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

On US & AU Normal · Horde, trusted material cost is 6s 4c and trusted sale is 4s 24c, for about -2s 2c profit per craft (-33% 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 6s 4c on US & AU Normal · Horde, 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 · Horde

Profitⓘ−2s 2c

Marginⓘ-33%

Mat cost6s 4c

Sale4s 24c

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

Buy 1 Stranglekelp at 3s 0c each (5 are listed)
Buy 2 Blackmouth Oil at 1s 50c each (171 are listed)
Buy 1 Empty Vial from a vendor at 4c each, sold 5 for 20c

6 are listed at 4s 24c, so a craft clears about -2s 2c over the 6s 4c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Latest listing is 5s 90c (+39% vs true value). Ranking uses 4s 24c.

Material cost 6s 4c. Trusted sale 4s 24c. Profitⓘ 2s 2c under cost (-33%). 6 are listed. Latest listing 5s 90c. Seen across 32 snapshots, 4h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Stranglekelp	1	3s 0c	5 are listed	2s 34c	4h ago	37
Blackmouth Oil	2	1s 50c	171 are listed	1s 30c	4h ago	33
Empty Vial	1	4c	Vendor	10c	1h ago	36

Draught of Water Breathing

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:21	us-normal-horde	5s 90c	6	26
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	4s 24c	—	161
2026-11-09 17:15	us-normal-horde	4s 24c	—	161
2026-11-09 14:11	us-normal-horde	3s 99c	—	245
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	3s 99c	—	245
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	3s 99c	—	245
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	4s 24c	69	181
2026-11-09 03:49	us-normal-horde	4s 24c	—	520

Stranglekelp

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:21	us-normal-horde	3s 0c	5	10
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	2s 34c	—	627
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	2s 34c	—	627
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	2s 34c	—	1639
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	2s 8c	132	1657
2026-11-09 02:50	us-normal-horde	2s 45c	7	601
2026-11-09 02:32	us-normal-horde	2s 44c	3	682
2026-11-08 23:42	us-normal-horde	2s 27c	10	828

Blackmouth Oil

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	1s 50c	—	1180
2026-11-09 17:15	us-normal-horde	1s 50c	—	1180
2026-11-09 14:11	us-normal-horde	1s 74c	—	818
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	1s 74c	—	818
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	1s 74c	—	818
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	2s 0c	171	1519
2026-11-09 02:50	us-normal-horde	1s 30c	24	44
2026-11-09 02:32	us-normal-horde	1s 30c	31	51

Empty Vial

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 21:05	us-normal-horde	30c	—	923
2026-11-09 21:00	us-normal-horde	30c	—	752
2026-11-09 17:21	us-normal-horde	11c	80	80
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	8c	—	2768
2026-11-09 17:15	us-normal-horde	8c	—	2768
2026-11-09 14:11	us-normal-horde	9c	—	1458
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	9c	—	1458
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	9c	—	1458