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Sparkling Tinker's Gear

A Engineering recipe learned at Pandaria Engineering 1 that crafts Sparkling Tinker's Gear 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 2 gold10 silver per craft.

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
15 gold40 silver
Crafted item, lowest listed price
14 gold
Auction House cut (5%)
70 silver
Estimated profit at that listed price
−2 gold10 silver (-14%)
  • Evidence: 11 current listings holding 120 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
Verified priceAuction HouseUS region
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Cost per reagent

ReagentQtyEachCostShare
Ghost Iron Bar
Metal & Stone · 53,016 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Ghost Iron (Mining)
27 gold70 silver15 gold40 silver100%
Total per craft15 gold40 silver100%

About Sparkling Tinker's Gear

One craft takes 2 Ghost Iron Bar.

Recipe category
Cogwheels (Pandaria Engineering)

Sparkling Tinker's Gear tooltip

Sparkling Tinker's Gear
Item Level 35
Gem
“Only fits in a Cogwheel socket.”
Sell price: 1g

Sparkling Tinker's Gear: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 7% below its 30-day median.

Now
14 gold
30-day low
5 gold Oct 30
30-day high
23 gold Oct 10
30-day median
15 gold
7-day median
14 gold
Hourly snapshots
692

US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.

Where the reagents come from

Ghost Iron Bar. Made with Smelt Ghost Iron (Mining, Pandaria Mining) from 2 Ghost Iron Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Ghost Iron Bar for 6 gold80 silver, against 7 gold70 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 158 other recipes (140 Blacksmithing, 12 Engineering, 2 Inscription and 2 Alchemy); Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Barrier takes the most, 20 per craft.

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Sparkling Tinker's Gear cost 15 gold40 silver.

Break-even is 16 gold21 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 14 gold, which does not clear it.

The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −1 gold40 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 70 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 2 gold10 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -13.6% return on the gold you put into reagents.

Listing depth right now: 120 units across 11 auctions region-wide. Depth separates a market price from a single asking figure, but listings are not sales, so read it alongside the estimate.

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