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Thorium Greatsword

A Blacksmithing recipe learned at Classic Blacksmithing 1 that crafts Thorium Greatsword from 3 reagents.

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Where it comes from
Recipe item Plans: Thorium GreatswordRequires Classic Blacksmithing 260

Crafting estimate at current listings

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
52 gold8 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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  • Not included: the recipe also accepts 1 optional reagent slot, which are not required and are left out of the cost.
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Cost per reagent

ReagentQtyEachCostShare
Thorium Bar
Metal & Stone · 16,003 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Thorium (Mining)
103 gold83 silver38 gold30 silver74%
Dense Grinding Stone
Metal & Stone · 697 on the Auction House · crafted by Dense Grinding Stone (Blacksmithing)
243 silver86 silver2%
Rugged Leather
Leather · 15,629 on the Auction House · crafted by Rugged Leather (Leatherworking)
43 gold23 silver12 gold92 silver25%
Total per craft52 gold8 silver100%

About Thorium Greatsword

One craft takes 10 Thorium Bar, 2 Dense Grinding Stone and 4 Rugged Leather. It is taught by Plans: Thorium Greatsword, which needs Classic Blacksmithing 260.

Recipe category
Weapons (Blacksmithing Plans)

Thorium Greatsword tooltip

Thorium Greatsword
Item Level 27
Binds when equipped
Two-HandWeapon
14 - 23 DamageSpeed 3.60
(5.1 damage per second)
+13 Strength
Requires Level 20
Sell price: 15s

How to learn Thorium Greatsword

Plans: Thorium Greatsword

Teaches
Teaches you how to make a Thorium Greatsword.
Requires
Classic Blacksmithing (260)

Where the reagents come from

Thorium Bar. Made with Smelt Thorium (Mining, Classic Mining) from 1 Thorium Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Thorium Bar for 3 gold35 silver, against 3 gold83 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 88 other recipes (73 Blacksmithing, 7 Engineering, 5 Jewelcrafting and 1 Inscription); Lionheart Helm takes the most, 80 per craft.

Dense Grinding Stone. Made with Dense Grinding Stone (Blacksmithing, Classic Blacksmithing) from 4 Dense Stone. At lowest listed prices that makes one Dense Grinding Stone for 12 silver, against 43 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 22 other recipes (22 Blacksmithing); the most per craft: Harbinger of Death (Blacksmithing, 40 per craft), Gurubashi Carver (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft), Warsword of Caer Darrow (Blacksmithing, 8 per craft), Huge Thorium Battleaxe (Blacksmithing, 6 per craft) and Heartseeker (Blacksmithing, 4 per craft).

Rugged Leather. Made with Rugged Leather (Leatherworking, Classic Leatherworking) from 6 Thick Leather. At lowest listed prices that makes one Rugged Leather for 29 gold34 silver, against 3 gold23 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 105 other recipes (78 Leatherworking, 12 Blacksmithing, 7 Engineering and 7 Tailoring); the most per craft: Onyxia Scale Breastplate (Leatherworking, 40 per craft), Red Dragonscale Breastplate (Leatherworking, 40 per craft), Sandstalker Breastplate (Leatherworking, 40 per craft), Spitfire Breastplate (Leatherworking, 40 per craft) and Ironfeather Breastplate (Leatherworking, 35 per craft).

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Thorium Greatsword cost 52 gold8 silver. Most of that is Thorium Bar - 10 at 3 gold83 silver each, 38 gold30 silver, 73.5% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.

Break-even is 54 gold82 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.

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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).
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