What does it cost to level Blacksmithing right now?

150.9kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 51 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 150kg.

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 16:27 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 · Dragon Isles Blacksmithing · KR · prices as of 16:27 UTC

Blacksmithing leveling 1 → 100 · Dragon Isles Blacksmithing

150.9kg in reagents over about 51 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 150kg.

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

Primal Molten Alloy×156950

Total150,913

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 5

Orange

Explorer's Plate Bracers

first craft: +Knowledge

About 2 crafts.117

per skill point29

Primal Flux×4

Draconium Ore×6

Serevite Ore×16

Step 2 · Skill 5 → 20

Orange→Yellow

Explorer's Plate Chestguard

trainerfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 6 crafts.354

per skill point23

Primal Flux×12

Draconium Ore×18

Serevite Ore×60

Step 3 · Skill 20 → 30

Orange

Draconium Leatherworker's Toolset

trainerfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 4 crafts.332

per skill point33

Primal Flux×12

Serevite Ore×48

Draconium Ore×12

Step 4 · Skill 30 → 35

Orange

Explorer's Expert Clasp

trainerfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 3 crafts.187

per skill point37

Primal Flux×6

Draconium Ore×12

Serevite Ore×30

Step 5 · Skill 35 → 45

Orange

Explorer's Expert Gauntlets

trainerfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 5 crafts.346

per skill point34

Primal Flux×10

Draconium Ore×30

Serevite Ore×60

Step 6 · Skill 45 → 50

Orange

Explorer's Expert Spaulders

trainerfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 3 crafts.208

per skill point41

Primal Flux×6

Draconium Ore×18

Serevite Ore×36

Step 7 · Skill 50 → 65

Orange→Green

Explorer's Expert Helm

trainerfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 16 crafts.1,166

per skill point77

Primal Flux×32

Draconium Ore×112

Serevite Ore×224

Step 8 · Skill 65 → 100

Orange

Primal Molten Greatbelt

specializationfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 12 crafts.148,200

per skill point4,234

Primal Molten Alloy×156

Skill 100 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Explorer's Expert Helm1625

404

16404

Draconium Leatherworker's Toolset440

160

4160

Explorer's Expert Gauntlets528

142

5142

Explorer's Expert Clasp329

388

Explorer's Expert Spaulders325

376

Explorer's Plate Bracers228

256

Explorer's Plate Chestguard63

618

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

Back in your pocket149,967

What's worth crafting with Blacksmithing right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Blacksmithing right now?: 150.9kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 51 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 150kg.
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 16:27 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.