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Alchemy Cataclysm Alchemy
Transmute: Truegold
A Alchemy recipe learned at Cataclysm Alchemy 1 that crafts Truegold from 4 reagents.
Reagents
3Pyrium Bar35 gold
10Volatile Fire12 gold
10Volatile Air14 gold
10Volatile Water14 gold99 silver
Crafts
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Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices one craft shows an estimated profit of 53 gold20 silver. Listings are asking prices, not sales.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 514 gold90 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 598 gold
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 29 gold90 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- 53 gold20 silver (+10%)
- Evidence: 27 current listings holding 913 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyrium Bar Metal & Stone · 7,579 on the Auction House · crafted by Smelt Pyrite (Mining) · crafted by Transmute: Pyrium Bar (Alchemy) | 3 | 35 gold | 105 gold | 20% |
| Volatile Fire Elemental · 25,413 on the Auction House | 10 | 12 gold | 120 gold | 23% |
| Volatile Air Elemental · 14,783 on the Auction House | 10 | 14 gold | 140 gold | 27% |
| Volatile Water Elemental · 48,385 on the Auction House | 10 | 14 gold99 silver | 149 gold90 silver | 29% |
| Total per craft | 514 gold90 silver | 100% |
About Transmute: Truegold
One craft takes 3 Pyrium Bar, 10 Volatile Fire, 10 Volatile Air and 10 Volatile Water. Truegold is itself a reagent in 41 other recipes (Blacksmithing, Engineering, Alchemy and Jewelcrafting).
- Recipe category
- Transmutation (Cataclysm Alchemy)
Truegold tooltip
Truegold: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 26% above 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
- 598 gold
- 30-day low
- 220 gold Oct 29
- 30-day high
- 9,998 gold88 silver Nov 3
- 30-day median
- 474 gold50 silver
- 7-day median
- 508 gold
- Hourly snapshots
- 691
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Pyrium Bar. Made with Smelt Pyrite (Mining, Cataclysm Mining) from 2 
Pyrite Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Pyrium Bar for 20 gold, against 35 gold listed. Made with Transmute: Pyrium Bar (Alchemy, Cataclysm Alchemy) from 1 
Elementium Bar and 1 
Volatile Earth, 3 per craft. At lowest listed prices that makes one Pyrium Bar for 9 gold33 silver, against 35 gold listed. Also a required reagent in 3 other recipes (3 Blacksmithing); Pyrium Shield Spike takes the most, 5 per craft.
Volatile Fire. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 87 other recipes (35 Leatherworking, 23 Tailoring, 19 Blacksmithing and 4 Jewelcrafting); the most per craft: Eye of Many Deaths (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Ring of Warring Elements (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Jeweler's Ruby Monocle (Jewelcrafting, 50 per craft), Clutches of Evil (Leatherworking, 40 per craft) and Dragonfire Gloves (Leatherworking, 40 per craft).
Volatile Air. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 33 other recipes (10 Leatherworking, 8 Tailoring, 6 Enchanting and 4 Jewelcrafting); the most per craft: Band of Blades (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Elementium Destroyer's Ring (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Assassin's Chestplate (Leatherworking, 30 per craft), Belt of Nefarious Whispers (Leatherworking, 30 per craft) and Dream of Skywall (Tailoring, 30 per craft).
Volatile Water. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 60 other recipes (22 Leatherworking, 15 Tailoring, 11 Blacksmithing and 6 Jewelcrafting); the most per craft: Brazen Elementium Medallion (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Entwined Elementium Choker (Jewelcrafting, 75 per craft), Jeweler's Sapphire Monocle (Jewelcrafting, 50 per craft), Clutches of Evil (Leatherworking, 40 per craft) and Dragonfire Gloves (Leatherworking, 40 per craft).
More Cataclysm Alchemy recipes in the same skill range
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- 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 4 reagents for one craft of Transmute: Truegold cost 514 gold90 silver. Most of that is Volatile Water - 10 at 14 gold99 silver each, 149 gold90 silver, 29.1% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 542 gold - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 598 gold, which clears it.
At that listed price the gross margin before fees is 83 gold10 silver; the Auction House would keep 29 gold90 silver of a sale, leaving 53 gold20 silver. That is an estimated 10.3% return on the gold you put into reagents, after the cut has taken 36.0% of the gross.
Listing depth right now: 913 units across 27 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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