← All budgets

Jewel · Buy mid → Dextral Necromancy + Preserved Cranium

Emerald jewels: buy a 3-mod, desecrate one suffix

What to do on this page

  1. Set the league so the green links open the right Trade2 search.
  2. Read the question under Walk the tree. Click a green link, look at the cheapest listing, then answer yes or no.
  3. Type the three prices above before you spend anything. Continue only when the sale is higher than the cost.
  4. Yes means do the next step. No means stop.

There is no spread. The bone costs tens of Divines on Currency Exchange; the jewel SKU is a 1–2 exalt dump.

Hard stop: Sampled Preserved Cranium is 18.49 Divine on CX. If 3-mod jewels already cost as much as 4-mods, there is no craft — this sample is that case, plus a bone that costs a mirror-adjacent amount.

Forbidden Rites sample · 2026-09-18 · 1 Divine = 452.9 exalt = 8.47 chaos

Dead if you follow the tree with bought mats

Preserved Cranium is 18.49 Divine on Currency Exchange. Attack-crit Emeralds dump at 1–2 exalt. There is no 3-mod → 4-mod spread.

Cost to follow the tree
18.50 DivineCX Preserved Cranium 18.49d + Dextral Necromancy ~0.003d + a 1-exalt Emerald. Trade2 item listings of Craniums at 1–5 exalt had zero Instant Buyout — those are not a fillable price.
Rare Emerald (any)
p25 1 exalt · median 1 exalt · n=10 of 10000junk 3–4 mods at 1 exalt
Emerald with attack crit chance
p25 2.0 exalt · median 2.0 exalt · n=10 of 100001–2 exalt; not a 4-mod attack package

Currency Exchange: Preserved Cranium 18.49 Divine · Omen of Dextral Necromancy 1 exalt. Trade2 Instant Buyout for these orbs was empty — item-trade asks are not a fillable mat price.

Does this still make money today?

Use the same currency in every box, usually Divine orbs. Example: the finished item sells for 5, the base costs 1, and the currency you will spend is 1. You are 3 ahead, so continue.

Fill in all three prices.

Buy
Skip. Sampled rare Emeralds (even with attack crit) are 1–2 exalt. Trade2 Cranium asks at 1–5 exalt had zero Instant Buyout.
Sell this
Attack-crit Emerald p25 = 2 exalt. Not a 4-mod Deadeye package — the cheap cluster is junk-adjacent.
Session cost
Not a printer. Preserved Cranium is 17 Divine. Attack-crit Emeralds are 1–2 exalt. Preserved Rib is cheap and still does not make gloves sell.
Batch
The 3-mod vs 4-mod gate should halt. Do not desecrate a 2-exalt jewel with an 18d bone.

Walk the tree

Answer one question at a time. You can step back.

Full tree

Every gate on one page

Screenshot this if you want it next to Trade2. Green is a keep/list. Gold is sell-the-mid. Red is vendor or stop.

  1. DecideDid you search Trade2 for 4-mod attack Emerald jewels sold this week?
  2. DecideAre there several similar recent listings (a cluster, not one outlier)?
  3. DecideWould a conservative sale beat the cost of a small batch?
  4. DecideAre 3-mod attack Emeralds clearly cheaper than the 4-mod you want to sell?
  5. Do thisBuy 3-mod Emeralds that already have the keep prefixes
  6. Do thisOne Dextral Necromancy + Preserved Cranium
  7. DecideDid the extra suffix land something attack jewels actually list with?
  8. List itList the 4-mod
  9. Sell the midList the 3-mod you still have
  10. StopNo spread — skip
  11. StopNot profitable today
  12. StopMarket is too thin
  13. StopDon't craft from memory

Method notes: Community Deadeye Emerald desecrate-mid (~2d average in older patches — recheck).