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Transmute: Pyrium Bar
A Alchemy recipe learned at Cataclysm Alchemy 1 that crafts 3 Pyrium Bar from 2 reagents.
Reagents
1Elementium Bar22 gold75 silver
1Volatile Earth3 gold
Crafts
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Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices one craft shows an estimated profit of 64 gold2 silver. Listings are asking prices, not sales.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 25 gold75 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price (each)
- 31 gold50 silver
- Items per craft
- 3
- Listed value of one craft
- 94 gold50 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 4 gold72 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- 64 gold2 silver (+249%)
- Evidence: 55 current listings holding 7,546 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
- Items per craft: the game’s spell data creates 3 per craft, so the listed value of one craft is that many times the lowest listed price.
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elementium Bar Metal & Stone · 18,963 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Elementium (Mining) | 1 | 22 gold75 silver | 22 gold75 silver | 88% |
| Volatile Earth Elemental · 32,259 on the Auction House | 1 | 3 gold | 3 gold | 12% |
| Total per craft | 25 gold75 silver | 100% |
About Transmute: Pyrium Bar
One craft takes 1 Elementium Bar and 1 Volatile Earth. Pyrium Bar is itself a reagent in 4 other recipes (Blacksmithing and Alchemy).
- Recipe category
- Transmutation (Cataclysm Alchemy)
Pyrium Bar tooltip
Where the reagents come from
Elementium Bar. Made with Smelt Elementium (Mining, Cataclysm Mining) from 2 
Elementium Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Elementium Bar for 21 gold10 silver, against 22 gold75 silver listed. Also a required reagent in 55 other recipes (34 Blacksmithing, 12 Jewelcrafting, 6 Engineering and 2 Inscription); Fire-Etched Dagger takes the most, 20 per craft.
Volatile Earth. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 40 other recipes (17 Blacksmithing, 9 Leatherworking, 4 Jewelcrafting and 4 Enchanting); the most per craft: Elementium Guardian (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Punisher's Band (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Dragonkiller Tunic (Leatherworking, 50 per craft), Dream of Deepholm (Tailoring, 30 per craft) and Corded Viper Belt (Leatherworking, 25 per craft).
Other recipes that make Pyrium Bar
More Cataclysm Alchemy recipes in the same skill range
Big Cauldron of BattleCauldrons, learn at 1, grey at 75- Cauldron of BattleCauldrons, learn at 1, grey at 75
- Deathblood VenomPotions, learn at 1, grey at 20
- Deepstone OilOils, learn at 1, grey at 35
- Draught of WarPotions, learn at 1, grey at 10
- Earthen PotionPotions, learn at 1, grey at 15
- Elixir of Deep EarthElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 40
- Elixir of Impossible AccuracyElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 45
- Elixir of Mighty SpeedElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 55
- Elixir of the CobraElixirs, learn at 1, grey at 30
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Transmute: Pyrium Bar cost 25 gold75 silver. Most of that is Elementium Bar - 1 at 22 gold75 silver each, 22 gold75 silver, 88.3% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 27 gold10 silver per craft, 9 gold3 silver per item at 3 items a craft - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 31 gold50 silver, which clears it.
At that listed price the gross margin before fees is 68 gold75 silver; the Auction House would keep 4 gold72 silver of a sale, leaving 64 gold2 silver. That is an estimated 248.6% return on the gold you put into reagents, after the cut has taken 6.9% of the gross.
Listing depth right now: 7,546 units across 55 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 →
Other recipes that use Elementium Bar
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