Crafting beats selling the materials raw.

Material	Needed	Unit	Cost	Where to buy	Sells raw at
Elenvar Pickaxe T4	1	1,300	1,300	Ba Sing Se	1,300
Luminite Ingot T5	4	150	600	Burnout Bay +1 more	150
Exquisite Rope T5	2	150	300	Deus Vult	150
Exquisite Plank T5	2	130	260	Aurelia	130
Exquisite Leather T5	2	300	600	New Aquila	300

Also produces 1× Luminite Pickaxe per batch — not counted in the margin. Instant prices fill cheapest-first across all shops in scope; buy-order sourcing assumes fills at the current best bid and is not guaranteed. Excludes crafting time, stamina, tool durability, and travel.