Guide · gold

Making gold

What to craft, keep and resell on your auction house, from its prices this hour.

The largest margin on one craft here now is 39g 94s 60c for Warbear Harness (Leatherworking). The most valuable loot to keep is Guardian Stone. Pattern: Barbaric Bracers sells here for the most over what a vendor asks. Every list is worked out again after each hourly price read.

Auction house
Americas · Normal · Alliance
Prices read
22 minutes ago
Recipes with a margin
480
Items listed
5,484
Your auction house

Prices from Americas · Normal · Alliance, read 22 minutes ago. Each ruleset has its own auction house per faction; Blizzard’s data does not name them, so they are matched by size and still being confirmed in game.

Do this now

The top of each list below on Americas · Normal · Alliance. A listed price is not a sale: check the listings before you buy materials.

  • Largest margin on one craft

    Warbear Harness

    39g 94s 60c margin per craft

    Leatherworking, skill 250. Materials 6g 1s 40c; sells for 45g 96s (3 listings). Needs a pattern. See the list

  • Best craft at skill 75 or less

    Thick War Axe

    8s 4c margin per craft

    Blacksmithing, skill 70. Materials 16s 96c; sells for 25s (17 listings). See the list

  • Best vendor item to resell

    Pattern: Barbaric Bracers

    12g 3s 83c over the vendor’s price

    A vendor asks 21s 17c (stock of 1); lowest buyout 12g 25s (8 listings). See the list

  • Most valuable loot

    Guardian Stone

    15g lowest buyout

    8 listings. A vendor pays 1g. See the list

  • Certain profit: a vendor buys it

    Felblood Soul Bag

    2g 19s 68c profit per craft

    Tailoring, skill 300. Materials 5g 80s 32c; a vendor pays 8g. Needs a pattern. See the list

Margins are before the auction house’s cut and deposit and before the price of a pattern.

What can I make?

Every recipe from the eight crafting professions whose item’s lowest buyout here is more than its materials: 480 recipes. Each material counts at the lower of a vendor’s price and its lowest buyout here. The margin is before the auction house’s cut and deposit, and before the price of a pattern: a recipe that needs one names it and where to buy it. Only items with at least 3 listings count: one or two listings can be one seller’s price, and nothing shows the item sells at it. Recipes with a cooldown have their own list.

Recipes that sell for more than their materials on Americas · Normal · Alliance, best margin first
MakesMaterialsSells forMargin
Warbear HarnessLeatherworking · skill 250 · from a pattern Needs Pattern: Warbear Harness sold by Meilosh for 1g 68s 42c in Felwood, map 65.4, 2.8 6g 1s 40c 45g 96s3 listings 39g 94s 60c664% of materials
Devilsaur GauntletsLeatherworking · skill 265 · from a pattern Needs Pattern: Devilsaur Gauntlets sold by Nergal for 2g 20s (stock of 1) in Un'Goro Crater, map 43.2, 7.8 11g 16s 50c 50g5 listings 38g 83s 50c347% of materials
Phantom BladeBlacksmithing · skill 245 · from a trainer 11g 23s 8c 20g3 listings 8g 76s 92c78% of materials
Mooncloth BagTailoring · skill 255 · from a pattern Needs Pattern: Mooncloth Bag from the auction house, lowest buyout 15g 48s 53g 1s 56c 60g3 listings 6g 98s 44c13% of materials
Cured Rugged Hide× 2Leatherworking · skill 250 · from a trainer 11g 98s 17g 99s 98c12 listingsmedian 27g 99s 98c 6g 1s 98c50% of materials
Goblin MortarEngineering · skill 225 · from a trainer 1g 83s 96c 7g 50s4 listings 5g 66s 4c307% of materials
Dragonscale GauntletsLeatherworking · skill 225 · from a trainer 3g 50s 60c 8g 58s8 listingsmedian 11g 58s 5g 7s 40c144% of materials
Truesilver GauntletsBlacksmithing · skill 225 · from a trainer 3g 39s 88c 8g 33s11 listings 4g 93s 12c145% of materials
Dreambough WandEnchanting · skill 215 · from a pattern Needs Formula: Dreambough Wand that no vendor sells here, and none is listed 1g 5s 89c 5g 80s 99c18 listingsmedian 5g 85s 99c 4g 75s 10c448% of materials
Brightcloth CloakTailoring · skill 230 · from a pattern Needs Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak from the auction house, lowest buyout 1g 90s 2g 9s 60c 6g 50s15 listings 4g 40s 40c210% of materials
Mechanical DragonlingEngineering · skill 200 · from a pattern Needs Schematic: Mechanical Dragonling sold by Gnaz Blunderflame for 1g (stock of 1) in Stranglethorn Vale, map 51.0, 35.2 1g 73s 76c 5g 21s 75c11 listings 3g 47s 99c200% of materials
Shadoweave RobeTailoring · skill 215 · from a trainer 1g 50s 19c 4g 66s 6c3 listings 3g 15s 87c210% of materials

82 more recipes would show a margin here, but their items have fewer than 3 listings.

Certain gold: crafts a vendor buys for more than the materials

34 recipes whose item any vendor buys for more than the materials cost on Americas · Normal · Alliance, so nothing has to sell on the auction house. What a vendor pays is in the game files. Materials bought on the auction house cost more once the cheapest listings are gone; a craft made only from vendor materials can be repeated at the same cost.

Recipes whose item a vendor buys for more than its materials cost on Americas · Normal · Alliance
MakesMaterialsA vendor paysProfit
Felblood Soul BagTailoring · skill 300 · from a pattern Needs Pattern: Felblood Soul Bag that no vendor sells here, and none is listed 5g 80s 32cSome from the auction house 8g 2g 19s 68c37% of materials
Sylvan ShouldersTailoring · skill 300 · from a pattern Needs Pattern: Sylvan Shoulders sold by Mishta for 5g 29s 41c in Silithus, map 49.8, 36.4 2g 11s 96cSome from the auction house 2g 50s 51c 38s 55c18% of materials
Raptor Hide HarnessLeatherworking · skill 140 · from a pattern Needs Pattern: Raptor Hide Harness from the auction house, lowest buyout 4g 27s 12cSome from the auction house 30s 96c 3s 84c14% of materials
Skycaller's Mail BootsLeatherworking · skill 200 · from a pattern Needs Pattern: Skycaller's Mail Boots from the auction house, lowest buyout 65s 40s 34cSome from the auction house 43s 87c 3s 53c8% of materials
Truesilver BarAlchemy · skill 225 · from a pattern · cooldown 1 hour Needs Recipe: Transmute Mithril to Truesilver sold by Alchemist Pestlezugg for 80s (stock of 1) in Tanaris, map 50.8, 27.0 9s 13cSome from the auction house 12s 50c 3s 37c36% of materials
Gold BarAlchemy · skill 225 · from a pattern · cooldown 1 hour Needs Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold sold by Alchemist Pestlezugg for 80s in Tanaris, map 50.8, 27.0 3s 10cSome from the auction house 6s 2s 90c93% of materials
Large Copper Bomb× 3Engineering · skill 105 · from a trainer 4s 7cSome from the auction house 5s 25c 1s 18c28% of materials
Big Bronze Bomb× 3Engineering · skill 140 · from a trainer 13s 84cSome from the auction house 15s 1s 16c8% of materials

Cooldown recipes: transmutes, Mooncloth and the rest

Recipes you can use only so often, with what one use makes here: the item’s lowest buyout less its materials, before the auction house’s cut and deposit. The cooldown is the length in the game files. A loss is shown too, so you can see which use of the cooldown pays. An item with fewer than 3 listings gets no profit figure. 1 recipe with a material nobody sells here is left out.

Recipes with a cooldown and their profit per use on Americas · Normal · Alliance
MakesCooldownMaterialsSells forProfit per use
Arcanite BarTransmute: Arcanite · Alchemy · skill 275 Needs Recipe: Transmute Arcanite sold by Alchemist Pestlezugg for 5g in Tanaris, map 50.8, 27.0 47 hours 15g 25s 38g 49s20 listings 23g 24s
MoonclothMooncloth · Tailoring · skill 230 Needs Pattern: Mooncloth sold by Qia for 2g in Winterspring, map 61.2, 37.2 3 days 23 hours 91s 8c 23g19 listings 22g 8s 92c
Essence of EarthTransmute: Life to Earth · Alchemy · skill 275 Needs Recipe: Transmute Life to Earth from the auction house, lowest buyout 12g 75s 23 hours 21s 60c 11g15 listings 10g 78s 40c
Essence of EarthTransmute: Fire to Earth · Alchemy · skill 275 Needs Recipe: Transmute Fire to Earth that no vendor sells here, and none is listed 23 hours 89s 76c 11g15 listings 10g 10s 24c
Essence of AirTransmute: Water to Air · Alchemy · skill 275 Needs Recipe: Transmute Water to Air sold by Magnus Frostwake for 1g 50s in Western Plaguelands, map 68.0, 77.4 23 hours 3g 54s 70c 9g13 listings 5g 45s 30c
Essence of WaterTransmute: Undeath to Water · Alchemy · skill 275 Needs Recipe: Transmute Undeath to Water from the auction house, lowest buyout 100g 23 hours 1g 67s 30c 3g 54s 70c34 listings 1g 87s 40c
Elemental Fire× 3Transmute: Elemental Fire · Alchemy · skill 300 Needs Recipe: Transmute Elemental Fire sold by Lokhtos Darkbargainer for 12g 70s 58c 10 minutes 24s 1g 3s 50c283 listings 79s 50c
Truesilver BarTransmute: Mithril to Truesilver · Alchemy · skill 225 Needs Recipe: Transmute Mithril to Truesilver sold by Alchemist Pestlezugg for 80s (stock of 1) in Tanaris, map 50.8, 27.0 1 hour 9s 13c 15s62 listings 5s 87c
Gold BarTransmute: Iron to Gold · Alchemy · skill 225 Needs Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold sold by Alchemist Pestlezugg for 80s in Tanaris, map 50.8, 27.0 1 hour 3s 10c 7s 80c74 listings 4s 70c
Essence of UndeathTransmute: Water to Undeath · Alchemy · skill 275 Needs Recipe: Transmute Water to Undeath from the auction house, lowest buyout 15g 57s 23 hours 3g 54s 70c 1g 67s 30c48 listings −1g 87s 40ca loss
Essence of WaterTransmute: Earth to Water · Alchemy · skill 275 Needs Recipe: Transmute Earth to Water sold by Meilosh for 1g 57s 89c in Felwood, map 65.4, 2.8 23 hours 11g 3g 54s 70c34 listings −7g 45s 30ca loss
Essence of FireTransmute: Air to Fire · Alchemy · skill 275 Needs Recipe: Transmute Air to Fire sold by Argent Quartermaster Lightspark for 1g 68s 75c in Western Plaguelands, map 42.8, 83.8 23 hours 9g 89s 76c61 listings −8g 10s 24ca loss
Living EssenceTransmute: Earth to Life · Alchemy · skill 275 Needs Recipe: Transmute Earth to Life from the auction house, lowest buyout 50g 23 hours 11g 21s 60c106 listings −10g 78s 40ca loss

Loot worth keeping

Trade goods and other materials you pick up (drops, gathering, fishing, containers, disenchanting) that no vendor sells, with at least 3 listings and a lowest buyout here of at least 3 times what a vendor pays: below that, the vendor is nearly as good and pays at once. Grouped by the type the game files give each item, highest price first. “Comes from” names the gathering source with the largest share of recorded loots, then the best other source; a share is shown from 100 recorded loots.

Cloth

2 items · up to 15s 25c
Cloth worth more on Americas · Normal · Alliance than a vendor pays
ItemLowest buyoutMedianListingsVendor paysComes from
RuneclothWhat to do with it 15s 25c 17s 89c 49 4s
Bolt of Woolen ClothWhat to do with it 3s 90c 4s 14c 118 1s

Leather

15 items · up to 11g 89s
Leather worth more on Americas · Normal · Alliance than a vendor pays
ItemLowest buyoutMedianListingsVendor paysComes from
Refined Deeprock SaltWhat to do with it 11g 89s 11g 90s 15 10s
Frostsaber LeatherWhat to do with it 2g 89s 99c 2g 90s 4 5s
Blue DragonscaleWhat to do with it 92s 4c 92s 4c 3 5s
Devilsaur LeatherWhat to do with it 90s 99s 95c 41 5s
Black DragonscaleWhat to do with it 60s 75s 35 10s

Ore, bars and stone

14 items · up to 15g
Ore, bars and stone worth more on Americas · Normal · Alliance than a vendor pays
ItemLowest buyoutMedianListingsVendor paysComes from
Guardian StoneWhat to do with it 15g 15g 8 1g
PitchblendeWhat to do with it 83s 99c 85s 90 3s 75c
  • Object loot Truesilver Deposit
Thorium OreWhat to do with it 31s 80c 42s 98c 98 2s 50c
  • Mining Small Thorium Vein 100%
Dark Iron OreWhat to do with it 23s 23s 98c 31 5s
Truesilver OreWhat to do with it 21s 84c 21s 99c 131 5s
  • Mining Truesilver Deposit 100%
  • Object loot Large Solid Chest in Western Plaguelands 1.5%

Herbs

17 items · up to 11g 50s
Herbs worth more on Americas · Normal · Alliance than a vendor pays
ItemLowest buyoutMedianListingsVendor paysComes from
Black LotusWhat to do with it 11g 50s 13g 50s 26 10s
  • Herbalism Black Lotus 100%
StranglevineWhat to do with it 1g 9s 1g 10s 27 2s 50c
  • Herbalism Ghost Mushroom
PlaguebloomWhat to do with it 44s 95c 44s 97c 49 2s 50c
  • Herbalism Plaguebloom 100%
  • NPC drop Decaying Horror in Western Plaguelands 1.5%
IcecapWhat to do with it 19s 99c 21s 99c 47 2s 50c
Frilled LichenWhat to do with it 17s 98c 18s 98c 239 30c
  • Herbalism Earthroot 8.2%
  • Object loot Briarthorn in The Barrens 9.5%

Elemental

13 items · up to 11g
Elemental worth more on Americas · Normal · Alliance than a vendor pays
ItemLowest buyoutMedianListingsVendor paysComes from
Essence of EarthWhat to do with it 11g 11g 15 4s
  • Mining Large Obsidian Chunk 9.3%
  • NPC drop Baron Kazum in Silithus 86%
Essence of AirWhat to do with it 9g 10g 13 4s
Essence of WaterWhat to do with it 3g 54s 70c 3g 54s 70c 34 4s
Essence of UndeathWhat to do with it 1g 67s 30c 1g 73s 99c 48 10s
Essence of FireWhat to do with it 89s 76c 1g 25s 44c 61 4s

Enchanting materials

21 items · up to 4g 15s
Enchanting materials worth more on Americas · Normal · Alliance than a vendor pays
ItemLowest buyoutMedianListingsVendor paysComes from
Large Brilliant ShardWhat to do with it 4g 15s 5g 20s 56 1c
Greater Eternal EssenceWhat to do with it 2g 60s 2g 68s 36 1c
Large Radiant ShardWhat to do with it 1g 96s 99c 1g 96s 99c 59 1c
Small Brilliant ShardWhat to do with it 90s 94s 67 1c
Greater Nether EssenceWhat to do with it 79s 99c 82s 76c 86 1c

Cooking

35 items · up to 97s 20c
Cooking worth more on Americas · Normal · Alliance than a vendor pays
ItemLowest buyoutMedianListingsVendor paysComes from
Sandworm MeatWhat to do with it 97s 20c 1g 14 1s 75c
Giant EggWhat to do with it 28s 48c 29s 99c 111 1s 50c
Tender Crab MeatWhat to do with it 12s 50c 14s 49c 282 1s 12c
Scorpid StingerWhat to do with it 10s 10s 5 8c
Heavy Kodo MeatWhat to do with it 7s 7s 55c 72 1s 12c

Parts

7 items · up to 42s 97c
Parts worth more on Americas · Normal · Alliance than a vendor pays
ItemLowest buyoutMedianListingsVendor paysComes from
Mithril TubeWhat to do with it 42s 97c 45s 40 7s 50c
Inlaid Mithril CylinderWhat to do with it 39s 44s 4 10s
Mithril CasingWhat to do with it 34s 74c 34s 74c 3 10s
Iron StrutWhat to do with it 13s 88c 13s 90c 19 4s
Goblin Rocket FuelWhat to do with it 12s 96c 12s 98c 20 2s 50c

Other materials

15 items · up to 15g
Other materials worth more on Americas · Normal · Alliance than a vendor pays
ItemLowest buyoutMedianListingsVendor paysComes from
Arcane CrystalWhat to do with it 15g 15g 94c 32 20s
Righteous OrbWhat to do with it 12g 50s 50c 15g 50s 50c 9 2g
Blue SapphireWhat to do with it 8g 8g 99s 64 70s
Dark RuneWhat to do with it 5g 99s 8g 99s 21 20s
Blood of the MountainWhat to do with it 5g 49s 98c 5g 49s 98c 9 7s 50c
  • Mining Dark Iron Deposit 0.6%

What to gather

The herbs, ores and skins with the highest lowest buyout on this auction house, with the skill or creature level they need and where the data places them. The price is for one, before the auction house’s cut and deposit; only items with at least 3 listings count.

Herbs

  1. Black Lotus 11 gold 50 silver Skill 300 · Burning Steppes, Silithus and more
  2. Plaguebloom 44 silver 95 copper Skill 285 · Eastern Plaguelands, Western Plaguelands and more
  3. Ghost Mushroom 32 silver Skill 245 · The Hinterlands, Desolace and more
  4. Gromsblood 22 silver 49 copper Skill 250 · Blasted Lands, Desolace and more
  5. Icecap 19 silver 99 copper Skill 290 · Winterspring
Every herb by skill and zone

Ores

  1. Thorium Ore 31 silver 80 copper Skill 245 · Un'Goro Crater, Silithus and more
  2. Dark Iron Ore 23 silver Skill 230 · Burning Steppes, Searing Gorge and more
  3. Truesilver Ore 21 silver 84 copper Skill 230 · Winterspring, The Hinterlands and more
  4. Mithril Ore 8 silver 88 copper Skill 175 · The Hinterlands, Tanaris and more
  5. Gold Ore 7 silver 60 copper Skill 155 · Arathi Highlands, Badlands and more
Every vein by skill and zone

Skins

  1. Frostsaber Leather 2 gold 89 silver 99 copper Creatures of level 55–60 · Winterspring
  2. Devilsaur Leather 90 silver Creatures of level 54–56 · Un'Goro Crater
  3. Scorpid Scale 19 silver 30 copper Creatures of level 40–44 · Tanaris, Uldaman
  4. Warbear Leather 19 silver Creatures of level 51–60 · Winterspring, Western Plaguelands and more
  5. Turtle Scale 13 silver 24 copper Creatures of level 36–43 · Dustwallow Marsh
Creatures to skin by level and zone

The gathering guide: value per gather and the best zones for your skill

Disenchanting

The best buy to disenchant here now is Toughened Leather Gloves: 33 silver 50 copper to buy, about 43 silver in materials. The best craft to disenchant is Green Lens. An item’s disenchant value is each material’s chance × how many it gives × the material’s lowest buyout here, summed. The chances are the recorded disenchants of that exact item.

Enchanting materials on this auction house

Show the materials and their prices
Each enchanting material’s price on this auction house and the gear it is disenchanted from
MaterialLowest buyoutMedian buyoutListingsDisenchanted from
Lesser Magic Essence 1 silver 33 copper 1 silver 37 copper 87
  • Green weapons, item level 10–15 80% of disenchants
Strange Dust 93 copper 1 silver 66 copper 220
  • Blue armor, item level 18–22 78% of disenchants
  • Green armor, item level 11–24 77% of disenchants
Greater Magic Essence 3 silver 10 copper 3 silver 65 copper 184
  • Green weapons, item level 16–30 75% of disenchants
  • Blue weapons, item level 18–29 74% of disenchants
Small Glimmering Shard 3 silver 89 copper 3 silver 98 copper 66
  • Blue weapons, item level 21–25 100% of disenchants
  • Blue armor, item level 20–27 100% of disenchants
Lesser Astral Essence 4 silver 65 copper 4 silver 65 copper 67
  • Green armor, item level 21–25 17% of disenchants
  • Blue armor, item level 21–27 16% of disenchants
Large Glimmering Shard 43 silver 45 silver 53
  • Blue weapons, item level 26–32 100% of disenchants
  • Blue armor, item level 24–30 100% of disenchants
Greater Astral Essence 13 silver 75 copper 13 silver 96 copper 12
  • Green armor, item level 26–30 22% of disenchants
  • Blue armor, item level 26–27 20% of disenchants
Soul Dust 4 silver 40 copper 4 silver 49 copper 96
  • Blue armor, item level 26–36 76% of disenchants
  • Green armor, item level 26–35 76% of disenchants
Small Glowing Shard 10 silver 49 copper 10 silver 50 copper 44
  • Blue weapons, item level 31–35 100% of disenchants
  • Blue armor, item level 30–37 100% of disenchants
Lesser Mystic Essence 8 silver 50 copper 10 silver 73
  • Green weapons, item level 31–35 75% of disenchants
  • Green armor, item level 31–35 27% of disenchants
Large Glowing Shard 32 silver 15 copper 32 silver 48 copper 53
  • Blue weapons, item level 35–40 100% of disenchants
  • Blue armor, item level 35–40 100% of disenchants
Greater Mystic Essence 27 silver 35 copper 28 silver 40 copper 95
  • Green weapons, item level 36–40 75% of disenchants
  • Green armor, item level 36–40 25% of disenchants
Vision Dust 11 silver 40 copper 11 silver 93 copper 103
  • Blue armor, item level 36–43 77% of disenchants
  • Green armor, item level 36–45 76% of disenchants
Lesser Nether Essence 25 silver 87 copper 25 silver 88 copper 46
  • Green weapons, item level 41–45 75% of disenchants
  • Green armor, item level 41–45 25% of disenchants
Small Radiant Shard 68 silver 96 copper 79 silver 59 copper 137
  • Blue weapons, item level 41–45 100% of disenchants
  • Blue armor, item level 41–45 100% of disenchants
Greater Nether Essence 79 silver 99 copper 82 silver 76 copper 86
  • Green weapons, item level 46–50 75% of disenchants
  • Green armor, item level 46–50 24% of disenchants
Dream Dust 31 silver 90 copper 31 silver 96 copper 58
  • Green armor, item level 46–55 76% of disenchants
Large Radiant Shard 1 gold 96 silver 99 copper 1 gold 96 silver 99 copper 59
  • Blue weapons, item level 46–50 100% of disenchants
  • Blue armor, item level 46–50 100% of disenchants
Lesser Eternal Essence 73 silver 99 copper 99 silver 63 copper 95
  • Green weapons, item level 51–55 75% of disenchants
  • Green armor, item level 51–55 25% of disenchants
Small Brilliant Shard 90 silver 94 silver 67
  • Blue weapons, item level 51–55 100% of disenchants
  • Blue armor, item level 51–55 100% of disenchants
Nexus Crystal None listed None listed 0
  • Purple armor, item level 62–83 93% of disenchants
  • Purple weapons, item level 57–66 79% of disenchants
  • Blue weapons, item level 55–65 3.6% of disenchants
  • Blue armor, item level 56–65 0.5% of disenchants
Greater Eternal Essence 2 gold 60 silver 2 gold 68 silver 36
  • Green weapons, item level 56–65 75% of disenchants
Illusion Dust 59 silver 61 silver 38
  • Green armor, item level 56–63 75% of disenchants
Large Brilliant Shard 4 gold 15 silver 5 gold 20 silver 56
  • Blue weapons, item level 56–65 100% of disenchants
  • Blue armor, item level 57–63 100% of disenchants

“Disenchanted from” covers the gear on record, up to about 200 items per material, so a material may also come from gear not named here. Item levels are the range most of that gear falls in.

Cheapest gear to disenchant

Gear listed here whose materials are worth more than its lowest buyout, widest margin first. Every material must have at least 3 listings and the item at least 20 recorded disenchants. The margin is before the auction house’s cut and deposit on the materials you sell.

Show the gear worth disenchanting
The top 6 listed items by disenchant value over their lowest buyout
ItemLowest buyoutDisenchants forMargin
Toughened Leather GlovesWhat to do with it 33 silver 50 copper101 listings About 43 silver From 44 recorded disenchants 9 silver 50 copper
Moccasins of the White HareWhat to do with it 36 silver8 listings About 43 silver From 35 recorded disenchants 7 silver
Green LensWhat to do with it 1 gold 90 silver28 listings About 1 gold 96 silver 99 copper From 813 recorded disenchants 6 silver 99 copper
Amy's BlanketWhat to do with it 38 silver 50 copper30 listings About 43 silver From 38 recorded disenchants 4 silver 50 copper
Nightscape HeadbandWhat to do with it 36 silver 50 copper273 listings At least 38 silver 44 copper From 1,332 recorded disenchants, 96 in 100 accounted for 1 silver 94 copper
Hillman's ShouldersWhat to do with it 8 silver 20 copper345 listings At least 9 silver 13 copper From 1,586 recorded disenchants, 95 in 100 accounted for 93 copper

Crafted for the dust

Recipes whose item disenchants for more than its materials cost. Each material counts at the lower of a vendor’s price and its lowest buyout here. The same listing and sample rules apply.

Show the recipes
The top 3 recipes by disenchant value over their materials
MakesProfessionMaterialsDisenchants forMargin
Green Lens Engineering Learn at skill 245, from a trainer 1 gold 36 silver 13 copper About 1 gold 96 silver 99 copper From 813 recorded disenchants 60 silver 86 copper
Toughened Leather Gloves Leatherworking Learn at skill 135, from a trainer 38 silver 82 copper About 43 silver From 44 recorded disenchants 4 silver 18 copper
Hillman's Shoulders Leatherworking Learn at skill 130, from a trainer 7 silver 98 copper At least 9 silver 13 copper From 1,586 recorded disenchants, 95 in 100 accounted for 1 silver 15 copper

Disenchant results come from data collected from the live game: for each item, how many of its recorded disenchants gave each material and in what quantity. “At least” marks an item with only part of its results on record; the missing part is not guessed. Gear with no recorded disenchants is left out, so this is not every item worth disenchanting. Disenchanting needs an enchanter and destroys the item.

Vendor items that sell for more here

Items a vendor sells to Alliance for gold alone whose lowest buyout here is higher than the vendor’s price, largest difference first, with at least 3 listings. A flip needs a buyer: the listings show how many others are selling, and a median well above the lowest buyout means most sellers ask more than the cheapest one. A limited stock is noted where the vendor records show one. The difference is before the auction house’s cut and deposit.

Vendor items whose lowest buyout on Americas · Normal · Alliance is above the vendor’s price
Item and vendorVendor priceLowest buyoutMedianListingsDifference
Pattern: Barbaric Bracers 21s 17c 12g 25s 13g 8 12g 3s 83c
Pattern: Storm Gauntlets 4g 15g 15g 4 11g
Recipe: Dragonbreath Chili 70s 8g 98s 8g 98s 10 8g 28s
Pattern: Runecloth Bag 1g 20s 8g 50s 1c 8g 50s 1c 16 7g 30s 1c
Manual: Major Healing Potion 8g 15g 15g 7 7g
Formula: Enchant Chest - Major Stamina 1g 60s 8g 8g 6 6g 40s
Formula: Wizard Oil 2g 25s 6g 99s 99c 6g 99s 99c 6 4g 74s 99c
Pattern: Raptor Hide Belt 25s 3g 89s 3g 89s 3 3g 64s

The list holds the 50 largest differences of 198 vendor items listed above the vendor’s price.

How the auction house works here

One house per ruleset and faction
WoW Forever has no realms. Each region (Americas, Europe) has one auction house per ruleset for the Alliance, one for the Horde and the neutral Blackwater house. Pick yours at the top; the site remembers it.
Read every hour
The site reads every house from Blizzard’s auction data once an hour and replaces what it held. Nothing here is older than the last read, and nothing shows what sold.
Lowest buyout
The cheapest price for one of the item: a stack’s buyout divided by its size. Bids are left out. It is the price you undercut, and the first listing to go.
Median
The middle asking price. For cloth, herbs, potions and other stackable goods it is the price at which half the units on sale are listed. A median far above the lowest buyout means the cheapest listing is an outlier.
Listings
The number of separate auctions for the item, not the number of items: three listings can be three single items or three full stacks. A price needs 3 listings to count on this page.
Cut and deposit
The game files name an auction house cut and a deposit but hold no rate for either, so every margin here is before both. The game’s own text lists auctions of 2, 8 and 24 hours and says a canceled auction loses its deposit.
Buying in bulk
Materials are counted at their lowest buyout. Buying many costs more once the cheapest listings are gone, and the lowest listing may sell before you reach it.

Leveling plans for each profession

The cheapest way from 1 to 300 in each crafting profession, priced on this auction house, with how many of its recipes sell above their materials here now.

Where this comes from

Auction prices are the lowest and median buyouts and the number of listings on each auction house, from Blizzard’s auction house data, read every hour; bids are left out. Recipes, materials, what each makes, the skill a pattern needs, cooldowns and their lengths, item types and what a vendor pays come from the WoW Forever game files. The skill a trainer teaches a recipe at, what vendors sell and ask, their stock and where they stand, and which items drop or are gathered come from data collected from the live game, which can lag it.

Questions

What sells best on the WoW Forever auction house?

Blizzard’s data shows what is listed, not what sold, so this page cannot name the best seller. On Americas · Normal · Alliance on November 14, 2026 at 00:59 UTC, the material with the most listings in the lists above was Copper Ore (512 listings from 70c each), and the highest-priced one with at least 3 listings was Guardian Stone at 15g.

Which profession makes the most gold in WoW Forever?

It changes with every price read. On Americas · Normal · Alliance on November 14, 2026 at 00:59 UTC, Leatherworking had the most recipes selling for more than their materials (111 of 480), and the largest margin on one craft was 39g 94s 60c for Warbear Harness (Leatherworking). Margins are listed prices less materials, before the auction house’s cut and deposit, and a listed price is not a sale.

Can I make gold in WoW Forever without the auction house selling my items?

Sometimes. On Americas · Normal · Alliance on November 14, 2026 at 00:59 UTC, 34 recipes made items a vendor buys for more than the materials cost. The largest was Felblood Soul Bag: 5g 80s 32c of materials, 8g from a vendor. Materials bought on the auction house cost more once the cheapest listings are gone.

How much does the auction house take from a sale?

The game files name an auction house cut and a deposit but hold no rate for either, so this page gives every margin before both. The posting window shows the deposit before you list. The game’s text says a canceled auction loses its deposit.

How often do these prices change?

Every hour. The site reads each auction house from Blizzard’s data once an hour, replaces the prices it held, and works every list on this page out again.

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