What does it cost to level Blacksmithing right now?

204.1kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 212 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 204.1kg.

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

Blacksmithing leveling 1 → 203 · Shadowlands Blacksmithing

204.1kg in reagents over about 212 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 204.1kg.

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

Shadowghast Ingot×207060

Progenitor Essentia×27689

Total204,129

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 55

Orange

Shaded Sharpening Stone

trainer

About 54 crafts.160

per skill point2

Shaded Stone×108

Step 2 · Skill 55 → 65

Orange→Green

Shaded Weightstone

trainer

About 20 crafts.60

per skill point6

Shaded Stone×20

Lightless Silk×20

Step 3 · Skill 65 → 203

Orange

Vestige of the Eternal

trainer

About 138 crafts.203,908

per skill point1,477

Progenium Ore×5520

Shadowghast Ingot×2070

Progenitor Essentia×276

Skill 203 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Shaded Sharpening Stone5412

546

Shaded Weightstone2010

202

Vestige of the Eternal1381

1381

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

Back in your pocket204,121

What's worth crafting with Blacksmithing right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Blacksmithing right now?: 204.1kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 212 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 204.1kg.
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.