What does it cost to level Inscription right now?

15.1kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 118 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to -24s.

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 · Midnight Inscription · KR · prices as of 17:26 UTC

Inscription leveling 1 → 100

15.1kg in reagents over about 118 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to -24s.

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

Codified Azeroot×20230

Thalassian Essence of the Faire×7110

771

×71771

Lexicologist's Vellum×345

172

×34172

Mote of Pure Void×1021

113

×102113

Thalassian Songwater×2478

×2418

Total15,111

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 45

Orange→Green

Transcribe: Void

specialization

About 71 crafts.771

per skill point17

Thalassian Essence of the Faire×71

Step 2 · Skill 45 → 60

Orange

Thalassian Competitor's Emblem

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 8 crafts.2,754

per skill point183

Thalassian Songwater×24

Soul Cipher×32

Munsell Ink×16

Step 3 · Skill 60 → 90

Orange→Yellow

Contract: The Singularity

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 34 crafts.6,099

per skill point203

Lexicologist's Vellum×34

Mote of Pure Void×102

Munsell Ink×34

Sienna Ink×34

Step 4 · Skill 90 → 100

Orange

Sin'dorei Rolling Pin

specializationfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 5 crafts.5,485

per skill point548

Majestic Claw×5

Codified Azeroot×20

Skill 100 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Contract: The Singularity34950

32,300

3432,300

Thalassian Competitor's Emblem844

354

8354

Sin'dorei Rolling Pin539

196

5196

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

Back in your pocket0

What's worth crafting with Inscription right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Inscription right now?: 15.1kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 118 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to -24s.
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.