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Silver Skeleton Key
A Blacksmithing recipe learned at Classic Blacksmithing 1 that crafts 2 Silver Skeleton Key from 2 reagents.
Reagents
1Silver Bar15 gold99 silver
1Rough Grinding Stone28 silver
Crafts
Background
Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices the reagents cost more than the crafted item lists for: an estimated loss of 13 gold51 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 16 gold27 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price (each)
- 1 gold45 silver
- Items per craft
- 2
- Listed value of one craft
- 2 gold90 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 14 silver50 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −13 gold51 silver (-83%)
- Evidence: 24 current listings holding 309 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
- 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.
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Bar Metal & Stone · 931 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Silver (Mining) | 1 | 15 gold99 silver | 15 gold99 silver | 98% |
| Rough Grinding Stone Metal & Stone · 4,439 on the Auction House · crafted by Rough Grinding Stone (Blacksmithing) | 1 | 28 silver | 28 silver | 2% |
| Total per craft | 16 gold27 silver | 100% |
About Silver Skeleton Key
One craft takes 1 Silver Bar and 1 Rough Grinding Stone.
- Recipe category
- Skeleton Keys (Blacksmithing Plans)
Silver Skeleton Key tooltip
Silver Skeleton Key: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 3% 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 gold45 silver
- 30-day low
- 50 silver Oct 10
- 30-day high
- 49,999 gold94 silver Oct 12
- 30-day median
- 1 gold50 silver
- 7-day median
- 2 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
Silver Bar. Made with Smelt Silver (Mining, Classic Mining) from 1 
Silver Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Silver Bar for 20 gold15 silver, against 15 gold99 silver listed. Rewarded by the quest Captain Sanders' Hidden Treasure. Also a required reagent in 18 other recipes (11 Blacksmithing, 5 Jewelcrafting and 2 Engineering); Runic Plate Boots takes the most, 10 per craft.
Rough Grinding Stone. Made with Rough Grinding Stone (Blacksmithing, Classic Blacksmithing) from 2 
Rough Stone. At lowest listed prices that makes one Rough Grinding Stone for 4 silver, against 28 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 14 other recipes (14 Blacksmithing); the most per craft: Rough Bronze Boots (Blacksmithing, 6 per craft), Ironforge Breastplate (Blacksmithing, 3 per craft), Runed Copper Bracers (Blacksmithing, 3 per craft), Runed Copper Pants (Blacksmithing, 3 per craft) and Big Bronze Knife (Blacksmithing, 2 per craft).
More Classic Blacksmithing recipes in the same skill range
AnnihilatorWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 300- Arcanite ChampionWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Arcanite ReaperWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Axe of Sundered BoneAncient Plans, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Barbaric Iron BootsBoots, learn at 1, grey at 230
- Barbaric Iron BreastplateChest, learn at 1, grey at 210
- Barbaric Iron GlovesGauntlets, learn at 1, grey at 235
- Barbaric Iron HelmHelms, learn at 1, grey at 225
- Barbaric Iron ShouldersShoulders, learn at 1, grey at 210
- Belt of the MentorAncient Plans, learn at 1, grey at 300
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Silver Skeleton Key cost 16 gold27 silver. Most of that is Silver Bar - 1 at 15 gold99 silver each, 15 gold99 silver, 98.3% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 17 gold12 silver per craft, 8 gold56 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 1 gold45 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −13 gold37 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 14 silver50 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 13 gold51 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -83.1% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 309 units across 24 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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