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

On EU PvP · Horde, trusted material cost is 4s 54c and trusted sale is 5s 27c, for about 46c profit per craft (10% 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 4s 54c on EU PvP · Horde, 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 PvP · Horde

Profitⓘ+46c

Marginⓘ+10%

Mat cost4s 54c

Sale5s 27c

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

Buy 1 Wild Steelbloom at 1s 24c each (200 or more are listed) (limited vendor: Maria Lumere, stock 1 at 1s 89c)
Buy 1 Stranglekelp at 2s 90c each (38 are listed)
Buy 1 Leaded Vial from a vendor at 40c each, sold 5 for 2s 0c

59 are listed at 5s 27c, so a craft clears about 46c over the 4s 54c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Latest listing is 4s 80c (-9% vs true value). Ranking uses 5s 27c.

Material cost 4s 54c. Trusted sale 5s 27c. Profitⓘ 46c over cost (10%). 59 are listed. Latest listing 4s 80c. Seen across 47 snapshots, 1h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Wild Steelbloom	1	1s 24c	200 or more are listed (limited vendor: Maria Lumere, stock 1 at 1s 89c)	1s 24c	3h ago	53
Stranglekelp	1	2s 90c	38 are listed	2s 90c	1h ago	56
Leaded Vial	1	40c	Vendor	58c	1h ago	61

Elixir of Lesser Defense

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 23:06	eu-pvp-horde	4s 80c	—	1050
2026-11-09 23:05	eu-pvp-horde	4s 80c	—	1050
2026-11-09 20:55	eu-pvp-horde	4s 87c	59	983
2026-11-09 20:36	eu-pvp-horde	4s 20c	41	1083
2026-11-09 20:35	eu-pvp-horde	4s 20c	3	1154
2026-11-09 20:12	eu-pvp-horde	4s 86c	54	1275
2026-11-09 19:52	eu-pvp-horde	4s 90c	124	1250
2026-11-09 19:51	eu-pvp-horde	4s 90c	88	1214

Wild Steelbloom

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 20:55	eu-pvp-horde	1s 0c	487	4555
2026-11-09 20:36	eu-pvp-horde	99c	79	4290
2026-11-09 20:35	eu-pvp-horde	99c	60	4289
2026-11-09 20:12	eu-pvp-horde	1s 0c	110	4843
2026-11-09 19:52	eu-pvp-horde	1s 0c	217	5413
2026-11-09 19:51	eu-pvp-horde	1s 1c	52	5396
2026-11-09 18:29	eu-pvp-horde	1s 5c	17	5652
2026-11-09 18:03	eu-pvp-horde	1s 19c	—	6563

Stranglekelp

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 23:06	eu-pvp-horde	2s 86c	—	1562
2026-11-09 23:05	eu-pvp-horde	2s 86c	—	1562
2026-11-09 20:55	eu-pvp-horde	2s 77c	38	1629
2026-11-09 20:36	eu-pvp-horde	2s 77c	18	1692
2026-11-09 20:35	eu-pvp-horde	2s 75c	16	1716
2026-11-09 20:12	eu-pvp-horde	2s 65c	10	2724
2026-11-09 19:52	eu-pvp-horde	2s 74c	133	2160
2026-11-09 19:51	eu-pvp-horde	2s 23c	6	2140

Leaded Vial

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 23:06	eu-pvp-horde	53c	—	4059
2026-11-09 23:05	eu-pvp-horde	53c	—	4059
2026-11-09 20:55	eu-pvp-horde	55c	991	2602
2026-11-09 20:36	eu-pvp-horde	55c	103	1874
2026-11-09 20:35	eu-pvp-horde	40c	15	1904
2026-11-09 20:12	eu-pvp-horde	58c	553	1787
2026-11-09 19:52	eu-pvp-horde	58c	238	1472
2026-11-09 19:51	eu-pvp-horde	58c	375	1609