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Enchanting Outland Enchanting

Small Prismatic Shard

A Enchanting recipe learned at Outland Enchanting 1 that crafts 3 Small Prismatic Shard from 1 reagent.

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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 gold68 silver per craft.

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
4 gold
Crafted item, lowest listed price (each)
11 silver
Items per craft
3
Listed value of one craft
33 silver
Auction House cut (5%)
1 silver65 copper
Estimated profit at that listed price
−3 gold68 silver (-92%)
  • Evidence: 43 current listings holding 5,790 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 72% below its 30-day median of 39 silver, so this estimate rests on a listing far below its usual level.
  • Items per craft: the game’s spell data creates 3 per craft, so the listed value of one craft is that many times the lowest listed price.
Verified priceAuction HouseUS region
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Cost per reagent

ReagentQtyEachCostShare
Large Prismatic Shard
Enchanting · 5,263 on the Auction House · crafted by Large Prismatic Shard (Enchanting) · crafted by Void Shatter (Enchanting)
14 gold4 gold100%
Total per craft4 gold100%

About Small Prismatic Shard

One craft takes 1 Large Prismatic Shard. Small Prismatic Shard is itself a reagent in 3 other recipes (Enchanting, Engineering and Leatherworking).

Recipe category
Reagents (Outland Enchanting)

Small Prismatic Shard tooltip

Small Prismatic Shard
Item Level 15
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Small Prismatic Shard: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 72% 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
11 silver
30-day low
9 silver Oct 20
30-day high
1 gold77 silver Oct 23
30-day median
39 silver
7-day median
35 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

Large Prismatic Shard. Made with Large Prismatic Shard (Enchanting, Outland Enchanting) from 3 Small Prismatic Shard. At lowest listed prices that makes one Large Prismatic Shard for 33 silver, against 4 gold listed. Made with Void Shatter (Enchanting, Outland Enchanting) from 1 Void Crystal, 2 per craft. At lowest listed prices that makes one Large Prismatic Shard for 81 silver50 copper, against 4 gold listed. Also a required reagent in 35 other recipes (28 Enchanting, 5 Blacksmithing and 2 Engineering); Spellsurge takes the most, 12 per craft.

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Small Prismatic Shard cost 4 gold.

Break-even is 4 gold21 silver per craft, 1 gold40 silver per item at 3 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 11 silver, which does not clear it.

The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −3 gold67 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 1 silver65 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 3 gold68 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -92.2% return on the gold you put into reagents.

Listing depth right now: 5,790 units across 43 auctions region-wide. Depth separates a market price from a single asking figure, but listings are not sales, so read it alongside the estimate.

Other recipes that use Large Prismatic Shard

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