What does it cost to level Inscription right now?

17.1kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 91 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 16.1kg.

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 20:54 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 · Pandaria Inscription · TW · prices as of 20:54 UTC

Inscription leveling 1 → 75 · Pandaria Inscription

17.1kg in reagents over about 91 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 16.1kg.

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

Total17,145

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 20

Orange→Green

Ink of Dreams

trainer

About 36 crafts.360

per skill point18

Shadow Pigment×72

Step 2 · Skill 20 → 70

Orange

Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Medallion of Tenacity

needs the recipe item

About 50 crafts.14,995

per skill point299

Ghost Iron Bar×500

Step 3 · Skill 70 → 75

Orange

Scroll of Wisdom

trainer

About 5 crafts.1,790

per skill point358

Light Parchment×5

Ink of Dreams×15

Skill 75 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Medallion of Tenacity5020

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

Back in your pocket16,140

What's worth crafting with Inscription right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Inscription right now?: 17.1kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 91 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 16.1kg.
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 20:54 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.