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 Horde US right now, Savory Deviate Delight (Cooking) makes the most per craft: about 41s 36c after the 5 percent auction house cut. 11 of 23 fully priced recipes make a profit.

Market: Normal Horde US, the market with the newest prices. Pick another below. Address for this market: ahledger.com/crafting?market=forever/normal/horde/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.

What the margin leaves out.

23 recipes · 11 above water · Normal Horde US

Craft	Cost	Value	Margin	Return	Sold/day	Profit/day	Reagents
Savory Deviate Delight Cooking 85	9s 93c	51s 29c	41s 36c	417%	-	-	1 × Deviate Fish, 1 × Mild Spices
Heavy Crocolisk Stew Cooking 120	3s	37s 53c	34s 53c	1151%	-	-	2 × Tender Crocolisk Meat, 1 × Soothing Spices
Savory Whimsyfin Delight Cooking 85	14s 93c	47s 49c	32s 56c	218%	-	-	1 × Mild Spices, 1 × Whimsyfin
Soothing Turtle Bisque Cooking 175	2s	4s 75c	2s 75c	138%	-	-	1 × Soothing Spices, 1 × Turtle Meat
Crab Cake Cooking 75	11s	13s 30c	2s 30c	21%	-	-	1 × Crawler Meat, 1 × Mild Spices
Roasted Kodo Meat Cooking 35 · makes 2	1s 63c	3s 23c	1s 60c	98%	-	-	1 × Kodo Meat, 1 × Mild Spices
Scorpid Surprise Cooking 20	58c	1s 89c	1s 31c	226%	-	-	1 × Scorpid Stinger
Roasted Boar Meat Cooking 5	3s 75c	4s 75c	1s	27%	-	-	1 × Chunk of Boar Meat
Mithril Head Trout Cooking 175	1s 50c	1s 90c	40c	27%	-	-	1 × Raw Mithril Head Trout
Bristle Whisker Catfish Cooking 100	65c	95c	30c	46%	-	-	1 × Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish
Longjaw Mud Snapper Cooking 50	1s 74c	1s 76c	2c	1%	-	-	1 × Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
Basic Campfire Kit Cooking	1s	95c	-5c	-5%	-	-	1 × Simple Wood
Rockscale Cod Cooking 150	1s	95c	-5c	-5%	-	-	1 × Raw Rockscale Cod
Slitherskin Mackerel Cooking 5	1s	95c	-5c	-5%	-	-	1 × Raw Slitherskin Mackerel
Crispy Bat Wing Cooking 5	1s 51c	95c	-56c	-37%	-	-	1 × Meaty Bat Wing, 1 × Mild Spices
Smoked Bear Meat Cooking 40	1s 21c	38c	-83c	-69%	-	-	1 × Bear Meat
Smoked Sagefish Cooking 80	10s 93c	9s 45c	-1s 48c	-14%	-	-	1 × Mild Spices, 1 × Raw Sagefish
Strider Stew Cooking 50 · makes 2	2s	46c	-1s 54c	-77%	-	-	1 × Shiny Red Apple, 1 × Strider Meat
Brilliant Smallfish Cooking 5	3s 50c	94c	-2s 56c	-73%	-	-	1 × Raw Brilliant Smallfish
Rainbow Fin Albacore Cooking 50	4s	95c	-3s 5c	-76%	-	-	1 × Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore
Twice-Spiced Raptor Slice Cooking 75	13s 82c	95c	-12s 87c	-93%	-	-	2 × Mild Spices, 1 × Raptor Flesh
Herb Baked Egg Cooking 5	40s 92c	95c	-39s 97c	-98%	-	-	1 × Mild Spices, 1 × Small Egg
Dig Rat Stew Cooking 90 · makes 2	1g 97c	3s 80c	-97s 17c	-96%	-	-	1 × Dig Rat

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Common questions

What is the most profitable craft in WoW Forever right now?: On Normal Horde US right now, Savory Deviate Delight (Cooking) makes the most per craft: about 41s 36c after the 5 percent auction house cut. 11 of 23 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 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.