Is crafting Toughened Leather Armor profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU Normal · Horde, trusted material cost is 16s 52c and trusted sale is 8s 0c, for about -8s 92c profit per craft (-54% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Toughened Leather Armor?

Material cost for Toughened Leather Armor is about 16s 52c on US & AU Normal · Horde, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Toughened Leather Armor craft profit

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Toughened Leather Armor

Craft flip · Leatherworking · skill 120 · US & AU Normal · Horde

Profitⓘ−8s 92c

Marginⓘ-54%

Mat cost16s 52c

Sale8s 0c

Make Toughened Leather Armor (Leatherworking, skill 120).

Buy 10 Medium Leather at 1s 0c each (200 or more are listed) (limited vendor: Lhara, stock 5 at 2s 10c)
Buy 2 Cured Light Hide at 2s 26c each (61 are listed)
Buy 2 Fine Thread from a vendor at 1s 0c

4 are listed at 8s 0c, so a craft clears about -8s 92c over the 16s 52c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Material cost 16s 52c. Trusted sale 8s 0c. Profitⓘ 8s 92c under cost (-54%). 4 are listed. Latest listing 8s 0c. Seen across 27 snapshots, 4h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Medium Leather	10	1s 0c	200 or more are listed (limited vendor: Lhara, stock 5 at 2s 10c)	1s 0c	4h ago	49
Cured Light Hide	2	2s 26c	61 are listed	2s 26c	4h ago	35
Fine Thread	2	1s 0c	Vendor	1s 28c	4h ago	31

Toughened Leather Armor

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	8s 0c	—	195
2026-11-09 08:43	us-normal-horde	8s 0c	4	4
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	8s 0c	226	242
2026-11-09 06:54	us-normal-horde	8s 0c	1	1
2026-11-09 02:50	us-normal-horde	8s 0c	193	195
2026-11-09 02:32	us-normal-horde	8s 0c	193	195
2026-11-08 23:42	us-normal-horde	8s 0c	188	190
2026-11-08 23:09	us-normal-horde	8s 0c	187	189

Medium Leather

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	88c	—	7714
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	88c	—	7714
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	90c	649	6664
2026-11-09 03:15	us-normal-horde	96c	83	6130
2026-11-09 03:08	us-normal-horde	98c	91	282
2026-11-09 02:55	us-normal-horde	1s 0c	2169	4595
2026-11-09 02:55	us-normal-horde	1s 0c	—	4599
2026-11-09 02:50	us-normal-horde	1s 0c	2100	4415

Cured Light Hide

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 14:11	us-normal-horde	2s 9c	—	387
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	2s 9c	—	387
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	2s 9c	—	387
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	2s 0c	61	1322
2026-11-09 03:21	us-normal-horde	2s 28c	15	1044
2026-11-09 02:50	us-normal-horde	2s 29c	11	865
2026-11-09 02:32	us-normal-horde	2s 30c	163	750
2026-11-08 23:42	us-normal-horde	2s 18c	24	424

Fine Thread

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	1s 26c	—	2353
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	1s 26c	—	2353
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	1s 20c	8	587
2026-11-09 03:08	us-normal-horde	1s 28c	4	4
2026-11-09 02:50	us-normal-horde	1s 28c	154	884
2026-11-09 02:32	us-normal-horde	1s 28c	140	1091
2026-11-08 23:42	us-normal-horde	1s 28c	24	2402
2026-11-08 23:09	us-normal-horde	1s 31c	624	1729