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BlacksmithingClassic Blacksmithing
Thick Obsidian Breastplate
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)
- 1,399 gold12 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- …
- 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
- 5
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
18Large Obsidian Shard71 gold25 silver
40Small Obsidian Shard1 gold10 silver
12Enchanted Thorium Bar5 gold50 silver
10Essence of Earth25 silver
4Huge Emerald1 gold3 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large Obsidian Shard Metal & Stone · 1,227 on the Auction House | 18 | 71 gold25 silver | 1,282 gold50 silver | 92% |
| Small Obsidian Shard Metal & Stone · 5,499 on the Auction House | 40 | 1 gold10 silver | 44 gold | 3% |
| Enchanted Thorium Bar Metal & Stone · 15,326 on the Auction House · crafted by Enchanted Thorium Bar (Enchanting) · crafted by Enchanted Thorium Bar (Mining) | 12 | 5 gold50 silver | 66 gold | 5% |
| Essence of Earth Elemental · 25,574 on the Auction House · crafted by Transmute: Fire to Earth (Alchemy) · crafted by Transmute: Life to Earth (Alchemy) | 10 | 25 silver | 2 gold50 silver | 0% |
| Huge Emerald Jewelcrafting · 8,370 on the Auction House | 4 | 1 gold3 silver | 4 gold12 silver | 0% |
| Total per craft | 1,399 gold12 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)
- Skill-up colours (Classic Blacksmithing skill)
- Orange below 300 · Grey 300 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
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 63 US realms, cheapest 50 gold1 silver, 172 for sale
- Drops from
- The Prophet Skeram in Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
More Chest recipes (Blacksmithing Plans)
- Rough Copper Vestyellow 15, grey 55
- Copper Chain Vestyellow 75, grey 115
- Ironforge Chainyellow 110, grey 150
- Runed Copper Breastplateyellow 120, grey 160
- Rough Bronze Cuirassyellow 145, grey 175
- Ironforge Breastplateyellow 140, grey 180
- Silvered Bronze Breastplateyellow 160, grey 190
- Shining Silver Breastplateyellow 175, grey 205
- Barbaric Iron Breastplateyellow 185, grey 210
- Green Iron Hauberkyellow 205, grey 230
- Golden Scale Cuirassyellow 220, grey 245
- Steel Breastplateyellow 225, grey 250
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 4 gold46 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 19 silver, against 25 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 5 gold99 silver, against 25 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 Brill Coffin (Inscription, 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
- 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
- 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 1,399 gold12 silver. Most of that is Large Obsidian Shard - 18 at 71 gold25 silver each, 1,282 gold50 silver, 91.7% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 1,472 gold75 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).