TheWoWDBCrafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices the reagents cost more than the crafted item lists for: an estimated loss of 57 silver45 copper per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 1 gold4 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 49 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 2 silver45 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −57 silver45 copper (-55%)
- Evidence: 6 current listings holding 86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Silver MackerelCooking · 17,136 on the Auction House | 4 | 26 silver | 1 gold4 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 1 gold4 silver | 100% |
About Silvery Salve
One craft takes 4 Silver Mackerel.
Silvery Salve tooltip
Silvery Salve: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 2.5 times 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
- 49 silver
- 30-day low
- 14 silver Oct 25
- 30-day high
- 18,888 gold68 silver Oct 23
- 30-day median
- 20 silver
- 7-day median
- 49 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 693
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Silver Mackerel. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 3 other recipes (2 Cooking and 1 Alchemy); Dried Mackerel Strips takes the most, 5 per craft.
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Silvery Salve cost 1 gold4 silver.
Break-even is 1 gold9 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 49 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −55 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 2 silver45 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 57 silver45 copper at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -55.2% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 86 units across 6 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 →
