Set the league so the green links open the right Trade2 search.
Read the question under Walk the tree. Click a green link, look at the cheapest listing, then answer yes or no.
Type the three prices above before you spend anything. Continue only when the sale is higher than the cost.
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.
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.
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.
Decide
Did you search Trade2 for 4-mod attack Emerald jewels sold this week?
Same base + the keep mods. Ignore week-old listings and a single huge vanity ask.
Instant Buyout, listed this week, cheapest first. Add the mods you care about, then search.