Is crafting Copper Shortsword profitable on the auction house?

On EU RP · Alliance, trusted material cost is 2s 98c and trusted sale is 4s 0c, for about 82c profit per craft (28% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Copper Shortsword?

Material cost for Copper Shortsword is about 2s 98c on EU RP · Alliance, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Copper Shortsword craft profit

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Copper Shortsword

Craft flip · Blacksmithing · skill 25 · EU RP · Alliance

Profitⓘ+82c

Marginⓘ+28%

Mat cost2s 98c

Sale4s 0c

Make Copper Shortsword (Blacksmithing, skill 25).

Buy 6 Copper Bar at 25c each (103 are listed)
Buy 1 Weak Flux from a vendor at 1s 0c
Buy 2 Linen Cloth at 24c each (200 or more are listed)

10 are listed at 4s 0c, so a craft clears about 82c over the 2s 98c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Disenchanting the result is worth about 3s 62c, which is 64c over the material cost.ⓘ

Material cost 2s 98c. Trusted sale 4s 0c. Profitⓘ 82c over cost (28%). 10 are listed. Latest listing 4s 0c. Seen across 1 snapshots, 3d ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Copper Bar	6	25c	103 are listed	25c	3d ago	1
Weak Flux	1	1s 0c	Vendor	2s 0c	3d ago	1
Linen Cloth	2	24c	200 or more are listed	24c	3d ago	1

Copper Shortsword

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-06 15:28	eu-rp-alliance	4s 0c	10	21

Copper Bar

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-06 15:28	eu-rp-alliance	25c	103	2439

Weak Flux

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-06 15:28	eu-rp-alliance	2s 0c	62	128

Linen Cloth

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-06 15:28	eu-rp-alliance	24c	279	2774
2026-11-06 15:28	eu-rp-alliance	24c	141	2354