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Sterling Alloy
A Blacksmithing recipe learned at Midnight Blacksmithing 1 that crafts Sterling Alloy from 3 reagents.
Reagents
6Brilliant Silver Ore6 gold11 silver
3Refulgent Copper Ingot24 gold75 silver
4Luminant Flux40 silver
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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 31 gold4 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 112 gold51 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 85 gold75 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 4 gold28 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −31 gold4 silver (-28%)
- Evidence: 57 current listings holding 2,833 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
- Quality: Sterling Alloy comes in 2 quality ranks. This is the base comparison, rank 1 reagents against the rank 1 result; your skill and the reagents’ ranks decide the rank you actually get, which this estimate does not model. Each rank’s lowest listing is in the rank table below.
- Not included: the recipe also accepts 1 finishing reagent slot, which are not required and are left out of the cost.
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brilliant Silver Ore Metal & Stone · 32,149 on the Auction House | 6 | 6 gold11 silver | 36 gold66 silver | 33% |
| Refulgent Copper Ingot Metal & Stone · 22,007 on the Auction House | 3 | 24 gold75 silver | 74 gold25 silver | 66% |
| Luminant Flux Metal & Stone · 25,594 on the Auction House | 4 | 40 silver | 1 gold60 silver | 1% |
| Total per craft | 112 gold51 silver | 100% |
About Sterling Alloy
One craft takes 6 Brilliant Silver Ore, 3 Refulgent Copper Ingot and 4 Luminant Flux. Sterling Alloy is itself a reagent in 54 other recipes (Blacksmithing, Enchanting and Leatherworking).
- Recipe category
- Smelting (Midnight Plans)
Sterling Alloy tooltip
Sterling Alloy quality ranks
Sterling Alloy comes in 2 quality ranks, and each rank is its own item on the Auction House. The recipe’s base crafting difficulty is 400.
| Rank | Item | Lowest listed price | Listings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Sterling Alloy | 85 gold75 silver | 57 listings, 2,833 units |
| Rank 2 | Sterling Alloy | 169 gold48 silver | 71 listings, 3,082 units |
The crafting estimate above is the base comparison: rank 1 reagents against the rank 1 result. Your skill and the reagents’ ranks decide which rank a craft actually makes, so a higher rank is never priced against rank 1 reagents here.
Sterling Alloy: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 21% above its 30-day median.
- Now
- 85 gold75 silver
- 30-day low
- 53 gold98 silver Oct 15
- 30-day high
- 99 gold98 silver Oct 12
- 30-day median
- 71 gold
- 7-day median
- 78 gold93 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 691
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Brilliant Silver Ore. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 6 gold11 silver and rank 2 30 gold43 silver. Also a required reagent in 2 other recipes (1 Enchanting and 1 Blacksmithing); Runed Brilliant Silver Rod takes the most, 5 per craft.
Refulgent Copper Ingot. Made with Refulgent Copper Ingot (Blacksmithing, Midnight Blacksmithing) from 5 
Refulgent Copper Ore and 2 Luminant Flux. At lowest listed prices that makes one Refulgent Copper Ingot for 31 gold65 silver, against 24 gold75 silver listed. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 24 gold75 silver and rank 2 48 gold97 silver. Also a required reagent in 43 other recipes (40 Blacksmithing and 3 Enchanting); the most per craft: Amani Forgemaster's Rack (Blacksmithing, 18 per craft), Amani Forgemaster's Workbench (Blacksmithing, 18 per craft), Gilded Silvermoon Anvil (Blacksmithing, 18 per craft), Ren'dorei Anvil (Blacksmithing, 18 per craft) and Gilded Silvermoon Hanger (Blacksmithing, 12 per craft).
Luminant Flux. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 57 other recipes (55 Blacksmithing and 2 Enchanting); the most per craft: Refulgent Razorstone (Blacksmithing, 15 per craft), Refulgent Weightstone (Blacksmithing, 15 per craft), Refulgent Whetstone (Blacksmithing, 15 per craft), Animated Sin'dorei Hammer (Enchanting, 10 per craft) and Animated Sin'dorei Pick (Enchanting, 10 per craft).
More Midnight Blacksmithing recipes in the same skill range
Amani Forgemaster's Decorative SpearHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 100- Amani Forgemaster's RackHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Amani Forgemaster's WorkbenchHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Blood Knight's ImpetusWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Blood Knight's MercyWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Blood Knight's WarbladeWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Blood-Tempered BasinetArmor, learn at 1, grey at 50
- Blood-Tempered BracersArmor, learn at 1, grey at 40
- Blood-Tempered BulwarkArmor, learn at 1, grey at 45
- Blood-Tempered ChestplateArmor, learn at 1, grey at 30
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Sterling Alloy cost 112 gold51 silver. Most of that is Refulgent Copper Ingot - 3 at 24 gold75 silver each, 74 gold25 silver, 66.0% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 118 gold43 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 85 gold75 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −26 gold76 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 4 gold28 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 31 gold4 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -27.6% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 2,833 units across 57 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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