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Volatile Alchemist Stone

A Alchemy recipe learned at Cataclysm Alchemy 1 that crafts Volatile Alchemist Stone from 3 reagents.

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Crafting estimate at current listings

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
481 gold60 silver
Crafted item, lowest listed price
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Auction House cut (5%)
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Estimated profit at that listed price
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Cost per reagent

ReagentQtyEachCostShare
Volatile Life
Elemental · 89,492 on the Auction House
503 gold20 silver160 gold33%
Cinderbloom
Herb · 30,241 on the Auction House
124 gold80 silver57 gold60 silver12%
Heartblossom
Herb · 37,602 on the Auction House
2411 gold264 gold55%
Total per craft481 gold60 silver100%

About Volatile Alchemist Stone

One craft takes 50 Volatile Life, 12 Cinderbloom and 24 Heartblossom.

Recipe category
Trinkets (Cataclysm Alchemy)

Volatile Alchemist Stone tooltip

Volatile Alchemist Stone
Item Level 37
Binds when picked up
TrinketArmor
+8 Strength
+8 Mastery
Requires Level 30
Equip: Increases the effect that healing and mana potions have on the wearer by 40%. This effect does not stack.
“Can be used for transmutations in place of a Philosopher's Stone.”
Sell price: 8g 5s

Where the reagents come from

Volatile Life. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 44 other recipes (13 Leatherworking, 13 Alchemy, 9 Inscription and 3 Jewelcrafting); Elementium Moebius Band takes the most, 75 per craft.

Cinderbloom. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 14 other recipes (14 Alchemy); the most per craft: Quicksilver Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 24 per craft), Lifebound Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 12 per craft), Flask of Steelskin (Alchemy, 8 per craft), Flask of Titanic Strength (Alchemy, 8 per craft) and Potion of Treasure Finding (Alchemy, 8 per craft).

Heartblossom. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 11 other recipes (11 Alchemy); the most per craft: Lifebound Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 12 per craft), Quicksilver Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 12 per craft), Flask of Flowing Water (Alchemy, 8 per craft), Vibrant Alchemist Stone (Alchemy, 8 per craft) and Potion of Treasure Finding (Alchemy, 6 per craft).

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 3 reagents for one craft of Volatile Alchemist Stone cost 481 gold60 silver. Most of that is Heartblossom - 24 at 11 gold each, 264 gold, 54.8% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.

Break-even is 506 gold94 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item has no current Auction House listing to compare it against, so the estimate above is left unknown rather than guessed.

Other recipes that use Volatile Life

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  • No Auction House price for the crafted item - output value unknown (it may be soulbound/BoE gear or an untracked item).
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