Is crafting Swiftness Potion profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU PvP · Horde, trusted material cost is 5s 24c and trusted sale is 4s 38c, for about -1s 8c profit per craft (-21% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Swiftness Potion?

Material cost for Swiftness Potion is about 5s 24c on US & AU PvP · Horde, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Swiftness Potion craft profit

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Swiftness Potion

Craft flip · Alchemy · skill 60 · US & AU PvP · Horde

Profitⓘ−1s 8c

Marginⓘ-21%

Mat cost5s 24c

Sale4s 38c

Make Swiftness Potion (Alchemy, skill 60).

Buy 1 Swiftthistle at 4s 20c each (13 are listed)
Buy 1 Briarthorn at 1s 0c each (18 are listed)
Buy 1 Empty Vial from a vendor at 4c each, sold 5 for 20c

10 are listed at 4s 38c, so a craft clears about -1s 8c over the 5s 24c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Latest listing is 4s 50c (+3% vs true value). Ranking uses 4s 38c.

Material cost 5s 24c. Trusted sale 4s 38c. Profitⓘ 1s 8c under cost (-21%). 10 are listed. Latest listing 4s 50c. Seen across 26 snapshots, 44m ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Swiftthistle	1	4s 20c	13 are listed	4s 20c	44m ago	27
Briarthorn	1	1s 0c	18 are listed	1s 0c	44m ago	24
Empty Vial	1	4c	Vendor	9c	44m ago	22

Swiftness Potion

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:33	us-pvp-horde	4s 50c	10	801
2026-11-10 00:32	us-pvp-horde	4s 50c	10	801
2026-11-09 20:08	us-pvp-horde	5s 17c	—	296
2026-11-09 18:36	us-pvp-horde	4s 35c	—	647
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	4s 94c	—	1101
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	4s 14c	—	1174
2026-11-09 03:00	us-pvp-horde	8s 85c	27	86
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	4s 38c	1	241

Swiftthistle

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:33	us-pvp-horde	4s 20c	13	2164
2026-11-10 00:32	us-pvp-horde	4s 20c	13	2164
2026-11-09 20:08	us-pvp-horde	4s 69c	—	1511
2026-11-09 18:36	us-pvp-horde	4s 79c	—	2272
2026-11-09 16:10	us-pvp-horde	4s 55c	3	1671
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	3s 59c	—	965
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	4s 50c	—	1163
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	3s 7c	29	1591

Briarthorn

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:33	us-pvp-horde	90c	18	3103
2026-11-10 00:32	us-pvp-horde	90c	18	3103
2026-11-09 20:08	us-pvp-horde	93c	—	3104
2026-11-09 16:10	us-pvp-horde	94c	84	2872
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	1s 9c	—	2138
2026-11-09 03:14	us-pvp-horde	1s 0c	—	1913
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	1s 0c	—	1913
2026-11-09 03:00	us-pvp-horde	1s 12c	52	52

Empty Vial

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:33	us-pvp-horde	6c	1195	2565
2026-11-10 00:32	us-pvp-horde	6c	1195	2565
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	8c	—	6310
2026-11-09 03:14	us-pvp-horde	9c	—	5653
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	9c	—	5653
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	11c	563	5254
2026-11-08 23:22	us-pvp-horde	12c	300	4463
2026-11-08 23:19	us-pvp-horde	49c	—	3909