Is crafting Golden Rod profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU RP PvP · Alliance, trusted material cost is 20s 98c and trusted sale is 33s 0c, for about 10s 37c profit per craft (49% 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 20s 98c on US & AU RP 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 RP PvP · Alliance

Profitⓘ+10s 37c

Marginⓘ+49%

Mat cost20s 98c

Sale33s 0c

Make Golden Rod (Blacksmithing, skill 150).

Buy 1 Gold Bar at 10s 0c each (13 are listed)
Buy 2 Coarse Grinding Stone at 5s 49c each (21 are listed)

2 are listed at 33s 0c, so a craft clears about 10s 37c over the 20s 98c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Material cost 20s 98c. Trusted sale 33s 0c. Profitⓘ 10s 37c over cost (49%). 2 are listed. Latest listing 33s 0c. Seen across 23 snapshots, 1h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Gold Bar	1	10s 0c	13 are listed	10s 0c	1h ago	37
Coarse Grinding Stone	2	5s 49c	21 are listed	5s 49c	1h ago	25

Golden Rod

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 16:00	us-rppvp-alliance	33s 0c	2	41
2026-11-09 06:53	us-rppvp-alliance	35s 0c	16	61
2026-11-09 06:35	us-rppvp-alliance	35s 0c	16	65
2026-11-09 03:00	us-rppvp-alliance	42s 0c	3	53
2026-11-09 01:35	us-rppvp-alliance	42s 0c	5	76
2026-11-08 22:12	us-rppvp-alliance	44s 0c	3	85
2026-11-08 20:21	us-rppvp-alliance	59s 0c	43	56
2026-11-08 19:51	us-rppvp-alliance	59s 0c	47	60

Gold Bar

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 16:00	us-rppvp-alliance	6s 50c	13	141
2026-11-09 08:26	us-rppvp-alliance	10s 49c	3	257
2026-11-09 06:53	us-rppvp-alliance	10s 0c	1	159
2026-11-09 06:35	us-rppvp-alliance	10s 49c	9	162
2026-11-09 03:00	us-rppvp-alliance	10s 0c	1	195
2026-11-09 01:35	us-rppvp-alliance	11s 0c	14	187
2026-11-08 22:12	us-rppvp-alliance	12s 91c	25	87
2026-11-08 20:21	us-rppvp-alliance	12s 75c	18	109

Coarse Grinding Stone

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 16:00	us-rppvp-alliance	4s 99c	21	71
2026-11-09 08:26	us-rppvp-alliance	3s 80c	21	164
2026-11-09 07:23	us-rppvp-alliance	4s 0c	—	190
2026-11-09 06:53	us-rppvp-alliance	4s 44c	14	126
2026-11-09 06:35	us-rppvp-alliance	4s 44c	5	144
2026-11-09 01:35	us-rppvp-alliance	3s 84c	119	218
2026-11-08 22:12	us-rppvp-alliance	5s 49c	19	158
2026-11-08 20:21	us-rppvp-alliance	5s 59c	12	85