Is crafting Golden Rod profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU Normal · Alliance, trusted material cost is 12s 71c and trusted sale is 9s 0c, for about -4s 16c profit per craft (-33% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Golden Rod?

Material cost for Golden Rod is about 12s 71c on US & AU Normal · Alliance, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Golden Rod craft profit · ahprice flips

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Golden Rod

Craft flip · Blacksmithing · skill 150 · US & AU Normal · Alliance

Profitⓘ−4s 16c

Marginⓘ-33%

Mat cost12s 71c

Sale9s 0c

Make Golden Rod (Blacksmithing, skill 150).

Buy 1 Gold Bar at 7s 11c each (9 are listed)
Craft 2 Coarse Grinding Stone at 2s 80c each instead of buying at 3s 72c each
- Buy 4 Coarse Stone at 1s 40c each (200 or more are listed)

71 are listed at 9s 0c, so a craft clears about -4s 16c over the 12s 71c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Material cost 12s 71c. Trusted sale 9s 0c. Profitⓘ 4s 16c under cost (-33%). 71 are listed. Latest listing 9s 0c. Seen across 43 snapshots, 2h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Gold Bar	1	7s 11c	9 are listed	7s 11c	2h ago	45
Coarse Grinding Stone	2	2s 80c	Craft Coarse Grinding Stone from 4× Coarse Stone (cheaper than buying at 3s 72c each)	3s 10c	2h ago	45
Coarse Stone	4	1s 40c	200 or more are listed	1s 10c	2h ago	48

Golden Rod

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 19:29	us-normal-alliance	9s 0c	71	92
2026-11-09 16:19	us-normal-alliance	9s 0c	56	138
2026-11-09 16:18	us-normal-alliance	9s 0c	—	139
2026-11-09 13:55	us-normal-alliance	8s 0c	7	134
2026-11-09 13:54	us-normal-alliance	8s 0c	7	134
2026-11-09 06:37	us-normal-alliance	11s 0c	150	199
2026-11-09 04:52	us-normal-alliance	11s 0c	—	231
2026-11-08 21:59	us-normal-alliance	13s 0c	13	404

Gold Bar

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 19:29	us-normal-alliance	7s 4c	9	583
2026-11-09 16:19	us-normal-alliance	7s 97c	24	422
2026-11-09 16:18	us-normal-alliance	7s 97c	—	431
2026-11-09 13:55	us-normal-alliance	8s 49c	10	106
2026-11-09 13:54	us-normal-alliance	8s 49c	10	106
2026-11-09 07:49	us-normal-alliance	6s 34c	37	624
2026-11-09 07:49	us-normal-alliance	6s 34c	36	623
2026-11-09 06:37	us-normal-alliance	6s 99c	104	751

Coarse Grinding Stone

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 19:29	us-normal-alliance	3s 72c	10	517
2026-11-09 16:19	us-normal-alliance	4s 45c	55	157
2026-11-09 16:18	us-normal-alliance	4s 45c	—	182
2026-11-09 13:55	us-normal-alliance	2s 15c	260	1110
2026-11-09 13:54	us-normal-alliance	2s 15c	260	1110
2026-11-09 06:37	us-normal-alliance	2s 68c	322	2016
2026-11-09 04:52	us-normal-alliance	2s 98c	—	1594
2026-11-08 21:59	us-normal-alliance	3s 14c	345	853

Coarse Stone

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 19:29	us-normal-alliance	1s 40c	286	5985
2026-11-09 16:19	us-normal-alliance	1s 98c	532	5724
2026-11-09 16:18	us-normal-alliance	1s 95c	—	5721
2026-11-09 13:55	us-normal-alliance	1s 0c	81	1171
2026-11-09 13:54	us-normal-alliance	1s 0c	81	1171
2026-11-09 06:37	us-normal-alliance	1s 2c	180	1386
2026-11-09 04:52	us-normal-alliance	96c	—	2355
2026-11-08 21:59	us-normal-alliance	98c	68	845