What does it cost to level Inscription right now?

86.1kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 129 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 86.1kg.

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

Inscription leveling 1 → 130 · Shadowlands Inscription

86.1kg in reagents over about 129 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 86.1kg.

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

Total86,063

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 101

Orange

Contract: The Enlightened

needs the recipe item

About 100 crafts.27,150

per skill point271

Tranquil Ink×300

Protogenic Pelt×100

Step 2 · Skill 101 → 130

Orange

Vantus Rune: Sepulcher of the First Ones

needs the recipe item

About 29 crafts.58,913

per skill point2,031

Skill 130 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Vantus Rune: Sepulcher of the First Ones2925

297

Contract: The Enlightened0/1000

0/1000

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

Back in your pocket86,056

What's worth crafting with Inscription right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Inscription right now?: 86.1kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 129 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 86.1kg.
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 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.