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

On EU Normal · Alliance, trusted material cost is 4s 21c and trusted sale is 1s 10c, for about -3s 17c profit per craft (-75% 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 4s 21c on EU 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 · EU Normal · Alliance

Profitⓘ−3s 17c

Marginⓘ-75%

Mat cost4s 21c

Sale1s 10c

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

Buy 1 Stranglekelp at 2s 17c each (42 are listed)
Craft 2 Blackmouth Oil at 1s 0c each instead of buying at 1s 33c each
- Buy 4 Oily Blackmouth at 48c each (24 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

10 are listed at 1s 10c, so a craft clears about -3s 17c over the 4s 21c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Latest listing is 1s 19c (+8% vs true value). Ranking uses 1s 10c.

Material cost 4s 21c. Trusted sale 1s 10c. Profitⓘ 3s 17c under cost (-75%). 10 are listed. Latest listing 1s 19c. Seen across 44 snapshots, 2h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Stranglekelp	1	2s 17c	42 are listed	1s 80c	3h ago	49
Blackmouth Oil	2	1s 0c	Craft Blackmouth Oil from 4× Oily Blackmouth, 2× Empty Vial (cheaper than buying at 1s 33c each)	1s 33c	3h ago	45
Oily Blackmouth	4	48c	24 are listed	48c	2h ago	51
Empty Vial	2	4c	Vendor	5c	3h ago	37
Empty Vial	1	4c	Vendor	5c	3h ago	37

Draught of Water Breathing

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 20:30	eu-normal-alliance	1s 19c	10	10
2026-11-09 20:29	eu-normal-alliance	1s 12c	—	470
2026-11-09 19:44	eu-normal-alliance	1s 15c	—	366
2026-11-09 19:10	eu-normal-alliance	99c	8	428
2026-11-09 17:41	eu-normal-alliance	1s 19c	—	323
2026-11-09 16:38	eu-normal-alliance	1s 10c	—	868
2026-11-09 15:07	eu-normal-alliance	1s 18c	17	527
2026-11-09 12:40	eu-normal-alliance	1s 22c	101	404

Stranglekelp

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 19:44	eu-normal-alliance	2s 17c	—	215
2026-11-09 19:10	eu-normal-alliance	1s 75c	42	816
2026-11-09 17:41	eu-normal-alliance	1s 50c	—	1903
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

Blackmouth Oil

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 19:10	eu-normal-alliance	1s 10c	437	2654
2026-11-09 17:41	eu-normal-alliance	1s 25c	—	3215
2026-11-09 16:38	eu-normal-alliance	1s 40c	—	3547
2026-11-09 15:07	eu-normal-alliance	1s 65c	51	2719
2026-11-09 12:40	eu-normal-alliance	1s 89c	25	2162
2026-11-09 11:56	eu-normal-alliance	2s 18c	2	1951
2026-11-09 10:19	eu-normal-alliance	3s 65c	20	28
2026-11-09 09:50	eu-normal-alliance	4s 74c	—	1203

Oily Blackmouth

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 20:29	eu-normal-alliance	34c	—	4965
2026-11-09 19:44	eu-normal-alliance	43c	—	4668
2026-11-09 19:10	eu-normal-alliance	30c	24	3461
2026-11-09 17:41	eu-normal-alliance	35c	—	6740
2026-11-09 16:38	eu-normal-alliance	49c	—	5942
2026-11-09 15:07	eu-normal-alliance	50c	350	5360
2026-11-09 12:40	eu-normal-alliance	48c	11	3264
2026-11-09 11:58	eu-normal-alliance	68c	19	3181

Empty Vial

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 19:48	eu-normal-alliance	5c	4588	8098
2026-11-09 19:10	eu-normal-alliance	5c	3631	5393
2026-11-09 17:41	eu-normal-alliance	5c	—	9790
2026-11-09 16:56	eu-normal-alliance	5c	—	7742
2026-11-09 16:49	eu-normal-alliance	5c	—	6527
2026-11-09 16:38	eu-normal-alliance	5c	—	8036
2026-11-09 15:07	eu-normal-alliance	5c	1676	5384
2026-11-09 12:40	eu-normal-alliance	5c	34	4986