What does it cost to level Alchemy right now?

5.5kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 39 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 5.5kg. 87% of the route is priced

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 15:57 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 Alchemy · US · prices as of 15:57 UTC

Alchemy leveling 1 → 115 · Dragon Isles Alchemy

5.5kg in reagents over about 39 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 5.5kg. 87% of the route is priced

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

Primal Convergent×4860

Phial of Elemental Chaos×729

Glowing Titan Orb×1218

227

×12227

Phial of Tepid Versatility×721

×7272

Potion of Frozen Focus×13541

×13555

Refreshing Healing Potion×13532

×13543

Total5,536

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 65

Orange→Green

Dreamwalker's Healing Potion

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 27 crafts.1,708

per skill point26

Rousing Frost×27

Draconic Vial×135

Refreshing Healing Potion×135

Potion of Frozen Focus×135

Step 2 · Skill 65 → 100

Orange

Sustaining Alchemist Stone

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 12 crafts.3,827

per skill point109

Glowing Titan Orb×12

Primal Convergent×48

Phial of Tepid Versatility×72

Phial of Elemental Chaos×72

Skill 100 → 115

Every recipe over this stretch has a reagent nobody is selling right now, so it is left out of the totals.

Skill 115 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Dreamwalker's Healing Potion2710

272

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

Back in your pocket5,533

What's worth crafting with Alchemy right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Alchemy right now?: 5.5kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 39 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 5.5kg. 87% of the route is priced
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 15:57 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.