What does it cost to level Inscription right now?

13kg in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 133 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 13kg.

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

Inscription leveling 1 → 130 · Shadowlands Inscription

13kg in reagents over about 133 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 13kg.

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

Rune Etched Vial×7118

×7112

Total13,014

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 15

Orange

Luminous Ink

About 14 crafts.55

per skill point3

Luminous Pigment×14

Aerated Water×14

Rune Etched Vial×14

Step 2 · Skill 15 → 70

Orange→Yellow

Tranquil Ink

trainer

About 57 crafts.292

per skill point5

Tranquil Pigment×57

Aerated Water×57

Rune Etched Vial×57

Step 3 · Skill 70 → 101

Orange

Contract: The Enlightened

needs the recipe item

About 31 crafts.544

per skill point17

Tranquil Ink×93

Protogenic Pelt×31

Step 4 · Skill 101 → 105

Yellow

Fae Revel Masque

needs the recipe item

About 6 crafts.1,201

per skill point300

Step 5 · Skill 105 → 130

Orange

Vantus Rune: Sepulcher of the First Ones

needs the recipe item

About 25 crafts.10,919

per skill point436

Skill 130 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Vantus Rune: Sepulcher of the First Ones2525

Contract: The Enlightened0/310

0/310

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

Back in your pocket13,007

What's worth crafting with Inscription right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Inscription right now?: 13kg in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 133 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 13kg.
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.