What does it cost to level Blacksmithing right now?

185.2kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 383 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 185.2kg.

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 19:27 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 · Classic Blacksmithing · KR · prices as of 19:27 UTC

Blacksmithing leveling 1 → 340 · Classic Blacksmithing

185.2kg in reagents over about 383 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 185.2kg.

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

Essence of Water×14889

Total185,234

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 65

Orange

Coarse Weightstone

trainer

About 64 crafts.209

per skill point3

Coarse Stone×64 Wool Cloth×64

Step 2 · Skill 65 → 200

Orange

Solid Sharpening Stone

trainer

About 135 crafts.538

per skill point3

Solid Stone×135

Step 3 · Skill 200 → 260

Orange→Green

Dense Sharpening Stone

trainer

About 70 crafts.279

per skill point4

Dense Stone×70

Step 4 · Skill 260 → 300

Orange

Elemental Sharpening Stone

needs the recipe item

About 40 crafts.1,278

per skill point31

Elemental Earth×80

Dense Stone×120

Step 5 · Skill 300 → 340

Orange→Green

Icebane Bracers

needs the recipe item

About 74 crafts.182,928

per skill point4,573

Skill 340 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Elemental Sharpening Stone4012

405

Solid Sharpening Stone13540

13554

Dense Sharpening Stone7075

7052

Icebane Bracers7431

7422

Coarse Weightstone6410

646

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

Back in your pocket185,227

What's worth crafting with Blacksmithing right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Blacksmithing right now?: 185.2kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 383 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 185.2kg.
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 19:27 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.