What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?

9.4kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 92 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 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 · Dragon Isles Jewelcrafting · TW · prices as of 17:54 UTC

Jewelcrafting leveling 1 → 100 · Dragon Isles Jewelcrafting

9.4kg in reagents over about 92 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

Total9,355

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 27

Orange→Yellow

Chromatic Focus

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 9 crafts.604

per skill point23

Chromatic Dust×36

Shimmering Clasp×9

Step 2 · Skill 27 → 65

Orange→Green

Queen's Gift

specializationfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 48 crafts.2,064

per skill point54

Fractured Glass×144

Queen's Ruby×96

Silken Gemdust×48

Step 3 · Skill 65 → 100

Orange

Jeweled Dragon's Heart

specializationfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 35 crafts.6,687

per skill point191

Skill 100 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Chromatic Focus940

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

Back in your pocket9,352

What's worth crafting with Jewelcrafting right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?: 9.4kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 92 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 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.