Is crafting Golden Rod profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU PvP · Alliance, trusted material cost is 13s 79c and trusted sale is 14s 0c, for about -49c profit per craft (-4% 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 13s 79c on US & AU PvP · 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 PvP · Alliance

Profitⓘ−49c

Marginⓘ-4%

Mat cost13s 79c

Sale14s 0c

Make Golden Rod (Blacksmithing, skill 150).

Buy 1 Gold Bar at 6s 87c each (9 are listed)
Craft 2 Coarse Grinding Stone at 3s 46c each instead of buying at 4s 73c each
- Buy 4 Coarse Stone at 1s 73c each (200 or more are listed)

18 are listed at 14s 0c, so a craft clears about -49c over the 13s 79c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Material cost 13s 79c. Trusted sale 14s 0c. Profitⓘ 49c under cost (-4%). 18 are listed. Latest listing 14s 0c. Seen across 20 snapshots, 2h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Gold Bar	1	6s 87c	9 are listed	6s 87c	2h ago	19
Coarse Grinding Stone	2	3s 46c	Craft Coarse Grinding Stone from 4× Coarse Stone (cheaper than buying at 4s 73c each)	2s 97c	2h ago	26
Coarse Stone	4	1s 73c	200 or more are listed	1s 20c	2h ago	33

Golden Rod

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 22:45	us-pvp-alliance	14s 0c	18	536
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	24s 0c	10	414
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	25s 0c	25	364
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	25s 0c	25	364
2026-11-09 09:28	us-pvp-alliance	34s 0c	15	42
2026-11-09 07:50	us-pvp-alliance	11s 0c	41	71
2026-11-09 05:15	us-pvp-alliance	11s 0c	—	96
2026-11-09 04:50	us-pvp-alliance	10s 0c	—	99

Gold Bar

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 22:45	us-pvp-alliance	6s 44c	9	372
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	7s 43c	1	117
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	7s 44c	6	337
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	7s 44c	6	337
2026-11-09 09:28	us-pvp-alliance	6s 45c	21	478
2026-11-09 07:50	us-pvp-alliance	7s 48c	10	411
2026-11-09 05:15	us-pvp-alliance	8s 87c	—	36
2026-11-09 04:55	us-pvp-alliance	7s 28c	1	1

Coarse Grinding Stone

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 23:01	us-pvp-alliance	4s 73c	—	483
2026-11-09 22:45	us-pvp-alliance	4s 74c	89	253
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	2s 50c	1	1000
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	2s 73c	377	704
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	2s 73c	377	704
2026-11-09 15:17	us-pvp-alliance	2s 73c	—	802
2026-11-09 09:28	us-pvp-alliance	2s 74c	828	1112
2026-11-09 07:50	us-pvp-alliance	2s 73c	698	1557

Coarse Stone

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 22:45	us-pvp-alliance	1s 73c	243	3135
2026-11-09 19:31	us-pvp-alliance	1s 20c	45	1465
2026-11-09 19:31	us-pvp-alliance	1s 20c	30	1450
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	1s 20c	229	2887
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	1s 18c	606	4211
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	1s 18c	606	4211
2026-11-09 15:17	us-pvp-alliance	1s 18c	—	4162
2026-11-09 09:28	us-pvp-alliance	99c	23	5202