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BlacksmithingClassic Blacksmithing
The Plague Belcher
Reagent cost, the crafted item's lowest listed price and the estimated profit at that price, from current US Auction House listings - recalculated every snapshot.
Crafting estimate at current listings
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 12,879 gold72 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
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- Auction House cut (5%)
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- Estimated profit at that listed price
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Recipe facts
- Profession
- Blacksmithing
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Classic Blacksmithing
- Item level
- 29
- Reagent slots
- 6
- Cast time
- 3.5 sec
Crafts
Reagents
60Wartorn Scrap66 gold87 silver
16Arcanite Bar240 gold99 silver
12Azerothian Diamond1 gold25 silver
4Pristine Black Diamond696 gold59 silver
8Enchanted Leather66 gold32 silver
24Essence of Undeath69 gold99 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wartorn Scrap Other · 18,985 on the Auction House | 60 | 66 gold87 silver | 4,012 gold20 silver | 31% |
| Arcanite Bar Metal & Stone · 8,438 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Arcanite (Alchemy) | 16 | 240 gold99 silver | 3,855 gold84 silver | 30% |
| Azerothian Diamond Jewelcrafting · 342 on the Auction House | 12 | 1 gold25 silver | 15 gold | 0% |
| Pristine Black Diamond Jewelcrafting · 1,243 on the Auction House | 4 | 696 gold59 silver | 2,786 gold36 silver | 22% |
| Enchanted Leather Leather · 3,284 on the Auction House · crafted by Enchanted Leather (Enchanting) | 8 | 66 gold32 silver | 530 gold56 silver | 4% |
| Essence of Undeath Elemental · 8,100 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Water to Undeath (Alchemy) | 24 | 69 gold99 silver | 1,679 gold76 silver | 13% |
| Total per craft | 12,879 gold72 silver | 100% |
About The Plague Belcher
One craft takes 60 Wartorn Scrap, 16 Arcanite Bar, 12 Azerothian Diamond, 4 Pristine Black Diamond, 8 Enchanted Leather and 24 Essence of Undeath. It is taught by Ancient Plans: The Plague Belcher, which needs Classic Blacksmithing 300.
- Recipe category
- Ancient Plans (Blacksmithing Plans)
- Skill-up colours (Classic Blacksmithing skill)
- Orange below 300 · Grey 300 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
The Plague Belcher tooltip
How to learn The Plague Belcher
Ancient Plans: The Plague Belcher
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to craft The Plague Belcher.
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (300)
- Auction House
- listed on 46 US realms, cheapest 12,999 gold8 silver, 120 for sale
More Ancient Plans recipes (Blacksmithing Plans)
- Axe of Sundered Boneyellow 300, grey 300
- Belt of the Mentoryellow 300, grey 300
- Blade of the Fallen Seraphyellow 300, grey 300
- Blade of Unholy Mightyellow 300, grey 300
- Bloodheraldyellow 300, grey 300
- Bloodlord's Reaveryellow 300, grey 300
- Bracers of Vengeanceyellow 300, grey 300
- Bucket Kickersyellow 300, grey 300
- Darrowdirkyellow 300, grey 300
- Darrowshire Protectoryellow 300, grey 300
- Dawn of Demiseyellow 300, grey 300
- Death's Gambleyellow 300, grey 300
Where the reagents come from
Wartorn Scrap. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 32 other recipes (21 Blacksmithing, 4 Tailoring, 4 Leatherworking and 2 Jewelcrafting); Shroud of Forbidden Magic takes the most, 200 per craft.
Arcanite Bar. Made with Transmute: Arcanite (Alchemy, Classic Alchemy) from 1 
Thorium Bar and 1 
Arcane Crystal. At lowest listed prices that makes one Arcanite Bar for 253 gold60 silver, against 240 gold99 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 93 other recipes (74 Blacksmithing, 7 Jewelcrafting, 5 Engineering and 3 Inscription); the most per craft: Sulfuron Hammer (Blacksmithing, 50 per craft), Invulnerable Mail (Blacksmithing, 30 per craft), Warblades of the Hakkari, Reborn (Blacksmithing, 24 per craft), Arcanite Reaper (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft) and Blade of Unholy Might (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft).
Azerothian Diamond. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 28 other recipes (16 Blacksmithing, 5 Jewelcrafting, 4 Engineering and 1 Enchanting); the most per craft: Arcanite Champion (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft), Frostguard (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft), Plated Construct's Ribcage (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft), Darrowshire Protector (Blacksmithing, 6 per craft) and Heartseeker (Blacksmithing, 6 per craft).
Pristine Black Diamond. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 11 other recipes (7 Blacksmithing, 2 Jewelcrafting, 1 Inscription and 1 Tailoring); the most per craft: Harbinger of Death (Blacksmithing, 6 per craft), Figurine - Black Diamond Crab (Jewelcrafting, 4 per craft), Blade of the Fallen Seraph (Blacksmithing, 2 per craft), Fiery Vengeance (Blacksmithing, 2 per craft) and Frostwyrm's Icy Gaze (Jewelcrafting, 2 per craft).
Enchanted Leather. Made with Enchanted Leather (Enchanting, Classic Enchanting) from 1 
Rugged Leather and 3 
Greater Eternal Essence. At lowest listed prices that makes one Enchanted Leather for 46 gold91 silver, against 66 gold32 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 60 other recipes (29 Leatherworking, 16 Blacksmithing, 10 Tailoring and 4 Engineering); the most per craft: Displacement Boots (Leatherworking, 40 per craft), Languished Leather (Leatherworking, 40 per craft), Scourged Scales (Leatherworking, 40 per craft), Polar Helm (Leatherworking, 32 per craft) and Skyfury Headdress (Leatherworking, 30 per craft).
Essence of Undeath. Made with Transmute: Water to Undeath (Alchemy, Classic Alchemy) from 1 
Essence of Water. At lowest listed prices that makes one Essence of Undeath for 68 gold21 silver, against 69 gold99 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 46 other recipes (15 Blacksmithing, 7 Tailoring, 5 Enchanting and 4 Jewelcrafting); the most per craft: Shroud of Forbidden Magic (Tailoring, 100 per craft), Death's Gamble (Blacksmithing, 40 per craft), Frostwyrm's Frigid Stare (Jewelcrafting, 40 per craft), Frostwyrm's Icy Gaze (Jewelcrafting, 40 per craft) and Necrotic Gown (Tailoring, 40 per craft).
More Classic Blacksmithing recipes in the same skill range
- AnnihilatorWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Arcanite ChampionWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Arcanite ReaperWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Arcanite Skeleton KeySkeleton Keys, learn at 1, grey at 285
- Barbaric Iron BootsBoots, learn at 1, grey at 230
- Barbaric Iron BreastplateChest, learn at 1, grey at 210
- Barbaric Iron GlovesGauntlets, learn at 1, grey at 235
- Barbaric Iron HelmHelms, learn at 1, grey at 225
- Barbaric Iron ShouldersShoulders, learn at 1, grey at 210
- Big Black MaceWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 280
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 6 reagents for one craft of The Plague Belcher cost 12,879 gold72 silver. Most of that is Wartorn Scrap - 60 at 66 gold87 silver each, 4,012 gold20 silver, 31.2% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 13,557 gold60 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item has no current Auction House listing to compare it against, so the estimate above is left unknown rather than guessed.
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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Data notes
- No Auction House price for the crafted item - output value unknown (it may be soulbound/BoE gear or an untracked item).