Is crafting Blackmouth Oil profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU Normal · Horde, trusted material cost is 1s 64c and trusted sale is 1s 30c, for about -41c profit per craft (-25% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Blackmouth Oil?

Material cost for Blackmouth Oil is about 1s 64c on US & AU Normal · Horde, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Blackmouth Oil craft profit

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Blackmouth Oil

Craft flip · Alchemy · skill 80 · US & AU Normal · Horde

Profitⓘ−41c

Marginⓘ-25%

Mat cost1s 64c

Sale1s 30c

Make Blackmouth Oil (Alchemy, skill 80).

Buy 2 Oily Blackmouth at 80c each (8 are listed)
Buy 1 Empty Vial from a vendor at 4c each, sold 5 for 20c

171 are listed at 1s 30c, so a craft clears about -41c over the 1s 64c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

A material's latest listing sits well above its true value; cost uses the higher figure.

Material cost 1s 64c. Trusted sale 1s 30c. Profitⓘ 41c under cost (-25%). 171 are listed. Latest listing 1s 50c. Seen across 33 snapshots, 4h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Oily Blackmouth	2	80c	8 are listed	45c	4h ago	34
Empty Vial	1	4c	Vendor	10c	1h ago	36

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

Oily Blackmouth

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:21	us-normal-horde	80c	8	191
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	45c	—	2587
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	45c	—	2587
2026-11-09 08:43	us-normal-horde	1s 0c	40	40
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	77c	168	1101
2026-11-09 02:50	us-normal-horde	42c	16	2189
2026-11-09 02:32	us-normal-horde	40c	9	2484
2026-11-08 23:42	us-normal-horde	42c	11	2705

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