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Alchemy Classic Alchemy
Transmute: Arcanite
A Alchemy recipe learned at Classic Alchemy 1 that crafts Arcanite Bar from 2 reagents.
Reagents
1Thorium Bar4 gold30 silver
1Arcane Crystal169 gold
Crafts
Background
| Recipe item |  Recipe: Transmute Arcanite | Requires Classic Alchemy 275 |
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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 26 gold35 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 173 gold30 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 154 gold68 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 7 gold73 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −26 gold35 silver (-15%)
- Evidence: 24 current listings holding 6,010 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorium Bar Metal & Stone · 31,137 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Thorium (Mining) | 1 | 4 gold30 silver | 4 gold30 silver | 2% |
| Arcane Crystal Jewelcrafting · 9,519 on the Auction House | 1 | 169 gold | 169 gold | 98% |
| Total per craft | 173 gold30 silver | 100% |
About Transmute: Arcanite
One craft takes 1 Thorium Bar and 1 Arcane Crystal. It is taught by Recipe: Transmute Arcanite, which needs Classic Alchemy 275. Arcanite Bar is itself a reagent in 60 other recipes (Blacksmithing and Alchemy).
- Recipe category
- Transmutation (Alchemy)
Arcanite Bar tooltip
How to learn Transmute: Arcanite
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to transmute Thorium and Arcane Crystals into Arcanite.
- Requires
- Classic Alchemy (275)
- Auction House
- listed on 74 US realms, cheapest 10 gold84 silver, 361 for sale
Arcanite Bar: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 8% below its 30-day median.
- Now
- 154 gold68 silver
- 30-day low
- 125 gold Oct 18
- 30-day high
- 228 gold6 silver Oct 22
- 30-day median
- 168 gold84 silver
- 7-day median
- 164 gold81 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 693
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
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 gold40 silver, against 4 gold30 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 88 other recipes (74 Blacksmithing, 7 Engineering, 5 Jewelcrafting and 1 Inscription); Lionheart Helm takes the most, 80 per craft.
Arcane Crystal. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 2 other recipes (1 Enchanting and 1 Jewelcrafting); the most per craft: Arcane Dust (Enchanting, 1 per craft) and Ring of Bitter Shadows (Jewelcrafting, 1 per craft).
More Classic Alchemy recipes in the same skill range
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- Apothecary's WorktableHouse Decor, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Arcane ElixirElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 290
- Blackmouth OilOils, learn at 1, grey at 100
- Catseye ElixirElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 260
- Discolored Healing PotionPotions, learn at 1, grey at 120
- Dreamless Sleep PotionPotions, learn at 1, grey at 285
- Elixir of AgilityElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 245
- Elixir of Brute ForceElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 300
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Transmute: Arcanite cost 173 gold30 silver. Most of that is Arcane Crystal - 1 at 169 gold each, 169 gold, 97.5% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 182 gold42 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 154 gold68 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −18 gold62 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 7 gold73 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 26 gold35 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -15.2% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 6,010 units across 24 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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