What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?

1.4kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 74 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 1.4kg.

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 15:54 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 Jewelcrafting · TW · prices as of 15:54 UTC

Jewelcrafting leveling 1 → 75 · Pandaria Jewelcrafting

1.4kg in reagents over about 74 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 1.4kg.

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

Pandarian Garnet×4919

931

×49931

Imperial Amethyst×2520

500

×25500

Total1,431

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 50

Orange

Bold Pandarian Garnet

trainer

About 49 crafts.931

per skill point19

Pandarian Garnet×49

Step 2 · Skill 50 → 75

Orange

Accurate Imperial Amethyst

trainer

About 25 crafts.500

per skill point20

Imperial Amethyst×25

Skill 75 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Bold Pandarian Garnet491

4949

Accurate Imperial Amethyst251

2525

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

Back in your pocket1,357

What's worth crafting with Jewelcrafting right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?: 1.4kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 74 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 1.4kg.
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 15:54 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.