What does it cost to level Inscription right now?

12.9kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 103 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 12.9kg. 91% of the route is priced

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 · Khaz Algar Inscription · KR · prices as of 19:27 UTC

Inscription leveling 1 → 110 · Khaz Algar Inscription

12.9kg in reagents over about 103 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 12.9kg. 91% of the route is priced

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

Boundless Cipher×51123

Codified Greenwood×738

584

×73584

Crystalline Powder×5439

×5421

Fresh Parchment×337

×332

Total12,884

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 37

Orange→Yellow

Transcribe: Ascension

specialization

About 39 crafts.936

per skill point26

Shadow Ink×39

Step 2 · Skill 37 → 67

Orange→Yellow

Glyph of the Ashvane Pistol Shot

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 33 crafts.2,378

per skill point79

Fresh Parchment×33

Apricate Ink×33

Shadow Ink×33

Codified Greenwood×33

Step 3 · Skill 67 → 90

Orange→Yellow

Algari Treatise on Mining

trainerfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 27 crafts.4,638

per skill point201

Crystalline Powder×54

Shadow Ink×54

Boundless Cipher×27

Step 4 · Skill 90 → 100

Orange

Vagabond's Torch

specializationfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 4 crafts.4,932

per skill point493

Writhing Sample×80

Boundless Cipher×24

Codified Greenwood×40

Skill 100 → 110

Every recipe over this stretch has a reagent nobody is selling right now, so it is left out of the totals.

Skill 110 — done. Now sell what you made.

Back in your pocket12,884

What's worth crafting with Inscription right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Inscription right now?: 12.9kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 103 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 12.9kg. 91% of the route is priced
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.