What does it cost to level Alchemy right now?

12.2kg in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 72 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 12.2kg. 87% of the route is priced

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 16:31 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 · Dragon Isles Alchemy · EU · prices as of 16:31 UTC

Alchemy leveling 1 → 115 · Dragon Isles Alchemy

12.2kg in reagents over about 72 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 12.2kg. 87% of the route is priced

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

Primal Convergent×48199

9,552

×489,552

Phial of Elemental Chaos×7219

Glowing Titan Orb×126

×1277

Phial of Tepid Versatility×7276

×7254

Potion of Frozen Focus×5535

×5519

Refreshing Healing Potion×5530

×5516

Total12,183

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 50

Orange

Somniferous Incense

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 49 crafts.652

per skill point13

Bubble Poppy×294

Hochenblume×294

Step 2 · Skill 50 → 65

Orange→Green

Dreamwalker's Healing Potion

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 11 crafts.442

per skill point29

Rousing Frost×11

Draconic Vial×55

Refreshing Healing Potion×55

Potion of Frozen Focus×55

Step 3 · Skill 65 → 100

Orange

Sustaining Alchemist Stone

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 12 crafts.11,087

per skill point316

Glowing Titan Orb×12

Primal Convergent×48

Phial of Tepid Versatility×72

Phial of Elemental Chaos×72

Skill 100 → 115

Every recipe over this stretch has a reagent nobody is selling right now, so it is left out of the totals.

Skill 115 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Somniferous Incense4910

494

Dreamwalker's Healing Potion1110

111

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

Back in your pocket12,177

What's worth crafting with Alchemy right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Alchemy right now?: 12.2kg in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 72 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 12.2kg. 87% of the route is priced
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 16:31 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.