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Background
Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices the reagents cost more than the crafted item lists for: an estimated loss of 4 gold38 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 5 gold67 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 1 gold35 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 6 silver75 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −4 gold38 silver (-77%)
- Evidence: 58 current listings holding 12,190 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 True Iron NuggetMetal & Stone · 568 on the Auction House | 9 | 63 silver | 5 gold67 silver | 100% |
| Total per craft | 5 gold67 silver | 100% |
About True Iron Nugget
One craft takes 9 True Iron Nugget. True Iron Ore is itself a reagent in 56 other recipes (Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Engineering and Leatherworking).
True Iron Ore tooltip
True Iron Ore: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 13% below its 30-day median.
- Now
- 1 gold35 silver
- 30-day low
- 40 silver Oct 25
- 30-day high
- 3 gold Oct 10
- 30-day median
- 1 gold55 silver
- 7-day median
- 1 gold41 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
True Iron Nugget. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it.
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of True Iron Nugget cost 5 gold67 silver.
Break-even is 5 gold96 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 1 gold35 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −4 gold32 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 6 silver75 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 4 gold38 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -77.4% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 12,190 units across 58 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 →