What does it cost to level Inscription right now?

7kg in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 136 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 7kg.

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 · Midnight Inscription · EU · prices as of 17:31 UTC

Inscription leveling 1 → 100

7kg in reagents over about 136 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 7kg.

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

Thalassian Essence of the Faire×3923

935

×39935

Lexicologist's Vellum×29124

×29169

Mote of Pure Void×9738

×9736

Total6,983

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 37

Orange→Yellow

Transcribe: Void

specialization

About 39 crafts.935

per skill point25

Thalassian Essence of the Faire×39

Step 2 · Skill 37 → 100

Orange→Green

Thalassian Treatise on Leatherworking

trainerfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 97 crafts.6,047

per skill point95

Lexicologist's Vellum×291

Mote of Pure Void×97

Munsell Ink×97

Sienna Ink×97

Skill 100 — done. Now sell what you made.

Back in your pocket6,983

What's worth crafting with Inscription right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Inscription right now?: 7kg in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 136 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 7kg.
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.