How is the crafting cost calculated?

The tool multiplies each material's quantity by its unit value, sums all rows for the per-item material cost, adds your flat crafting fee, then multiplies by the number of items in your batch. It is a straightforward weighted sum.

Should I use vendor price or market price for unit value?

Use whichever reflects your real cost. If you buy materials from the player market, use the market price. If you farm them yourself, you can use the vendor sell value as the opportunity cost of not selling them instead.

Can I compare crafting versus buying the finished item?

Yes. Read the per-item cost from this tool, then compare it to the finished item's market price. If buying is cheaper than the total crafting cost, crafting only makes sense for items you cannot purchase.

What is the crafting fee field for?

Many games charge a flat gold or currency fee at the crafting station on top of materials. Enter that per-item fee here so your total reflects the true cost rather than just raw material value.

How do I account for intermediate components?

If a material is itself crafted, enter its full crafted unit cost as the unit value, or break it into its own raw materials as separate rows. Either approach gives a correct rolled-up total.

Valorant Crafting Material Cost Calculator

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Before you burn a stack of rare materials, this calculator tells you exactly what a craft will cost. Add each ingredient with its quantity and price, include a crafting fee, and see the full per-item and batch totals so you can decide whether to craft or just buy the finished item.

How it works

Crafting cost is a simple weighted sum. For each material row with quantity qty and unit value unit, the contribution is qty × unit. The full formula is:

material cost  = Σ (qty_i × unit_i)
per-item cost  = material cost + crafting fee
batch total    = per-item cost × number of items

The tool keeps each material as its own editable row so you can model recipes of any size, swap prices as the market moves, and immediately see the impact on your bottom line.

Example and notes

A recipe needing 10 iron ore at 5 each, 4 leather strips at 12 each, and 2 magic dust at 40 each costs 50 + 48 + 80 = 178 in materials. Add a 25 crafting fee and the per-item cost is 203. Crafting 5 of them totals 1,015. Compare that per-item figure against the finished item’s sell price to know whether crafting turns a profit or just sinks resources. For crafted sub-components, enter their finished cost as the unit value so the total rolls up correctly.