Is crafting Golden Skeleton Key profitable on the auction house?

On EU Normal · Alliance, trusted material cost is 20s 16c and trusted sale is 7s 0c, for about -6s 86c profit per craft (-34% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Golden Skeleton Key?

Material cost for Golden Skeleton Key is about 20s 16c on EU Normal · Alliance, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Golden Skeleton Key craft profit

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Golden Skeleton Key

Craft flip · Blacksmithing · skill 150 · EU Normal · Alliance

Profitⓘ−6s 86c

Marginⓘ-34%

Mat cost20s 16c

Sale7s 0c

Make Golden Skeleton Key (Blacksmithing, skill 150).

Buy 1 Gold Bar at 7s 59c each (20 are listed)
Craft 1 Heavy Grinding Stone at 12s 57c each instead of buying at 13s 90c each
- Buy 3 Heavy Stone at 4s 19c each (9 are listed)

22 are listed at 7s 0c, so a craft clears about -6s 86c over the 20s 16c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Material cost 20s 16c. Trusted sale 7s 0c. Profitⓘ 6s 86c under cost (-34%). 22 are listed. Latest listing 7s 0c. Seen across 29 snapshots, 4h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Gold Bar	1	7s 59c	20 are listed	7s 59c	1h ago	37
Heavy Grinding Stone	1	12s 57c	Craft Heavy Grinding Stone from 3× Heavy Stone (cheaper than buying at 13s 90c each)	13s 90c	1h ago	41
Heavy Stone	3	4s 19c	9 are listed	4s 19c	2h ago	40

Golden Skeleton Key

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:41	eu-normal-alliance	6s 50c	—	458
2026-11-09 16:38	eu-normal-alliance	7s 0c	—	488
2026-11-09 15:07	eu-normal-alliance	7s 0c	22	336
2026-11-09 12:40	eu-normal-alliance	8s 77c	129	326
2026-11-09 11:56	eu-normal-alliance	8s 77c	76	336
2026-11-09 06:24	eu-normal-alliance	9s 0c	14	148
2026-11-09 01:43	eu-normal-alliance	11s 0c	21	154
2026-11-08 23:25	eu-normal-alliance	9s 50c	—	574

Gold Bar

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:41	eu-normal-alliance	6s 99c	—	834
2026-11-09 16:38	eu-normal-alliance	6s 98c	—	962
2026-11-09 15:07	eu-normal-alliance	7s 59c	20	468
2026-11-09 12:40	eu-normal-alliance	8s 0c	14	291
2026-11-09 11:56	eu-normal-alliance	7s 0c	49	447
2026-11-09 10:19	eu-normal-alliance	13s 99c	2	6
2026-11-09 09:50	eu-normal-alliance	8s 0c	—	490
2026-11-09 09:48	eu-normal-alliance	8s 0c	—	490

Heavy Grinding Stone

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:41	eu-normal-alliance	11s 97c	—	1026
2026-11-09 16:38	eu-normal-alliance	9s 99c	—	993
2026-11-09 15:07	eu-normal-alliance	13s 90c	200	711
2026-11-09 12:40	eu-normal-alliance	14s 66c	35	397
2026-11-09 11:56	eu-normal-alliance	14s 88c	97	286
2026-11-09 10:19	eu-normal-alliance	1g 7s 0c	3	3
2026-11-09 09:50	eu-normal-alliance	15s 0c	—	40
2026-11-09 09:48	eu-normal-alliance	15s 0c	—	40

Heavy Stone

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:41	eu-normal-alliance	1s 98c	—	7754
2026-11-09 16:38	eu-normal-alliance	3s 43c	—	6910
2026-11-09 15:07	eu-normal-alliance	3s 98c	9	5077
2026-11-09 12:40	eu-normal-alliance	4s 60c	70	901
2026-11-09 11:56	eu-normal-alliance	4s 10c	197	1705
2026-11-09 10:19	eu-normal-alliance	13s 50c	157	559
2026-11-09 09:50	eu-normal-alliance	3s 88c	—	622
2026-11-09 09:48	eu-normal-alliance	3s 88c	—	622