What does it cost to level Alchemy right now?

193g in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 101 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 191g.

Where do these numbers come from?

The skill thresholds are read from the game client data for build 12.1.0.68914. The prices are the region-wide auction house, refreshed every few minutes; these are the snapshot taken at 17:31 UTC.

Why does the route change when I reload?

Because the prices did. The cheapest recipe for a stretch of skill is whichever one's reagents are cheapest at that moment, and that moves through the day.

Profession leveling · Draenor Alchemy · EU · prices as of 17:31 UTC

Alchemy leveling 1 → 100 · Draenor Alchemy

193g in reagents over about 101 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 191g.

Start skill

Trainer recipes only

Recipe names carry the colour the profession window gives them: orange is a point every craft, yellow is three in four, green is one in four.

Before the first craft — buy it all at once

One trip to the auction house. Vendor lines are cheaper from the profession vendor than from the board.

ReagentNeedEachTotal

Blackrock Ore×18072

129

×180129

Draenic Mana Potion×5693

Total193

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 55

Orange→Yellow

Draenic Rejuvenation Potion

needs the recipe item

About 56 crafts.63

per skill point1

Healing Tonic×56

Draenic Mana Potion×56

Step 2 · Skill 55 → 100

Orange

Item #109151

needs the recipe item

About 45 crafts.130

per skill point2

Crystal Vial×45

Blackrock Ore×180

Skill 100 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Draenic Rejuvenation Potion562

561

Item #1091510/450

0/450

Capped at what the market takes in 3 days, so a route never pretends to sell hundreds at once.

Back in your pocket191

What's worth crafting with Alchemy right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Alchemy right now?: 193g in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 101 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 191g.
Where do these numbers come from?: The skill thresholds are read from the game client data for build 12.1.0.68914. The prices are the region-wide auction house, refreshed every few minutes; these are the snapshot taken at 17:31 UTC.
Why does the route change when I reload?: Because the prices did. The cheapest recipe for a stretch of skill is whichever one's reagents are cheapest at that moment, and that moves through the day.

A first craft pays Knowledge, not skill, so it is shown as a badge and left out of the craft count. Vendor reagents are priced at the lower of the vendor and the auction house.