Why are some recipes with huge margins ranked last?

A profit of 1,000 percent or more of the reagent cost almost always means the result is listed far above what it really sells for, often by one seller. Those recipes stay in the table, marked as an unconfirmed price, but rank after the rest, are not counted as profitable and are never named as the best craft. Check the result's price history on its item page before crafting one.

Why is the biggest margin not always the best craft?

A margin pays only as fast as the result sells. Profit a day is the margin times the estimated units sold a day on that auction house, so a thin margin on something that sells three hundred a day beats a fat one on something that sells three. Rank by Profit a day to see that order.

Crafting profit

Pick a market and a profession. Every recipe is ranked by what it earns at that market's prices right now. Enchantments make no item to sell, so they are costed on the enchants page instead. The crafts that also sell through the week, and the profession leading on each house, are in the gold meta.

On Normal Alliance US as of 15 November 2026, Lesser Eternal Wand (Enchanting) makes the most per craft among recipes that sell at least once a day: about 2g 47s after the 5 percent auction house cut. Counting how fast the result sells, Enchanted Leather (Enchanting) makes the most a day, about 31g 32s from roughly 28 sold a day. 7 of 18 fully priced recipes make a profit.

Current market: Normal Alliance US. This browser opens every tool here until you pick another. Address for this market: ahledger.com/crafting?market=forever/normal/alliance/us

1MarketPrices come from the latest scans of this market.2ProfessionAll of them, or one.3Rank byMargin per craft, or that margin times what the market buys a day.4ShowFully priced recipes rank truthfully; every recipe shows what each craft needs.

▸How this is worked out

Reagents are priced at their median, the result at its median times the recipe's average yield, less the 5 percent auction house cut. A reagent with no price is named rather than counted as free. Deposits and the value of your own gathered materials are not in these numbers.

Sold/day is the estimated units of the result sold a day on this auction house over the last week, from consecutive scans; it leans low and is blank where too few hours of scans back it. Profit a day is the margin per unit times that: the most a crafter supplying the whole market could make. A fat margin on something that sells three a day is worth less than a thin one on something that sells three hundred.

A recipe whose margin is 1,000 percent or more of its reagent cost is marked as an unconfirmed price, ranked after the rest and not counted as profitable: a craft that clears ten times its reagent cost in profit is nearly always one whose result is listed far above what it sells for. Check its price history before crafting it.

What the margin leaves out.

18 recipes · 7 above water · Normal Alliance US

Craft	Cost	Value	Margin	Return	Sold/day	Profit/day	Reagents
Lesser Eternal Wand Enchanting 225 ~2 sold/day · shelf clears in about 7 days · 4g 67s 85c/day	1g 31s 61c	3g 79s 5c	2g 47s 44c	188%	2	4g 67s 85c	1 × Dream Dust, 1 × Lesser Eternal Essence, 1 × Star Wood
Enchanted Leather Enchanting 210 ~28 sold/day · shelf clears in about 3 days · 31g 32s/day	79s 89c	1g 89s 99c	1g 10s 10c	138%	28	31g 32s	1 × Lesser Eternal Essence, 1 × Rugged Leather
Dreambough Wand Enchanting 195 ~7 sold/day · shelf clears in about 4 days · 6g 86s 2c/day	1g 61s 6c	2g 57s 45c	96s 39c	60%	7	6g 86s 2c	2 × Lesser Nether Essence, 1 × Star Wood, 1 × Vision Dust
Twisted Nether Wand Enchanting 165 ~10 sold/day · shelf clears in about 3 days · 6g 47s 86c/day	1g 23s 46c	1g 90s	66s 54c	54%	10	6g 47s 86c	1 × Dream Dust, 1 × Lesser Nether Essence, 1 × Star Wood
Arcane Salvager Enchanting 100 ~13 sold/day · shelf clears in about 5 days · 2g 41s 93c/day	73s 26c	92s 14c	18s 88c	26%	13	2g 41s 93c	2 × Vision Dust, 1 × Lesser Nether Essence
Enchanted Lute Enchanting ~160 sold/day · shelf clears in about 3 days · 3g 86s 66c/day	1s 45c	3s 91c	2s 46c	170%	160	3g 86s 66c	1 × Simple Wood, 1 × Strange Dust
Novice's Practice Wand Enchanting ~250 sold/day · shelf clears in about a day · 1g 18s 70c/day	47c	95c	48c	102%	250	1g 18s 70c	1 × Mote of Magic, 1 × Simple Wood
Lesser Magic Wand Enchanting 35 ~510 sold/day · shelf clears in under a day · -3g 93c/day	1s 91c	1s 32c	-59c	-31%	510	-3g 93c	1 × Lesser Magic Essence, 1 × Simple Wood
Mote of Magic Enchanting · makes 3 ~1,200 sold/day · shelf clears in under a day · -3g 50s 54c/day	1s 3c	14c	-89c	-86%	1,200	-3g 50s 54c	1 × Strange Dust
Greater Magic Wand Enchanting 70 ~480 sold/day · shelf clears in under a day · -5g 59s 88c/day	3s 40c	2s 22c	-1s 18c	-35%	480	-5g 59s 88c	2 × Lesser Magic Essence, 1 × Simple Wood
Minor Mana Oil Enchanting 120 ~240 sold/day · shelf clears in under a day · -11g 36s/day	9s 73c	4s 92c	-4s 81c	-49%	240	-11g 36s	2 × Maple Seed, 1 × Leaded Vial, 1 × Soul Dust
Enchanted Thorium Bar Enchanting 210 ~2 sold/day · shelf clears in about 25 days · -9s 16c/day	98s 75c	93s 10c	-5s 65c	-6%	2	-9s 16c	3 × Dream Dust, 1 × Thorium Bar
Lesser Wizard Oil Enchanting 170 ~190 sold/day · shelf clears in about a day · -22g 85s/day	23s 38c	11s 36c	-12s 2c	-51%	190	-22g 85s	2 × Stranglethorn Seed, 1 × Leaded Vial, 1 × Vision Dust
Lesser Mystic Wand Enchanting 135 ~67 sold/day · shelf clears in about a day · -9g 1s 69c/day	60s 98c	47s 50c	-13s 48c	-22%	67	-9g 1s 69c	1 × Lesser Mystic Essence, 1 × Star Wood
Greater Mystic Wand Enchanting 155 ~54 sold/day · shelf clears in under a day · -8g 57s 10c/day	71s 46c	55s 58c	-15s 88c	-22%	54	-8g 57s 10c	1 × Lesser Mystic Essence, 1 × Star Wood, 1 × Vision Dust
Lesser Mana Oil Enchanting 220 ~21 sold/day · shelf clears in under a day · -5g 10s 97c/day	35s 64c	11s 40c	-24s 24c	-68%	21	-5g 10s 97c	1 × Crystal Vial, 1 × Dream Dust, 1 × Purple Lotus
Greater Mystic Wand Enchanting 155 ~54 sold/day · shelf clears in under a day · -22g 49s/day	97s 26c	55s 58c	-41s 68c	-43%	54	-22g 49s	1 × Greater Mystic Essence, 1 × Star Wood, 1 × Vision Dust
Wizard Oil Enchanting 245 ~19 sold/day · shelf clears in about 4 days · -31g 8s/day	2g 57s 15c	95s	-1g 62s 15c	-63%	19	-31g 8s	3 × Illusion Dust, 2 × Firebloom, 1 × Crystal Vial

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Common questions

What is the most profitable craft in WoW Forever right now?: On Normal Alliance US as of 15 November 2026, Lesser Eternal Wand (Enchanting) makes the most per craft among recipes that sell at least once a day: about 2g 47s after the 5 percent auction house cut. Counting how fast the result sells, Enchanted Leather (Enchanting) makes the most a day, about 31g 32s from roughly 28 sold a day. 7 of 18 fully priced recipes make a profit.
How is crafting profit calculated?: Each reagent is priced at its median on the market, and the result at its median times the recipe's average yield, less the 5 percent auction house cut. A reagent with no price is named rather than counted as free. Deposits and the value of materials you gather yourself are not in the numbers.
Why are some recipes with huge margins ranked last?: A profit of 1,000 percent or more of the reagent cost almost always means the result is listed far above what it really sells for, often by one seller. Those recipes stay in the table, marked as an unconfirmed price, but rank after the rest, are not counted as profitable and are never named as the best craft. Check the result's price history on its item page before crafting one.
Why is the biggest margin not always the best craft?: A margin pays only as fast as the result sells. Profit a day is the margin times the estimated units sold a day on that auction house, so a thin margin on something that sells three hundred a day beats a fat one on something that sells three. Rank by Profit a day to see that order.