Is crafting Fire Oil profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU Normal · Horde, trusted material cost is 2s 78c and trusted sale is 1s 20c, for about -50c profit per craft (-18% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Fire Oil?

Material cost for Fire Oil is about 2s 78c on US & AU Normal · Horde, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Fire Oil craft profit · ahprice flips

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Fire Oil

Craft flip · Alchemy · skill 130 · US & AU Normal · Horde

Profitⓘ−50c

Marginⓘ-18%

Mat cost2s 78c

Sale1s 20c

Make Fire Oil (Alchemy, skill 130).

Buy 2 Firefin Snapper at 1s 37c each (14 are listed)
Buy 1 Empty Vial from a vendor at 4c each, sold 5 for 20c

152 are listed at 1s 20c, so a craft clears about -50c over the 2s 78c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Latest listing is 2s 94c (+145% vs true value)—treat as unverified.

Material cost 2s 78c. Trusted sale 1s 20c. Profitⓘ 50c under cost (-18%). 152 are listed. Latest listing 2s 94c. Seen across 31 snapshots, 2h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Firefin Snapper	2	1s 37c	14 are listed	1s 25c	2h ago	36
Empty Vial	1	4c	Vendor	9c	2h ago	34

Fire Oil

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	2s 94c	—	3048
2026-11-09 17:15	us-normal-horde	2s 94c	—	3048
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	3s 44c	—	2164
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	3s 44c	—	2164
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	1s 0c	152	160
2026-11-09 02:50	us-normal-horde	90c	146	620
2026-11-09 02:32	us-normal-horde	99c	63	473
2026-11-08 23:42	us-normal-horde	99c	148	690

Firefin Snapper

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:21	us-normal-horde	1s 37c	14	44
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	1s 16c	—	464
2026-11-09 17:15	us-normal-horde	1s 16c	—	464
2026-11-09 14:13	us-normal-horde	1s 14c	—	640
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	1s 13c	—	638
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	1s 13c	—	638
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	1s 14c	69	795
2026-11-09 03:08	us-normal-horde	1s 25c	6	6

Empty Vial

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
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
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	8c	635	1216
2026-11-09 02:50	us-normal-horde	9c	1112	1776