What does it cost to level Inscription right now?

71.3kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 178 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 71.3kg.

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 19:54 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 · Kul Tiran Inscription · TW · prices as of 19:54 UTC

Inscription leveling 1 → 175 · Kul Tiran Inscription

71.3kg in reagents over about 178 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 71.3kg.

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

Zin'anthid×192019

36,480

×192036,480

Ultramarine Ink×54550

Total71,287

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 45

Orange

Scroll of Unlocking

trainer

About 44 crafts.11,044

per skill point251

Light Parchment×44

Ultramarine Ink×220

Step 2 · Skill 45 → 70

Orange

Siren's Pollen

trainer

About 25 crafts.7,500

per skill point300

Siren's Pollen×500

Step 3 · Skill 70 → 162

Orange→Yellow

Zin'anthid

trainer

About 96 crafts.36,480

per skill point396

Zin'anthid×1920

Step 4 · Skill 162 → 165

Orange

Contract: Rustbolt Resistance

needs the recipe item

About 3 crafts.3,753

per skill point1,251

Light Parchment×3

Ultramarine Ink×75

Step 5 · Skill 165 → 175

Orange

Contract: Rajani

needs the recipe item

About 10 crafts.12,510

per skill point1,251

Light Parchment×10

Ultramarine Ink×250

Skill 175 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Contract: Rajani101

1011

Scroll of Unlocking448

443

Contract: Rustbolt Resistance31

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

Back in your pocket71,268

What's worth crafting with Inscription right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Inscription right now?: 71.3kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 178 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 71.3kg.
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 19:54 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.