What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?

874g in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 170 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 567g.

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

Jewelcrafting leveling 1 → 100 · Legion Jewelcrafting

874g in reagents over about 170 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 567g.

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

Total874

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 35

Orange→Yellow

Quick Azsunite

needs the recipe item

About 39 crafts.75

per skill point2

Azsunite×39

Step 2 · Skill 35 → 40

Yellow

Jeweled Lockpick

research

About 7 crafts.31

per skill point6

Sangrite×7

Step 3 · Skill 40 → 50

Green

Quick Azsunite

needs the recipe item

About 40 crafts.77

per skill point7

Azsunite×40

Step 4 · Skill 50 → 100

Orange→Green

Quick Lightsphene

needs the recipe item

About 84 crafts.690

per skill point13

Lightsphene×84

Skill 100 — 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 pocket567

What's worth crafting with Jewelcrafting right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?: 874g in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 170 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 567g.
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.