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AlchemyClassic Alchemy
Transmute: Iron to Gold
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
At current lowest listed prices one craft shows an estimated profit of 1 gold17 silver. Listings are asking prices, not sales.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 6 gold
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 7 gold55 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 37 silver75 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- 1 gold17 silver (+20%)
- Evidence: 41 current listings holding 5,833 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
Recipe facts
- Profession
- Alchemy
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Classic Alchemy
- Item level
- 10
- Reagent slots
- 1
- Cast time
- 3 sec
Crafts
Reagents
1Iron Bar6 gold
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Bar Metal & Stone · 15,939 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Iron (Mining) | 1 | 6 gold | 6 gold | 100% |
| Total per craft | 6 gold | 100% |
About Transmute: Iron to Gold
One craft takes 1 Iron Bar. It is taught by Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold, which needs Classic Alchemy 225. Gold Bar is itself a reagent in 34 other recipes (Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Tailoring and Cooking).
- Recipe category
- Transmutation (Alchemy)
- Skill-up colours (Classic Alchemy skill)
- Orange below 240 · Yellow 240 to 259 · Green 260 to 279 · Grey 280 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Gold Bar tooltip
How to learn Transmute: Iron to Gold
Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold
- Teaches
- Teaches you how to transmute Iron into Gold.
- Requires
- Classic Alchemy (225)
- Auction House
- listed on 82 US realms, cheapest 22 gold76 silver, 562 for sale
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Gold Bar is a reagent in
Blade of Unholy MightBlacksmithing- Bracers of VengeanceBlacksmithing
- Bucket KickersBlacksmithing
- Golden Iron DestroyerBlacksmithing
- Golden Scale BootsBlacksmithing
- Golden Scale CoifBlacksmithing
- Golden Scale CuirassBlacksmithing
- Golden Scale GauntletsBlacksmithing
- Golden Scale LeggingsBlacksmithing
- Golden Scale ShouldersBlacksmithing
- Golden Skeleton KeyBlacksmithing
- Inlaid Mithril CylinderBlacksmithing
and 22 more recipes.
Gold Bar: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 19% below its 30-day median. Over these 30 days the lowest listing moved more than tenfold, so a single snapshot, including the one the estimate uses, can sit far from typical.
- Now
- 7 gold55 silver
- 30-day low
- 3 gold98 silver Sep 18
- 30-day high
- 197 gold Aug 30
- 30-day median
- 9 gold35 silver
- 7-day median
- 8 gold95 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 676
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Iron Bar. Made with Smelt Iron (Mining, Classic Mining) from 1 
Iron Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Iron Bar for 5 gold, against 6 gold listed. Also a required reagent in 34 other recipes (22 Blacksmithing, 6 Engineering, 4 Jewelcrafting and 1 Alchemy); Barbaric Iron Breastplate takes the most, 20 per craft.
Other recipes that make Gold Bar
More Classic Alchemy recipes in the same skill range
- Alchemist's FlaskFlasks, learn at 1, grey at 300
- Anti-VenomAnti-Venoms, learn at 1, grey at 150
- 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 1 reagent for one craft of Transmute: Iron to Gold cost 6 gold.
Break-even is 6 gold31 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 7 gold55 silver, which clears it.
At that listed price the gross margin before fees is 1 gold55 silver; the Auction House would keep 37 silver75 copper of a sale, leaving 1 gold17 silver. That is an estimated 19.5% return on the gold you put into reagents, after the cut has taken 24.4% of the gross.
Listing depth right now: 5,833 units across 41 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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