Is crafting Draught of Water Breathing profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU Normal · Alliance, trusted material cost is 2s 85c and trusted sale is 1s 5c, for about -1s 86c profit per craft (-65% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Draught of Water Breathing?

Material cost for Draught of Water Breathing is about 2s 85c on US & AU Normal · Alliance, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Draught of Water Breathing craft profit

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Draught of Water Breathing

Craft flip · Alchemy · skill 90 · US & AU Normal · Alliance

Profitⓘ−1s 86c

Marginⓘ-65%

Mat cost2s 85c

Sale1s 5c

Make Draught of Water Breathing (Alchemy, skill 90).

Buy 1 Stranglekelp at 1s 53c each (113 are listed)
Craft 2 Blackmouth Oil at 64c each instead of buying at 98c each
- Buy 4 Oily Blackmouth at 30c each (9 are listed)
- Buy 2 Empty Vial from a vendor at 4c each, sold 5 for 20c
Buy 1 Empty Vial from a vendor at 4c each, sold 5 for 20c

122 are listed at 1s 5c, so a craft clears about -1s 86c over the 2s 85c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Latest listing is 1s 50c (+43% vs true value). Ranking uses 1s 5c.

Material cost 2s 85c. Trusted sale 1s 5c. Profitⓘ 1s 86c under cost (-65%). 122 are listed. Latest listing 1s 50c. Seen across 58 snapshots, 37m ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Stranglekelp	1	1s 53c	113 are listed	1s 53c	37m ago	64
Blackmouth Oil	2	64c	Craft Blackmouth Oil from 4× Oily Blackmouth, 2× Empty Vial (cheaper than buying at 98c each)	98c	37m ago	58
Oily Blackmouth	4	30c	9 are listed	30c	37m ago	63
Empty Vial	2	4c	Vendor	6c	37m ago	59
Empty Vial	1	4c	Vendor	6c	37m ago	59

Draught of Water Breathing

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:51	us-normal-alliance	1s 50c	122	283
2026-11-10 00:30	us-normal-alliance	1s 50c	66	227
2026-11-10 00:21	us-normal-alliance	8s 0c	—	113
2026-11-10 00:11	us-normal-alliance	1s 40c	—	206
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	1s 40c	—	206
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	1s 40c	—	206
2026-11-10 00:07	us-normal-alliance	1s 25c	—	234
2026-11-10 00:05	us-normal-alliance	1s 25c	—	234

Stranglekelp

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:51	us-normal-alliance	1s 20c	113	2761
2026-11-10 00:30	us-normal-alliance	1s 20c	309	3240
2026-11-10 00:19	us-normal-alliance	2s 25c	—	129
2026-11-10 00:18	us-normal-alliance	2s 25c	—	129
2026-11-10 00:11	us-normal-alliance	1s 32c	—	2768
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	1s 32c	—	2768
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	1s 32c	—	2768
2026-11-10 00:07	us-normal-alliance	1s 33c	—	2837

Blackmouth Oil

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:51	us-normal-alliance	90c	158	1313
2026-11-10 00:30	us-normal-alliance	90c	202	1411
2026-11-10 00:18	us-normal-alliance	1s 65c	—	209
2026-11-10 00:11	us-normal-alliance	94c	—	1240
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	94c	—	1240
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	94c	—	1240
2026-11-10 00:07	us-normal-alliance	94c	—	1263
2026-11-10 00:05	us-normal-alliance	94c	—	1263

Oily Blackmouth

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:51	us-normal-alliance	24c	9	2944
2026-11-10 00:30	us-normal-alliance	21c	85	3262
2026-11-10 00:18	us-normal-alliance	30c	—	1364
2026-11-10 00:11	us-normal-alliance	23c	—	3736
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	23c	—	3736
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	23c	—	3736
2026-11-10 00:07	us-normal-alliance	25c	—	3752
2026-11-10 00:05	us-normal-alliance	25c	—	3752

Empty Vial

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:51	us-normal-alliance	5c	1328	4717
2026-11-10 00:30	us-normal-alliance	5c	1349	4738
2026-11-10 00:18	us-normal-alliance	20c	—	83
2026-11-10 00:11	us-normal-alliance	5c	—	5237
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	5c	—	5237
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	5c	—	5237
2026-11-10 00:07	us-normal-alliance	5c	—	6119
2026-11-10 00:05	us-normal-alliance	5c	—	6119