What does it cost to level Inscription right now?

7.8kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 301 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 7.8kg.

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

Inscription leveling 1 → 175 · Kul Tiran Inscription

7.8kg in reagents over about 301 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 7.8kg.

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

Ultramarine Pigment×922

184

×92184

Total7,800

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 50

Orange→Green

Ultramarine Ink

About 92 crafts.276

per skill point5

Distilled Water×92 Ultramarine Pigment×92

Step 2 · Skill 50 → 175

Orange→Green

Maroon Ink

trainer

About 209 crafts.7,524

per skill point60

Distilled Water×209

Maroon Pigment×209

Skill 175 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

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

Back in your pocket7,784

What's worth crafting with Inscription right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Inscription right now?: 7.8kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 301 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 7.8kg.
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.