What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?

948.4kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 161 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 948.3kg.

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 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 Jewelcrafting · TW · prices as of 17:54 UTC

Jewelcrafting leveling 1 → 203 · Shadowlands Jewelcrafting

948.4kg in reagents over about 161 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 948.3kg.

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

Essence of Rebirth×2061,999

411,794

×206411,794

Essence of Valor×2061,998

411,763

×206411,763

Essence of Servitude×206299

61,797

×20661,797

Essence of Torment×206149

Progenitor Essentia×20650

Total948,359

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 70

Orange→Green

Porous Stone Statue

needs the recipe item

About 43 crafts.432

per skill point6

Porous Stone×215

Step 2 · Skill 70 → 100

Orange

Shaded Stone Statue

needs the recipe item

About 15 crafts.774

per skill point25

Shaded Stone×75

Step 3 · Skill 100 → 203

Orange

Vestige of the Eternal

trainer

About 103 crafts.947,152

per skill point9,195

Essence of Rebirth×206

Essence of Torment×206

Essence of Servitude×206

Essence of Valor×206

Progenium Ore×1030

Progenitor Essentia×206

Skill 203 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Porous Stone Statue4340

4317

Shaded Stone Statue1540

156

Vestige of the Eternal1031

1031

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

Back in your pocket948,336

What's worth crafting with Jewelcrafting right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?: 948.4kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 161 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 948.3kg.
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 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.