What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?

9.5kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 89 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 9.4kg.

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 18:27 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 Jewelcrafting · KR · prices as of 18:27 UTC

Jewelcrafting leveling 1 → 120 · Khaz Algar Jewelcrafting

9.5kg in reagents over about 89 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 9.4kg.

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

Extravagant Emerald×36015

Total9,525

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 35

Orange→Green

Sifted Cave Sand

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 44 crafts.165

per skill point4

Marbled Stone×660

Step 2 · Skill 35 → 120

Orange→Green

Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship

specializationfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 45 crafts.9,360

per skill point110

Blasphemite×45

Extravagant Emerald×360

Marbled Stone×900

Skill 120 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Sifted Cave Sand442

110

44110

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

Back in your pocket9,415

What's worth crafting with Jewelcrafting right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?: 9.5kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 89 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 9.4kg.
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 18:27 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.