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Smelt Copper
A Mining recipe learned at Classic Mining 1 that crafts Copper Bar from 1 reagent.
Reagents
1Copper Ore2 gold85 silver
Crafts
Background
| Auto-learned | Classic Mining | Learned automatically with this skill line |
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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 17 silver10 copper per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 2 gold85 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 2 gold82 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 14 silver10 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −17 silver10 copper (-6%)
- Evidence: 23 current listings holding 30,480 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Ore Metal & Stone · 321,772 on the Auction House | 1 | 2 gold85 silver | 2 gold85 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 2 gold85 silver | 100% |
About Smelt Copper
One craft takes 1 Copper Ore. It is learned automatically with Classic Mining. Copper Bar is itself a reagent in 39 other recipes (Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting and Leatherworking).
- Recipe category
- Smelting (Mining)
- How it is learned
- Automatically with Classic Mining
Copper Bar tooltip
Where the reagents come from
Copper Ore. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 1 other recipe (1 Blacksmithing); Relic of the Past I takes the most, 5 per craft.
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Smelt Copper cost 2 gold85 silver.
Break-even is 3 gold - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 2 gold82 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −3 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 14 silver10 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 17 silver10 copper at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -6.0% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 30,480 units across 23 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 Ore
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