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Smelt Bronze
A Mining recipe learned at Classic Mining 1 that crafts 2 Bronze Bar from 2 reagents.
Reagents
1Copper Bar2 gold70 silver
1Tin Bar1 gold85 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 1 gold24 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 4 gold55 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price (each)
- 1 gold74 silver
- Items per craft
- 2
- Listed value of one craft
- 3 gold48 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 17 silver40 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −1 gold24 silver (-27%)
- Evidence: 76 current listings holding 64,575 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Bar Metal & Stone · 39,630 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Copper (Mining) | 1 | 2 gold70 silver | 2 gold70 silver | 59% |
| Tin Bar Metal & Stone · 40,346 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Tin (Mining) | 1 | 1 gold85 silver | 1 gold85 silver | 41% |
| Total per craft | 4 gold55 silver | 100% |
About Smelt Bronze
One craft takes 1 Copper Bar and 1 Tin Bar. Bronze Bar is itself a reagent in 42 other recipes (Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting and Inscription).
- Recipe category
- Smelting (Mining)
Bronze Bar tooltip
Bronze Bar: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 2% 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
- 2 gold40 silver
- 30-day low
- 1 silver Nov 5
- 30-day high
- 3 gold9 silver Oct 22
- 30-day median
- 2 gold45 silver
- 7-day median
- 2 gold50 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
Copper Bar. Made with Smelt Copper (Mining, Classic Mining) from 1 
Copper Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Copper Bar for 1 gold55 silver, against 2 gold70 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 38 other recipes (24 Blacksmithing, 7 Engineering, 6 Jewelcrafting and 1 Leatherworking); Ironforge Breastplate takes the most, 16 per craft.
Tin Bar. Made with Smelt Tin (Mining, Classic Mining) from 1 
Tin Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Tin Bar for 1 gold15 silver, against 1 gold85 silver listed.
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Smelt Bronze cost 4 gold55 silver. Most of that is Copper Bar - 1 at 2 gold70 silver each, 2 gold70 silver, 59.3% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 4 gold78 silver per craft, 2 gold39 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 gold74 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −1 gold7 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 17 silver40 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 1 gold24 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -27.3% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 64,575 units across 76 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 Copper Bar
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