What does it cost to level Inscription right now?

302g in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 119 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 301g.

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 Inscription · EU · prices as of 17:31 UTC

Inscription leveling 1 → 75 · Outland Inscription

302g in reagents over about 119 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 301g.

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

Total302

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 25

Orange→Yellow

Darkflame Ink

trainer

About 26 crafts.25

per skill point1

Ebon Pigment×26

Step 2 · Skill 25 → 75

Orange→Green

Greater Darkmoon Card

trainer

About 93 crafts.277

per skill point5

Light Parchment×93

Darkflame Ink×279

Skill 75 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Darkflame Ink265

261

Greater Darkmoon Card0/930

0/930

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

Back in your pocket301

What's worth crafting with Inscription right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Inscription right now?: 302g in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 119 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 301g.
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.