Is crafting Enchanted Lute profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU PvP · Horde, trusted material cost is 1s 26c and trusted sale is 1s 50c, for about 16c profit per craft (13% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Enchanted Lute?

Material cost for Enchanted Lute is about 1s 26c on US & AU PvP · Horde, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Enchanted Lute craft profit

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Enchanted Lute

Craft flip · Enchanting · skill 20 · US & AU PvP · Horde

Profitⓘ+16c

Marginⓘ+13%

Mat cost1s 26c

Sale1s 50c

Make Enchanted Lute (Enchanting, skill 20).

Buy 1 Simple Wood from a vendor at 38c
Buy 1 Strange Dust at 88c each (31 are listed)

26 are listed at 1s 50c, so a craft clears about 16c over the 1s 26c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Material cost 1s 26c. Trusted sale 1s 50c. Profitⓘ 16c over cost (13%). 26 are listed. Latest listing 1s 50c. Seen across 21 snapshots, 11h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Simple Wood	1	38c	Vendor	54c	11h ago	19
Strange Dust	1	88c	31 are listed	88c	11h ago	21

Enchanted Lute

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	1s 50c	—	91
2026-11-09 03:14	us-pvp-horde	1s 50c	—	74
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	1s 50c	—	74
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	1s 50c	26	125
2026-11-08 23:22	us-pvp-horde	1s 50c	30	162
2026-11-08 23:19	us-pvp-horde	1s 50c	—	204
2026-11-08 19:13	us-pvp-horde	1s 50c	—	207
2026-11-08 15:54	us-pvp-horde	1s 99c	15	166

Simple Wood

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	65c	—	1679
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	66c	—	1445
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	69c	506	887
2026-11-08 23:22	us-pvp-horde	44c	3	644
2026-11-08 23:19	us-pvp-horde	44c	—	1056
2026-11-08 19:13	us-pvp-horde	54c	—	44
2026-11-08 15:54	us-pvp-horde	46c	13	104
2026-11-08 15:48	us-pvp-horde	46c	1	92

Strange Dust

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	84c	—	8057
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	75c	—	7619
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	90c	31	5452
2026-11-08 23:22	us-pvp-horde	1s 14c	816	4337
2026-11-08 23:19	us-pvp-horde	89c	—	4844
2026-11-08 19:13	us-pvp-horde	88c	—	4173
2026-11-08 15:54	us-pvp-horde	88c	249	1940
2026-11-08 15:48	us-pvp-horde	89c	213	1506