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Thick Obsidian Breastplate
A Blacksmithing recipe learned at Classic Blacksmithing 1 that crafts Thick Obsidian Breastplate from 5 reagents.
Reagents
18Large Obsidian Shard39 gold99 silver
40Small Obsidian Shard90 silver
12Enchanted Thorium Bar5 gold50 silver
10Essence of Earth59 silver
4Huge Emerald2 gold42 silver
Crafts
Background
| Recipe item |  Plans: Thick Obsidian Breastplate | Requires Classic Blacksmithing 300 |
|---|---|---|
| Drop | The Prophet Skeram in Temple of Ahn'Qiraj | Drops Plans: Thick Obsidian Breastplate |
Crafting estimate at current listings
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 837 gold40 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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Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large Obsidian Shard Metal & Stone · 991 on the Auction House | 18 | 39 gold99 silver | 719 gold82 silver | 86% |
| Small Obsidian Shard Metal & Stone · 3,379 on the Auction House | 40 | 90 silver | 36 gold | 4% |
| Enchanted Thorium Bar Metal & Stone · 2,508 on the Auction House · crafted by Enchanted Thorium Bar (Enchanting) · crafted by Enchanted Thorium Bar (Mining) | 12 | 5 gold50 silver | 66 gold | 8% |
| Essence of Earth Elemental · 19,316 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Fire to Earth (Alchemy) · crafted by Transmute: Life to Earth (Alchemy) | 10 | 59 silver | 5 gold90 silver | 1% |
| Huge Emerald Jewelcrafting · 2,953 on the Auction House | 4 | 2 gold42 silver | 9 gold68 silver | 1% |
| Total per craft | 837 gold40 silver | 100% |
About Thick Obsidian Breastplate
One craft takes 18 Large Obsidian Shard, 40 Small Obsidian Shard, 12 Enchanted Thorium Bar, 10 Essence of Earth and 4 Huge Emerald. It is taught by Plans: Thick Obsidian Breastplate, which needs Classic Blacksmithing 300.
- Recipe category
- Chest (Blacksmithing Plans)
Thick Obsidian Breastplate tooltip
How to learn Thick Obsidian Breastplate
Plans: Thick Obsidian Breastplate
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to make a Thick Obsidian Breastplate.
- Requires
- Classic Blacksmithing (300)
- Auction House
- listed on 66 US realms, cheapest 20 gold7 silver, 168 for sale
- Drops from
- The Prophet Skeram in Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
Where the reagents come from
Large Obsidian Shard. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 3 other recipes (3 Blacksmithing); Obsidian Mail Tunic takes the most, 15 per craft.
Small Obsidian Shard. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 5 other recipes (5 Blacksmithing); the most per craft: Obsidian Mail Tunic (Blacksmithing, 36 per craft), Black Grasp of the Destroyer (Blacksmithing, 24 per craft), Jagged Obsidian Shield (Blacksmithing, 24 per craft), Heavy Obsidian Belt (Blacksmithing, 14 per craft) and Light Obsidian Belt (Blacksmithing, 14 per craft).
Enchanted Thorium Bar. Made with Enchanted Thorium Bar (Enchanting, Classic Enchanting) from 1 
Thorium Bar and 3 
Rich Illusion Dust. At lowest listed prices that makes one Enchanted Thorium Bar for 5 gold7 silver, against 5 gold50 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 44 other recipes (41 Blacksmithing, 1 Leatherworking, 1 Enchanting and 1 Engineering); the most per craft: Midnight's Graze (Blacksmithing, 36 per craft), Fiery Vengeance (Blacksmithing, 32 per craft), Gurubashi Poker (Blacksmithing, 32 per craft), Blade of the Fallen Seraph (Blacksmithing, 30 per craft) and Invulnerable Mail (Blacksmithing, 30 per craft).
Essence of Earth. Made with Transmute: Fire to Earth (Alchemy, Classic Alchemy) from 1 
Essence of Fire. At lowest listed prices that makes one Essence of Earth for 8 silver, against 59 silver listed. Made with Transmute: Life to Earth (Alchemy, Classic Alchemy) from 1 
Living Essence. At lowest listed prices that makes one Essence of Earth for 6 gold51 silver, against 59 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 28 other recipes (11 Blacksmithing, 4 Engineering, 3 Tailoring and 3 Inscription); the most per craft: Hammer of the Titans (Blacksmithing, 10 per craft), Robe of the Archmage (Tailoring, 10 per craft), Stronghold Gauntlets (Blacksmithing, 10 per craft), Titanic Leggings (Blacksmithing, 10 per craft) and Force Reactive Disk (Engineering, 8 per craft).
Huge Emerald. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 30 other recipes (21 Blacksmithing, 4 Jewelcrafting, 2 Leatherworking and 1 Inscription); the most per craft: Death's Gamble (Blacksmithing, 20 per craft), Edict of the Redeemed Crusader (Blacksmithing, 12 per craft), Shifting Sliver (Inscription, 10 per craft), Annihilator (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft) and Masterwork Stormhammer (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft).
More Classic Blacksmithing recipes in the same skill range
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- Arcanite ReaperWeapons, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Arcanite Skeleton KeySkeleton Keys, learn at 1, grey at 285
- Axe of Sundered BoneAncient Plans, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Barbaric Iron BootsBoots, learn at 1, grey at 230
- 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
- Belt of the MentorAncient Plans, learn at 1, grey at 300
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 5 reagents for one craft of Thick Obsidian Breastplate cost 837 gold40 silver. Most of that is Large Obsidian Shard - 18 at 39 gold99 silver each, 719 gold82 silver, 86.0% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 881 gold47 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).