What does it cost to level Alchemy right now?

207g in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 75 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 161g.

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 · Outland Alchemy · EU · prices as of 17:31 UTC

Alchemy leveling 1 → 75 · Outland Alchemy

207g in reagents over about 75 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 161g.

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

Total207

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 65

Orange

Elixir of Major Shadow Power

needs the recipe item

About 64 crafts.171

per skill point2

Ancient Lichen×64

Nightmare Vine×64

Crystal Vial×64

Step 2 · Skill 65 → 72

Orange→Yellow

Elixir of Major Mageblood

needs the recipe item

About 8 crafts.22

per skill point3

Ancient Lichen×8

Netherbloom×8

Crystal Vial×8

Step 3 · Skill 72 → 75

Orange

Ironshield Potion

needs the recipe item

About 3 crafts.13

per skill point4

Ancient Lichen×6

Mote of Earth×9

Crystal Vial×3

Skill 75 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Elixir of Major Shadow Power6460

6438

Elixir of Major Mageblood860

Ironshield Potion370

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

Back in your pocket161

What's worth crafting with Alchemy right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Alchemy right now?: 207g in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 75 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 161g.
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.