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, Molten Foundry (Mining) makes the most per craft among recipes that sell at least once a day: about 8g after the 5 percent auction house cut. Counting how fast the result sells, Mithril Bar (Mining) makes the most a day, about 37g 78s from roughly 5,813 sold a day. 10 of 16 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.

16 recipes · 10 above water · Normal Alliance US

Craft	Cost	Value	Margin	Return	Sold/day	Profit/day	Reagents
Molten Foundry Mining 260 ~4 sold/day · shelf clears in about 3 days · 32g 44s/day	1g 48s 80c	9g 49s 5c	8g 25c	538%	4	32g 44s	5 × Thorium Bar, 2 × Dense Stone, 1 × Truesilver Bar
Dark Iron Bar Mining 190 ~6 sold/day · shelf clears in about 4 days · 21g 5s/day	55s 92c	3g 79s 99c	3g 24s 7c	580%	6	21g 5s	8 × Dark Iron Ore
Heavy Thorium Bar Mining 260 ~61 sold/day · shelf clears in about a day · 23g 7s/day	26s 98c	64s 60c	37s 62c	139%	61	23g 7s	1 × Heavy Thorium Ore
Azerothium Bar Mining 235 ~5 sold/day · shelf clears in about 57 days · 1g 68s 80c/day	87s 34c	1g 18s 75c	31s 41c	36%	5	1g 68s 80c	2 × Pitchblende, 1 × Coal
Rock Garden Mining 100 ~12 sold/day · shelf clears in about 4 days · 1g 33s 55c/day	15s 45c	26s 94c	11s 49c	74%	12	1g 33s 55c	2 × Heavy Stone, 1 × Iron Ore, 1 × Silver Bar
Truesilver Bar Mining 190 ~470 sold/day · shelf clears in about 2 days · 14g 60s/day	16s 80c	19s 92c	3s 12c	19%	470	14g 60s	1 × Truesilver Ore
Mithril Bar Mining 135 ~5,800 sold/day · shelf clears in under a day · 37g 78s/day	11s 70c	12s 35c	65c	6%	5,800	37g 78s	1 × Mithril Ore
Bronze Bar Mining 25 · makes 2 ~20,000 sold/day · shelf clears in under a day · 10g 91s/day	3s 50c	3s 61c	11c	3%	20,000	10g 91s	1 × Copper Bar, 1 × Tin Bar
Iron Bar Mining 90 ~7,400 sold/day · shelf clears in under a day · 7g 6s 23c/day	2s 85c	2s 95c	10c	3%	7,400	7g 6s 23c	1 × Iron Ore
Copper Bar Mining ~14,000 sold/day · shelf clears in under a day · 2g 82s 12c/day	93c	95c	2c	2%	14,000	2g 82s 12c	1 × Copper Ore
Steel Bar Mining 125 ~1,500 sold/day · shelf clears in about 2 days · -76s 37c/day	8s 60c	8s 55c	-5c	-1%	1,500	-76s 37c	1 × Coal, 1 × Iron Bar
Tin Bar Mining 10 ~6,000 sold/day · shelf clears in under a day · -6g 92s 91c/day	2s 49c	2s 38c	-11c	-5%	6,000	-6g 92s 91c	1 × Tin Ore
Lodestone Mining ~310 sold/day · shelf clears in under a day · -1g 82s 24c/day	1s 10c	51c	-59c	-53%	310	-1g 82s 24c	1 × Copper Bar, 1 × Rough Stone
Silver Bar Mining 60 ~2,600 sold/day · shelf clears in under a day · -38g 68s/day	6s 24c	4s 75c	-1s 49c	-24%	2,600	-38g 68s	1 × Silver Ore
Gold Bar Mining 130 ~1,900 sold/day · shelf clears in under a day · -37g 58s/day	11s 40c	9s 45c	-1s 95c	-17%	1,900	-37g 58s	1 × Gold Ore
Thorium Bar Mining 210 ~1,000 sold/day · shelf clears in about 3 days · -24g 49s/day	24s 49c	22s 5c	-2s 44c	-10%	1,000	-24g 49s	1 × Thorium Ore

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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, Molten Foundry (Mining) makes the most per craft among recipes that sell at least once a day: about 8g after the 5 percent auction house cut. Counting how fast the result sells, Mithril Bar (Mining) makes the most a day, about 37g 78s from roughly 5,813 sold a day. 10 of 16 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.