What does it cost to level Inscription right now?

3kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 318 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 3kg.

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 17:54 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 · Classic Inscription · TW · prices as of 17:54 UTC

Inscription leveling 1 → 300 · Classic Inscription

3kg in reagents over about 318 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 3kg.

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

Sapphire Pigment×9220

Total2,973

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 170

Orange

Royal Ink

trainer

About 169 crafts.846

per skill point5

Indigo Pigment×169

Step 2 · Skill 170 → 225

Orange→Yellow

Fiery Ink

trainer

About 57 crafts.285

per skill point5

Ruby Pigment×57

Step 3 · Skill 225 → 300

Orange→Green

Ink of the Sky

trainer

About 92 crafts.1,840

per skill point24

Sapphire Pigment×92

Skill 300 — 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 pocket2,957

What's worth crafting with Inscription right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Inscription right now?: 3kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 318 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 3kg.
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 17:54 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.