Craft Profit Calculator
The bench question, answered: ingredients at market value versus the crafted item's sell price. Real margin per craft — before you commit the materials.
How it works
componentCost = Σ(priceᵢ × qtyᵢ) netSell = sellPrice × (1 − fee%) profit = netSell − componentCost margin % = profit ÷ componentCost × 100
Materials are valued at market sell price — opportunity cost, not purchase price. The market fee default is an editable placeholder [VERIFY against the current fee schedule], per the methodology page.
FAQ
What counts as a component cost?
Everything the recipe consumes: materials at their market sell value (not what you paid — opportunity cost is what matters), plus any currency fee the workbench charges.
Why use market sell value for materials I already own?
If you craft with materials worth 5,000 and sell the output for 6,000, you only gained 1,000 — you could have sold the materials instead. Crafting profit is always measured against the components' market value.
Should I include workbench time?
For most recipes the queue is short enough to ignore. If a long craft blocks a more profitable one, subtract what that bench time would have earned — the profit number is per craft, so math it in manually.