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EngineeringKhaz Algar Engineering
Whimsical Wiring
Reagent cost, the crafted item's lowest listed price and the estimated profit at that price, from current US Auction House listings - recalculated every snapshot.
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 gold92 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 20 gold7 silver
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 17 gold
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 85 silver
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −3 gold92 silver (-20%)
- Evidence: 19 current listings holding 818 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.
Recipe facts
- Profession
- Engineering
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Khaz Algar Engineering
- Item level
- 70
- Reagent slots
- 2
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
3Bismuth6 gold29 silver
1Frayed Wiring1 gold20 silver
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bismuth Metal & Stone · 22,582 on the Auction House | 3 | 6 gold29 silver | 18 gold87 silver | 94% |
| Frayed Wiring Other · 4,318 on the Auction House | 1 | 1 gold20 silver | 1 gold20 silver | 6% |
| Total per craft | 20 gold7 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)
- Skill-up colours (Khaz Algar Engineering skill)
- Orange below 15 · Yellow 15 to 16 · Green 17 to 19 · Grey 20 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Whimsical Wiring tooltip
More Parts recipes (Khaz Algar Schematics)
Whimsical Wiring is a reagent in
Shredderwheel Storage ChestBlacksmithing- 22H SlicksEngineering
- 4UT0-41M3REngineering
- Acolyte's GogglesEngineering
- Algari Competitor's Cloth BracersEngineering
- Algari Competitor's Cloth GogglesEngineering
- Algari Competitor's Leather BracersEngineering
- Algari Competitor's Leather GogglesEngineering
- Algari Competitor's Mail BracersEngineering
- Algari Competitor's Mail GogglesEngineering
- Algari Competitor's Plate BracersEngineering
- Algari Competitor's Plate GogglesEngineering
and 48 more recipes.
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 | 17 gold | 19 listings, 818 units |
| Rank 2 | Whimsical Wiring | 18 gold93 silver | 87 listings, 12,923 units |
| Rank 3 | Whimsical Wiring | 49 gold | 25 listings, 3,547 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.
Whimsical Wiring: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 23% 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
- 18 gold
- 30-day low
- 9 gold36 silver Sep 10
- 30-day high
- 197 gold Aug 31
- 30-day median
- 23 gold48 silver
- 7-day median
- 19 gold95 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 687
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 6 gold29 silver, rank 2 7 gold and rank 3 12 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
- 22H SlicksDevices, learn at 1, grey at 100
- 4UT0-41M3RGeared For Combat, learn at 1, grey at 40
- 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 20 gold7 silver. Most of that is Bismuth - 3 at 6 gold29 silver each, 18 gold87 silver, 94.0% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 21 gold12 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 17 gold, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −3 gold7 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 85 silver of a sale, so a craft loses 3 gold92 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -19.5% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 818 units across 19 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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