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Making Gold with Engineering in WoW Forever

Which Engineering recipes sell to a vendor for more than their mats, and which of your crafts do other professions need? All prices come from the game data; the tips are based on experience from WoW Classic.

How to Make Gold with Engineering

Recipes with Vendor Profit

How we calculate it: the vendor price of the result (times the number made per craft) minus what the mats themselves would sell for at a vendor. A positive profit means crafting and vendoring earns more than vendoring the mats directly.

Result and matsSkillVendor priceMats valueProfit
Thorium Rifle
2× Mithril Tube, 2× Mithril Casing, 2× Thorium Widget, 4× Thorium Bar, 1× Deadly Scope		260197391247339
Dented Goggles
1× Ornate Spyglass, 1× Gyrochronatom, 2× Mithril Bar		20088521506655
Stuckbutton Goggles
1× Ornate Spyglass, 1× Gyrochronatom, 8× Heavy Leather		200756825505018
Mithril Heavy-bore Rifle
2× Mithril Tube, 1× Unstable Trigger, 1× Heavy Stock, 6× Mithril Bar, 2× Citrine		22011369704369
Mithril Blunderbuss
1× Mithril Tube, 1× Unstable Trigger, 1× Heavy Stock, 4× Mithril Bar, 2× Elemental Fire		22089584650438
Bent Goggles
1× Ornate Spyglass, 1× Gyrochronatom, 8× Heavy Leather		200627325503723
Delicate Arcanite Converter
1× Arcanite Bar, 1× Ironweb Spider Silk		285107525
Clanking Cord
2× Bronze Tube, 1× Copper Modulator, 4× Medium Leather		17517226501072
Catseye Ultra Goggles
4× Thick Leather, 2× Aquamarine, 1× Catseye Draught		220439833501048
Big Bronze Bomb ×3
2× Heavy Blasting Powder, 3× Bronze Bar, 1× Silver Contact		128154751025
Iron Grenade ×3
1× Iron Bar, 1× Heavy Blasting Powder, 1× Silk Cloth		16515510
Silver-plated Shotgun
2× Bronze Tube, 2× Whirring Bronze Gizmo, 1× Heavy Stock, 3× Silver Bar		14923571430927
Deadly Blunderbuss
2× Copper Tube, 4× Handful of Copper Bolts, 1× Wooden Stock, 2× Medium Leather		1241179438741
Heavy Dynamite ×3
2× Heavy Blasting Powder, 1× Wool Cloth		1201050333717
Gizmo Girdle
2× Whirring Bronze Gizmo, 1× Bronze Framework, 4× Medium Leather		17517161030686

51 of 214 recipes with a vendor price turn a profit, 163 don't. If you buy mats from a vendor or the Auction House, you pay more than their vendor price. So the profit shown is a floor for vendoring, not an Auction House price.

What Other Professions Need from You

You make these items with Engineering, and other professions use them as mats. The number shows how many recipes call for them.

ItemRecipesProfessions
Sandpaper26Blacksmithing (25), Enchanting (1)

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FAQ

Which Engineering recipe makes the most at a vendor?

According to the beta game data, Thorium Rifle has the highest vendor profit: 1g 97s 39c vendor price against 1g 24s in mats, so 73s 39c profit per craft (from skill 260).

Is Engineering worth it for making gold?

In Classic, crafting professions earned most of their gold on the Auction House and through orders from other players rather than from vendors. According to the game data, 51 of 214 recipes with a vendor price sell for more than their mats. What sells well on the Auction House in WoW Forever will only become clear after launch.

Should I sell the mats or craft first?

Do the math before you craft: if the mats are worth more on the Auction House than the finished item, sell the mats instead. Our table only compares vendor prices, so check Auction House prices yourself.

As of Oct 15, 2026. Prices, recipes and levels come from the beta game data (client version 1.60.1) and may still change before launch. Tips marked “from Classic” are based on experience from WoW Classic.

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