What does it cost to level Inscription right now?

1.2kg in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 230 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 1.2kg.

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 20:31 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 · Kul Tiran Inscription · EU · prices as of 20:31 UTC

Inscription leveling 1 → 175 · Kul Tiran Inscription

1.2kg in reagents over about 230 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 1.2kg.

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

Maroon Pigment×996

674

×99674

Ultramarine Ink×69574

514

×695514

Ultramarine Pigment×9240

Total1,231

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 50

Orange→Green

Ultramarine Ink

About 92 crafts.39

per skill point80

Distilled Water×92 Ultramarine Pigment×92

Step 2 · Skill 50 → 60

Yellow

Scroll of Unlocking

trainer

About 14 crafts.51

per skill point5

Light Parchment×14

Ultramarine Ink×70

Step 3 · Skill 60 → 150

Orange→Yellow

Maroon Ink

trainer

About 99 crafts.677

per skill point7

Distilled Water×99

Maroon Pigment×99

Step 4 · Skill 150 → 165

Orange

Contract: Rustbolt Resistance

needs the recipe item

About 15 crafts.277

per skill point18

Light Parchment×15

Ultramarine Ink×375

Step 5 · Skill 165 → 175

Orange

Contract: Rajani

needs the recipe item

About 10 crafts.185

per skill point18

Light Parchment×10

Ultramarine Ink×250

Skill 175 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Contract: Rustbolt Resistance151

Scroll of Unlocking148

141

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

Back in your pocket1,191

What's worth crafting with Inscription right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Inscription right now?: 1.2kg in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 230 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 1.2kg.
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 20:31 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.