What does it cost to level Blacksmithing right now?

24kg in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 191 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 23.9kg.

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 19:31 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 · Shadowlands Blacksmithing · EU · prices as of 19:31 UTC

Blacksmithing leveling 1 → 203 · Shadowlands Blacksmithing

24kg in reagents over about 191 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 23.9kg.

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

Shadowghast Ingot×11425

Progenitor Essentia×351

Total23,957

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 7

Orange→Yellow

Porous Weightstone

About 7 crafts.56

per skill point9

Porous Stone×7

Shrouded Cloth×7

Step 2 · Skill 7 → 57

Orange→Yellow

Shaded Sharpening Stone

trainer

About 51 crafts.13

per skill point26

Shaded Stone×102

Step 3 · Skill 57 → 65

Orange→Green

Shaded Weightstone

trainer

About 18 crafts.8

per skill point1

Shaded Stone×18

Lightless Silk×18

Step 4 · Skill 65 → 100

Orange

Shadowsteel Pauldrons

needs the recipe item

About 12 crafts.2,818

per skill point80

Step 5 · Skill 100 → 200

Orange

Crafter's Mark IV

trainer

About 100 crafts.18,710

per skill point187

Step 6 · Skill 200 → 201

Orange

Crafter's Mark of the First Ones

trainer

About 1 crafts.577

per skill point577

Progenitor Essentia×1

Step 7 · Skill 201 → 202

Orange

Vestige of Origins

trainer

About 1 crafts.640

per skill point640

Laestrite Ore×40

Shadowghast Ingot×15

Korthite Crystal×40

Step 8 · Skill 202 → 203

Orange

Vestige of the Eternal

trainer

About 1 crafts.1,188

per skill point1,188

Progenium Ore×40

Shadowghast Ingot×15

Progenitor Essentia×2

Skill 203 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Shadowsteel Pauldrons1270

128

Shaded Sharpening Stone5112

516

Shaded Weightstone1810

181

Porous Weightstone710

770

Crafter's Mark IV1001

1001

Vestige of Origins11

Crafter's Mark of the First Ones11

Vestige of the Eternal11

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

Back in your pocket23,939

What's worth crafting with Blacksmithing right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Blacksmithing right now?: 24kg in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 191 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 23.9kg.
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 19:31 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.