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Shimmering Ink
A Inscription recipe learned at Classic Inscription 1 that crafts Shimmering Ink from 1 reagent.
Reagents
2Silvery Pigment45 silver
Crafts
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Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices one craft shows an estimated profit of 19 silver25 copper. Listings are asking prices, not sales.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 90 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 1 gold15 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 5 silver75 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- 19 silver25 copper (+21%)
- Evidence: 72 current listings holding 21,195 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silvery Pigment Inscription · 244,694 on the Auction House | 2 | 45 silver | 90 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 90 silver | 100% |
About Shimmering Ink
One craft takes 2 Silvery Pigment. Shimmering Ink is itself a reagent in 11 other recipes (Inscription).
- Recipe category
- Ink (Classic Inscription)
Shimmering Ink tooltip
Shimmering Ink: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 38% 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
- 1 gold15 silver
- 30-day low
- 50 silver Oct 26
- 30-day high
- 197 gold Nov 2
- 30-day median
- 1 gold85 silver
- 7-day median
- 1 gold70 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
Silvery Pigment. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it.
More Classic Inscription recipes in the same skill range
Book of StarsOff-hand, learn at 1, grey at 260- Book of SurvivalOff-hand, learn at 1, grey at 175
- Brill CoffinHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Brill Coffin LidHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Certificate of OwnershipOther, learn at 1, grey at 215
- Encased Frigid HeartAncient Techniques, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Enchanting VellumOther, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Fire Eater's GuideOff-hand, learn at 1, grey at 260
- Glyph of Crimson BanishGlyphs, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Glyph of EvaporationGlyphs, learn at 1, grey at 300
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Shimmering Ink cost 90 silver.
Break-even is 94 silver74 copper - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 1 gold15 silver, which clears it.
At that listed price the gross margin before fees is 25 silver; the Auction House would keep 5 silver75 copper of a sale, leaving 19 silver25 copper. That is an estimated 21.4% return on the gold you put into reagents, after the cut has taken 23.0% of the gross.
Listing depth right now: 21,195 units across 72 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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