Is crafting Iron Shield Spike profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU PvP · Alliance, trusted material cost is 49s 18c and trusted sale is 19s 50c, for about -30s 66c profit per craft (-62% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Iron Shield Spike?

Material cost for Iron Shield Spike is about 49s 18c on US & AU PvP · Alliance, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Iron Shield Spike craft profit

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Iron Shield Spike

Craft flip · Blacksmithing · skill 150 · US & AU PvP · Alliance

Profitⓘ−30s 66c

Marginⓘ-62%

Mat cost49s 18c

Sale19s 50c

Make Iron Shield Spike (Blacksmithing, skill 150).

Buy 6 Iron Bar at 5s 89c each (107 are listed)
Craft 4 Coarse Grinding Stone at 3s 46c each instead of buying at 4s 73c each
- Buy 8 Coarse Stone at 1s 73c each (200 or more are listed)

68 are listed at 19s 50c, so a craft clears about -30s 66c over the 49s 18c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Material cost 49s 18c. Trusted sale 19s 50c. Profitⓘ 30s 66c under cost (-62%). 68 are listed. Latest listing 19s 50c. Seen across 15 snapshots, 3h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Iron Bar	6	5s 89c	107 are listed	5s 17c	3h ago	15
Coarse Grinding Stone	4	3s 46c	Craft Coarse Grinding Stone from 8× Coarse Stone (cheaper than buying at 4s 73c each)	2s 97c	2h ago	26
Coarse Stone	8	1s 73c	200 or more are listed	1s 20c	3h ago	33

Iron Shield Spike

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 22:45	us-pvp-alliance	19s 50c	68	71
2026-11-09 19:28	us-pvp-alliance	19s 50c	—	94
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	19s 50c	32	54
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	19s 50c	33	55
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	19s 50c	33	55
2026-11-09 09:28	us-pvp-alliance	20s 0c	17	36
2026-11-09 07:50	us-pvp-alliance	27s 50c	20	33
2026-11-08 19:54	us-pvp-alliance	21s 0c	—	121

Iron Bar

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 22:45	us-pvp-alliance	5s 89c	107	5116
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	5s 15c	810	1926
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	5s 17c	1014	1077
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	5s 17c	1014	1077
2026-11-09 09:28	us-pvp-alliance	4s 70c	480	2544
2026-11-09 07:50	us-pvp-alliance	4s 99c	234	2397
2026-11-09 05:15	us-pvp-alliance	5s 20c	—	2278
2026-11-09 04:50	us-pvp-alliance	5s 21c	—	2185

Coarse Grinding Stone

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 23:01	us-pvp-alliance	4s 73c	—	483
2026-11-09 22:45	us-pvp-alliance	4s 74c	89	253
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	2s 50c	1	1000
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	2s 73c	377	704
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	2s 73c	377	704
2026-11-09 15:17	us-pvp-alliance	2s 73c	—	802
2026-11-09 09:28	us-pvp-alliance	2s 74c	828	1112
2026-11-09 07:50	us-pvp-alliance	2s 73c	698	1557

Coarse Stone

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 22:45	us-pvp-alliance	1s 73c	243	3135
2026-11-09 19:31	us-pvp-alliance	1s 20c	45	1465
2026-11-09 19:31	us-pvp-alliance	1s 20c	30	1450
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	1s 20c	229	2887
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	1s 18c	606	4211
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	1s 18c	606	4211
2026-11-09 15:17	us-pvp-alliance	1s 18c	—	4162
2026-11-09 09:28	us-pvp-alliance	99c	23	5202