Is crafting Golden Rod profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU Normal · Horde, trusted material cost is 11s 20c and trusted sale is 9s 0c, for about -2s 65c profit per craft (-24% 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 11s 20c on US & AU Normal · Horde, 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 · Horde

Profitⓘ−2s 65c

Marginⓘ-24%

Mat cost11s 20c

Sale9s 0c

Make Golden Rod (Blacksmithing, skill 150).

Buy 1 Gold Bar at 8s 20c each (63 are listed)
Craft 2 Coarse Grinding Stone at 1s 50c each instead of buying at 2s 0c each
- Buy 4 Coarse Stone at 75c each (68 are listed)

6 are listed at 9s 0c, so a craft clears about -2s 65c over the 11s 20c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Latest listing is 14s 0c (+56% vs true value)—treat as unverified.

Material cost 11s 20c. Trusted sale 9s 0c. Profitⓘ 2s 65c under cost (-24%). 6 are listed. Latest listing 14s 0c. Seen across 35 snapshots, 5h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Gold Bar	1	8s 20c	63 are listed	7s 60c	5h ago	34
Coarse Grinding Stone	2	1s 50c	Craft Coarse Grinding Stone from 4× Coarse Stone (cheaper than buying at 2s 0c each)	1s 95c	5h ago	34
Coarse Stone	4	75c	68 are listed	67c	5h ago	42

Golden Rod

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:21	us-normal-horde	14s 0c	6	19
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	8s 0c	—	155
2026-11-09 17:15	us-normal-horde	8s 0c	—	155
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	10s 0c	—	134
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	10s 0c	—	134
2026-11-09 08:43	us-normal-horde	19s 0c	5	5
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	8s 0c	4	296
2026-11-09 03:08	us-normal-horde	13s 0c	10	10

Gold Bar

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:21	us-normal-horde	8s 20c	63	96
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	7s 0c	—	505
2026-11-09 17:15	us-normal-horde	7s 0c	—	505
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	6s 88c	—	388
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	6s 88c	—	388
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	7s 48c	29	252
2026-11-09 03:08	us-normal-horde	8s 0c	2	2
2026-11-09 02:50	us-normal-horde	7s 60c	11	460

Coarse Grinding Stone

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:21	us-normal-horde	2s 0c	27	29
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	1s 92c	—	1301
2026-11-09 17:15	us-normal-horde	1s 92c	—	1301
2026-11-09 14:11	us-normal-horde	1s 93c	—	1019
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	1s 93c	—	1019
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	1s 93c	—	1019
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	1s 89c	124	1131
2026-11-09 02:50	us-normal-horde	1s 90c	317	731

Coarse Stone

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:21	us-normal-horde	75c	68	194
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	70c	—	490
2026-11-09 17:15	us-normal-horde	70c	—	490
2026-11-09 14:11	us-normal-horde	61c	—	2278
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	61c	—	2278
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	61c	—	2278
2026-11-09 08:43	us-normal-horde	70c	4	4
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	55c	136	3091