Herb · 16,547 on the Auction House | 2 | 5 gold48 silver | 10 gold96 silver | 100% |
| Crystal Vial Other · 310,455 on the Auction House | 1 | 1 silver | 1 silver | 0% |
| Total per craft | 10 gold97 silver | 100% |
About Shadow Oil
One craft takes 2 Grave Moss and 1 Crystal Vial. It is taught by Recipe: Shadow Oil, which needs Classic Alchemy 165. Shadow Oil is itself a reagent in 7 other recipes (Leatherworking, Alchemy, Blacksmithing and Jewelcrafting).
- Recipe category
- Oils (Alchemy)
Shadow Oil tooltip
How to learn Shadow Oil
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to make Shadow Oil.
- Requires
- Classic Alchemy (165)
- Auction House
- listed on 7 US realms, cheapest 200,000 gold99 silver, 7 for sale
Shadow Oil: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 18% 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
- 24 gold58 silver
- 30-day low
- 1 gold99 silver Oct 15
- 30-day high
- 251 gold67 silver Oct 25
- 30-day median
- 30 gold
- 7-day median
- 33 gold83 silver
- 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
Grave Moss. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 1 other recipe (1 Alchemy); Shadow Protection Potion takes the most, 1 per craft.
Crystal Vial. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 321 other recipes (310 Alchemy, 10 Enchanting and 1 Inscription); the most per craft: Potion of Prolonged Power (Alchemy, 10 per craft), Apothecary's Worktable (Alchemy, 6 per craft), Major Arcane Protection Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft), Major Fire Protection Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft) and Major Frost Protection Potion (Alchemy, 5 per craft).
More Classic Alchemy recipes in the same skill range
Alchemist's FlaskFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 300- Anti-VenomAnti-Venoms, learn at 1, grey at 150
- Apothecary's WorktableHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Arcane ElixirElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 290
- Catseye ElixirElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 260
- Discolored Healing PotionPotions, learn at 1, grey at 120
- Dreamless Sleep PotionPotions, learn at 1, grey at 285
- Elixir of AgilityElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 245
- Elixir of Brute ForceElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Elixir of DefenseElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 195
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Shadow Oil cost 10 gold97 silver. Most of that is Grave Moss - 2 at 5 gold48 silver each, 10 gold96 silver, 99.9% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 11 gold54 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 24 gold58 silver, which clears it.
At that listed price the gross margin before fees is 13 gold61 silver; the Auction House would keep 1 gold22 silver of a sale, leaving 12 gold38 silver. That is an estimated 112.9% return on the gold you put into reagents, after the cut has taken 9.0% of the gross.
Listing depth right now: 165 units across 16 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 Grave Moss
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