Is crafting Bronze Shortsword profitable on the auction house?

On EU RP PvP · Horde, trusted material cost is 18s 30c and trusted sale is 28s 0c, for about 8s 30c profit per craft (45% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Bronze Shortsword?

Material cost for Bronze Shortsword is about 18s 30c on EU RP PvP · Horde, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Bronze Shortsword craft profit

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Bronze Shortsword

Craft flip · Blacksmithing · skill 120 · EU RP PvP · Horde

Profitⓘ+8s 30c

Marginⓘ+45%

Mat cost18s 30c

Sale28s 0c

Make Bronze Shortsword (Blacksmithing, skill 120).

Buy 5 Bronze Bar at 2s 40c each (60 are listed)
Buy 4 Weak Flux from a vendor at 1s 0c
Buy 2 Medium Leather at 1s 15c each (53 are listed) (limited vendor: Lhara, stock 5 at 2s 10c)

3 are listed at 28s 0c, so a craft clears about 8s 30c over the 18s 30c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Disenchanting the result is worth about 8s 72c, which is 9s 58c under the material cost.ⓘ

Material cost 18s 30c. Trusted sale 28s 0c. Profitⓘ 8s 30c over cost (45%). 3 are listed. Latest listing 28s 0c. Seen across 1 snapshots, 9h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Bronze Bar	5	2s 40c	60 are listed	2s 40c	9h ago	1
Weak Flux	4	1s 0c	Vendor	1s 43c	9h ago	1
Medium Leather	2	1s 15c	53 are listed (limited vendor: Lhara, stock 5 at 2s 10c)	1s 15c	9h ago	1

Bronze Shortsword

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 15:38	eu-rppvp-horde	28s 0c	3	41

Bronze Bar

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 15:38	eu-rppvp-horde	2s 40c	60	303

Weak Flux

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 15:38	eu-rppvp-horde	1s 43c	32	64

Medium Leather

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 15:38	eu-rppvp-horde	1s 15c	53	738