Is crafting Elixir of Lesser Defense profitable on the auction house?

On EU Normal · Alliance, trusted material cost is 6s 54c and trusted sale is 5s 97c, for about -87c profit per craft (-13% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Elixir of Lesser Defense?

Material cost for Elixir of Lesser Defense is about 6s 54c on EU Normal · Alliance, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Elixir of Lesser Defense craft profit

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Elixir of Lesser Defense

Craft flip · Alchemy · skill 130 · EU Normal · Alliance

Profitⓘ−87c

Marginⓘ-13%

Mat cost6s 54c

Sale5s 97c

Make Elixir of Lesser Defense (Alchemy, skill 130).

Buy 1 Wild Steelbloom at 4s 29c each (8 are listed) (limited vendor: Maria Lumere, stock 1 at 1s 89c)
Buy 1 Stranglekelp at 1s 85c each (9 are listed)
Buy 1 Leaded Vial from a vendor at 40c each, sold 5 for 2s 0c

35 are listed at 5s 97c, so a craft clears about -87c over the 6s 54c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Material cost 6s 54c. Trusted sale 5s 97c. Profitⓘ 87c under cost (-13%). 35 are listed. Latest listing 5s 97c. Seen across 33 snapshots, 3h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Wild Steelbloom	1	4s 29c	8 are listed (limited vendor: Maria Lumere, stock 1 at 1s 89c)	4s 29c	3h ago	34
Stranglekelp	1	1s 85c	9 are listed	1s 85c	1h ago	46
Leaded Vial	1	40c	Vendor	49c	1h ago	40

Elixir of Lesser Defense

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 16:38	eu-normal-alliance	5s 47c	—	801
2026-11-09 15:07	eu-normal-alliance	5s 97c	35	245
2026-11-09 12:40	eu-normal-alliance	5s 88c	160	576
2026-11-09 11:56	eu-normal-alliance	5s 89c	359	538
2026-11-09 10:19	eu-normal-alliance	16s 0c	7	7
2026-11-09 06:24	eu-normal-alliance	6s 5c	67	267
2026-11-09 01:43	eu-normal-alliance	8s 80c	8	56
2026-11-08 23:25	eu-normal-alliance	7s 20c	—	1470

Wild Steelbloom

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 16:38	eu-normal-alliance	1s 99c	—	1823
2026-11-09 15:07	eu-normal-alliance	2s 12c	8	1617
2026-11-09 12:40	eu-normal-alliance	2s 54c	31	1251
2026-11-09 11:56	eu-normal-alliance	2s 50c	22	1144
2026-11-09 10:19	eu-normal-alliance	9s 98c	290	437
2026-11-09 06:24	eu-normal-alliance	2s 72c	79	937
2026-11-09 01:43	eu-normal-alliance	4s 0c	73	508
2026-11-08 21:21	eu-normal-alliance	2s 90c	4	2212

Stranglekelp

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 16:38	eu-normal-alliance	1s 68c	—	2724
2026-11-09 15:07	eu-normal-alliance	1s 49c	9	2142
2026-11-09 12:40	eu-normal-alliance	1s 77c	3	1660
2026-11-09 11:56	eu-normal-alliance	1s 75c	39	1414
2026-11-09 11:41	eu-normal-alliance	1s 86c	104	1564
2026-11-09 11:41	eu-normal-alliance	1s 86c	96	1553
2026-11-09 10:19	eu-normal-alliance	6s 90c	99	355
2026-11-09 09:50	eu-normal-alliance	1s 99c	—	937

Leaded Vial

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 16:38	eu-normal-alliance	45c	—	1160
2026-11-09 15:07	eu-normal-alliance	40c	270	2113
2026-11-09 12:40	eu-normal-alliance	49c	468	1144
2026-11-09 11:56	eu-normal-alliance	49c	426	1102
2026-11-09 11:45	eu-normal-alliance	49c	—	1217
2026-11-09 10:19	eu-normal-alliance	8s 76c	26	26
2026-11-09 09:50	eu-normal-alliance	48c	—	2177
2026-11-09 09:48	eu-normal-alliance	48c	—	2177