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Mining Cataclysm Mining
Smelt Hardened Elementium
A Mining recipe learned at Cataclysm Mining 1 that crafts Hardened Elementium Bar from 2 reagents.
Reagents
10Elementium Bar19 gold80 silver
4Volatile Earth3 gold
Crafts
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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 43 gold27 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 210 gold
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 175 gold50 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 8 gold77 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −43 gold27 silver (-21%)
- Evidence: 15 current listings holding 2,108 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elementium Bar Metal & Stone · 19,660 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Elementium (Mining) | 10 | 19 gold80 silver | 198 gold | 94% |
| Volatile Earth Elemental · 38,939 on the Auction House | 4 | 3 gold | 12 gold | 6% |
| Total per craft | 210 gold | 100% |
About Smelt Hardened Elementium
One craft takes 10 Elementium Bar and 4 Volatile Earth. Hardened Elementium Bar is itself a reagent in 47 other recipes (Blacksmithing, Engineering and Enchanting).
- Recipe category
- Smelting (Cataclysm Mining)
Hardened Elementium Bar tooltip
Hardened Elementium Bar: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 11% above 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
- 183 gold
- 30-day low
- 88 gold51 silver Oct 16
- 30-day high
- 18,888 gold64 silver Oct 26
- 30-day median
- 165 gold
- 7-day median
- 195 gold
- 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
Elementium Bar. Made with Smelt Elementium (Mining, Cataclysm Mining) from 2 
Elementium Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Elementium Bar for 17 gold, against 19 gold80 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 55 other recipes (34 Blacksmithing, 12 Jewelcrafting, 6 Engineering and 2 Inscription); Fire-Etched Dagger takes the most, 20 per craft.
Volatile Earth. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 40 other recipes (17 Blacksmithing, 9 Leatherworking, 4 Jewelcrafting and 4 Enchanting); the most per craft: Elementium Guardian (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Punisher's Band (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Dragonkiller Tunic (Leatherworking, 50 per craft), Dream of Deepholm (Tailoring, 30 per craft) and Corded Viper Belt (Leatherworking, 25 per craft).
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Smelt Hardened Elementium cost 210 gold. Most of that is Elementium Bar - 10 at 19 gold80 silver each, 198 gold, 94.3% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 221 gold5 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 175 gold50 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −34 gold50 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 8 gold77 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 43 gold27 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -20.6% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 2,108 units across 15 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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