What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?

12.1kg in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 77 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 12kg.

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 18:31 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 · Khaz Algar Jewelcrafting · EU · prices as of 18:31 UTC

Jewelcrafting leveling 1 → 120 · Khaz Algar Jewelcrafting

12.1kg in reagents over about 77 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 12kg.

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

Marbled Stone×7809

7,020

×7807,020

Extravagant Emerald×3129

2,808

×3122,808

Crushed Gemstones×5419

Engraved Gemcutter×215

Ambivalent Amber×4523

×4510

Total12,061

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 25

Orange→Green

Deadly Amber

trainerfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 21 crafts.128

per skill point5

Ambivalent Amber×21

Engraved Gemcutter×21

Step 2 · Skill 25 → 37

Orange→Yellow

Malleable Pendant

trainerfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 7 crafts.335

per skill point27

Ambivalent Amber×14

Stunning Sapphire×7

Crushed Gemstones×14

Step 3 · Skill 37 → 55

Orange→Yellow

Incanter's Shard

trainerfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 10 crafts.1,041

per skill point57

Ambivalent Amber×10

Gleaming Shard×10

Crushed Gemstones×40

Step 4 · Skill 55 → 120

Orange→Green

Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship

specializationfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 39 crafts.10,555

per skill point162

Blasphemite×39

Extravagant Emerald×312

Marbled Stone×780

Skill 120 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

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

Back in your pocket12,011

What's worth crafting with Jewelcrafting right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?: 12.1kg in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 77 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 12kg.
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 18:31 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.