What does it cost to level Inscription right now?

334.1kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 103 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 334.1kg.

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 20:27 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 Inscription · KR · prices as of 20:27 UTC

Inscription leveling 1 → 100 · Dragon Isles Inscription

334.1kg in reagents over about 103 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 334.1kg.

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

Cosmic Ink×1101,795

197,539

×110197,539

Runed Writhebark×451,850

Glittering Parchment×55031

170

×550170

Total334,123

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 65

Orange→Green

Glyph of the Heaved Armament

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 74 crafts.114

per skill point1

Glittering Parchment×370

Step 2 · Skill 65 → 75

Green

Jetscale Sigil

specializationfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 20 crafts.39,771

per skill point3,977

Awakened Ire×20

Cosmic Ink×20

Step 3 · Skill 75 → 100

Orange

Crackling Codex of the Isles

specializationfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 9 crafts.294,237

per skill point11,769

Awakened Air×45

Glittering Parchment×180

Cosmic Ink×90

Runed Writhebark×45

Chilled Rune×36

Skill 100 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Jetscale Sigil2020

204

Glyph of the Heaved Armament741

7474

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

Back in your pocket334,119

What's worth crafting with Inscription right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Inscription right now?: 334.1kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 103 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 334.1kg.
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 20:27 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.