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Engineering Khaz Algar Engineering
Whimsical Wiring
A Engineering recipe learned at Khaz Algar Engineering 1 that crafts Whimsical Wiring from 2 reagents.
Reagents
3Bismuth7 gold
1Frayed Wiring1 gold84 silver
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Crafting estimate at current listings
At current lowest listed prices the reagents cost more than the crafted item lists for: an estimated loss of 3 gold84 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 22 gold84 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 20 gold
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 1 gold
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −3 gold84 silver (-17%)
- Evidence: 31 current listings holding 673 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 gives a number that varies from craft to craft, so the estimate counts one item.
- Quality: Whimsical Wiring comes in 3 quality ranks. This is the base comparison, rank 1 reagents against the rank 1 result; your skill and the reagents’ ranks decide the rank you actually get, which this estimate does not model. Each rank’s lowest listing is in the rank table below.
- Not included: the recipe also accepts 2 finishing reagent slots, which are not required and are left out of the cost.
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bismuth Metal & Stone · 1,766 on the Auction House | 3 | 7 gold | 21 gold | 92% |
| Frayed Wiring Other · 1,627 on the Auction House | 1 | 1 gold84 silver | 1 gold84 silver | 8% |
| Total per craft | 22 gold84 silver | 100% |
About Whimsical Wiring
One craft takes 3 Bismuth and 1 Frayed Wiring. Whimsical Wiring is itself a reagent in 60 other recipes (Engineering, Leatherworking and Blacksmithing).
- Recipe category
- Parts (Khaz Algar Schematics)
Whimsical Wiring tooltip
Whimsical Wiring quality ranks
Whimsical Wiring comes in 3 quality ranks, and each rank is its own item on the Auction House. The recipe’s base crafting difficulty is 410.
| Rank | Item | Lowest listed price | Listings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Whimsical Wiring | 20 gold | 31 listings, 673 units |
| Rank 2 | Whimsical Wiring | 19 gold54 silver | 22 listings, 3,182 units |
| Rank 3 | Whimsical Wiring | 77 gold97 silver | 24 listings, 2,393 units |
The crafting estimate above is the base comparison: rank 1 reagents against the rank 1 result. Your skill and the reagents’ ranks decide which rank a craft actually makes, so a higher rank is never priced against rank 1 reagents here. Right now rank 1 lists above rank 2, so a craft that comes out at a higher rank is worth less at today’s listings, not more.
Whimsical Wiring: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 17% 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
- 20 gold
- 30-day low
- 10 gold Oct 27
- 30-day high
- 18,888 gold84 silver Oct 14
- 30-day median
- 23 gold98 silver
- 7-day median
- 21 gold88 silver
- 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
Bismuth. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 7 gold, rank 2 7 gold25 silver and rank 3 13 gold. Also a required reagent in 26 other recipes (12 Blacksmithing, 5 Engineering, 4 Jewelcrafting and 4 Cooking); Remembrance Stone takes the most, 50 per craft.
Frayed Wiring. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it.
More Khaz Algar Engineering recipes in the same skill range
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- Acolyte's GogglesGeared For Combat, learn at 1, grey at 40
- Adjustable CogwheelCogwheels, learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Cloth BracersCompetitor's Crafts (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Cloth GogglesCompetitor's Crafts (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Leather BracersCompetitor's Crafts (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Leather GogglesCompetitor's Crafts (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Mail BracersCompetitor's Crafts (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Mail GogglesCompetitor's Crafts (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Whimsical Wiring cost 22 gold84 silver. Most of that is Bismuth - 3 at 7 gold each, 21 gold, 91.9% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 24 gold4 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 20 gold, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −2 gold84 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 1 gold of a sale, so a craft loses 3 gold84 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -16.8% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 673 units across 31 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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