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LeatherworkingKhaz Algar Leatherworking
Writhing Armor Banding
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 42 gold77 silver per craft.
- Reagent cost (lowest listed)
- 47 gold
- Crafted item, lowest listed price
- 4 gold45 silver
- Auction House cut (5%)
- 22 silver25 copper
- Estimated profit at that listed price
- −42 gold77 silver (-91%)
- Evidence: 23 current listings holding 115 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
- Quality: Writhing Armor Banding 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
- Leatherworking
- Requires skill
- 1
- Expansion tier
- Khaz Algar Leatherworking
- Item level
- 72
- Reagent slots
- 2
- Cast time
- 2 sec
Crafts
Reagents
1Chitin Armor Banding45 gold
1Vial of Kaheti Oils2 gold
Cost per reagent
| Reagent | Qty | Each | Cost | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chitin Armor Banding Leather · 135 on the Auction House | 1 | 45 gold | 45 gold | 96% |
| Vial of Kaheti Oils Other · 1,962 on the Auction House | 1 | 2 gold | 2 gold | 4% |
| Total per craft | 47 gold | 100% |
About Writhing Armor Banding
One craft takes 1 Chitin Armor Banding and 1 Vial of Kaheti Oils. Writhing Armor Banding is itself a reagent in 60 other recipes (Leatherworking and Blacksmithing).
- Recipe category
- Nerubian Patterns (Khaz Algar Patterns)
- Skill-up colours (Khaz Algar Leatherworking skill)
- Orange below 80 · Yellow 80 to 89 · Green 90 to 99 · Grey 100 and up
- Skill points per craft
- 1
Writhing Armor Banding tooltip
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Writhing Armor Banding is a reagent in
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and 48 more recipes.
Writhing Armor Banding quality ranks
Writhing Armor Banding comes in 3 quality ranks, and each rank is its own item on the Auction House. The recipe’s base crafting difficulty is 400.
| Rank | Item | Lowest listed price | Listings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Writhing Armor Banding | 4 gold45 silver | 23 listings, 115 units |
| Rank 2 | Writhing Armor Banding | 3 gold93 silver | 14 listings, 298 units |
| Rank 3 | Writhing Armor Banding | 3 gold71 silver | 26 listings, 272 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 and rank 3, so a craft that comes out at a higher rank is worth less at today’s listings, not more.
Writhing Armor Banding: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 2% 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
- 4 gold45 silver
- 30-day low
- 2 gold73 silver Sep 12
- 30-day high
- 49,999 gold98 silver Aug 23
- 30-day median
- 4 gold55 silver
- 7-day median
- 3 gold72 silver
- Hourly snapshots
- 685
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Where the reagents come from
Chitin Armor Banding. Made with Chitin Armor Banding (Leatherworking, Khaz Algar Leatherworking) from 1 
Sunless Carapace, 30 
Gloom Chitin and 1 
Kaheti Swarm Chitin. At lowest listed prices that makes one Chitin Armor Banding for 46 gold16 silver, against 45 gold listed. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 45 gold, rank 2 19 gold99 silver and rank 3 39 gold. Also a required reagent in 26 other recipes (26 Leatherworking); Adrenal Surge Clasp takes the most, 1 per craft.
Vial of Kaheti Oils. No recipe, Blizzard quest reward or dungeon journal drop in our game data produces it. Also a required reagent in 14 other recipes (8 Enchanting, 3 Leatherworking, 1 Alchemy and 1 Engineering); the most per craft: Algari Flask Cauldron (Alchemy, 3 per craft), Adrenal Surge Clasp (Leatherworking, 2 per craft), Vambraces of Deepening Darkness (Leatherworking, 2 per craft), Authority of the Depths (Enchanting, 1 per craft) and Chant of Armored Avoidance (Enchanting, 1 per craft).
More Khaz Algar Leatherworking recipes in the same skill range
- Algari Competitor's Chain ChainmailCompetitor's Mail (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Chain CowlCompetitor's Mail (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Chain CuffsCompetitor's Mail (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Chain EpauletsCompetitor's Mail (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Chain GauntletsCompetitor's Mail (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Chain GirdleCompetitor's Mail (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Chain LeggingsCompetitor's Mail (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Chain TreadsCompetitor's Mail (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Leather BeltCompetitor's Leather (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
- Algari Competitor's Leather BootsCompetitor's Leather (PvP), learn at 1, grey at 70
Reading these numbers
At current lowest listed prices the 2 reagents for one craft of Writhing Armor Banding cost 47 gold. Most of that is Chitin Armor Banding - 1 at 45 gold each, 45 gold, 95.7% of the whole basket. Watch that one price and you have watched most of this recipe.
Break-even is 49 gold47 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 4 gold45 silver, which does not clear it.
The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −42 gold55 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 22 silver25 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 42 gold77 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -91.0% return on the gold you put into reagents.
Listing depth right now: 115 units across 23 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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