What does it cost to level Alchemy right now?

3.9kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 82 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 3.9kg.

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 17:26 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 Alchemy · KR · prices as of 17:26 UTC

Alchemy leveling 1 → 75 · Outland Alchemy

3.9kg in reagents over about 82 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 3.9kg.

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

Mountain Silversage×1914

Total3,878

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 20

Orange

Elixir of Major Strength

trainer

About 19 crafts.564

per skill point29

Mountain Silversage×19

Felweed×19

Crystal Vial×19

Step 2 · Skill 20 → 30

Orange

Elixir of Mastery

trainer

About 10 crafts.338

per skill point33

Terocone×10

Felweed×10

Crystal Vial×10

Step 3 · Skill 30 → 35

Orange

Elixir of Draenic Wisdom

trainer

About 5 crafts.169

per skill point33

Felweed×5

Terocone×5

Crystal Vial×5

Step 4 · Skill 35 → 37

Yellow

Elixir of Mastery

trainer

About 3 crafts.101

per skill point50

Terocone×3

Felweed×3

Crystal Vial×3

Step 5 · Skill 37 → 42

Yellow

Elixir of Draenic Wisdom

trainer

About 7 crafts.236

per skill point47

Felweed×7

Terocone×7

Crystal Vial×7

Step 6 · Skill 42 → 52

Orange→Yellow

Elixir of Major Agility

needs the recipe item

About 13 crafts.631

per skill point63

Terocone×13

Felweed×26

Crystal Vial×13

Step 7 · Skill 52 → 70

Orange→Yellow

Heroic Potion

needs the recipe item

About 20 crafts.1,356

per skill point75

Terocone×40

Ancient Lichen×20

Crystal Vial×20

Step 8 · Skill 70 → 75

Orange

Ironshield Potion

needs the recipe item

About 5 crafts.481

per skill point96

Ancient Lichen×10

Mote of Earth×15

Crystal Vial×5

Skill 75 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Heroic Potion2050

2010

Elixir of Major Agility1340

135

Elixir of Major Strength1925

194

Ironshield Potion570

Elixir of Mastery1325

133

Elixir of Draenic Wisdom1215

121

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

Back in your pocket3,850

What's worth crafting with Alchemy right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Alchemy right now?: 3.9kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 82 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 3.9kg.
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 17:26 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.