What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?

3.8kg in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 107 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 3.7kg. 75% of the route is priced

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 · Cataclysm Jewelcrafting · EU · prices as of 17:31 UTC

Jewelcrafting leveling 1 → 100 · Cataclysm Jewelcrafting

3.8kg in reagents over about 107 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 3.7kg. 75% of the route is priced

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

Total3,796

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 18

Yellow

Subtle Alicite

needs the recipe item

About 23 crafts.327

per skill point19

Alicite×23

Step 2 · Skill 18 → 65

Orange→Green

Regal Dream Emerald

needs the recipe item

About 74 crafts.1,909

per skill point40

Dream Emerald×74

Step 3 · Skill 65 → 75

Orange

Delicate Queen's Garnet

needs the recipe item

About 10 crafts.1,559

per skill point155

Queen's Garnet×10

Skill 75 → 100

Every recipe over this stretch has a reagent nobody is selling right now, so it is left out of the totals.

Skill 100 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Regal Dream Emerald7482

7461

Subtle Alicite2382

2318

Delicate Queen's Garnet1090

109

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

Back in your pocket3,707

What's worth crafting with Jewelcrafting right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?: 3.8kg in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 107 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 3.7kg. 75% of the route is priced
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.