What does it cost to level Alchemy right now?

2.4kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 61 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 2.2kg. 50% 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 · Khaz Algar Alchemy · US · prices as of 15:57 UTC

Alchemy leveling 1 → 200 · Khaz Algar Alchemy

2.4kg in reagents over about 61 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 2.2kg. 50% 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

Vicious Flask of Honor×378

301

×37301

Blessing Blossom×1082

Total2,375

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 70

Orange→Yellow

Vicious Flask of Classical Spirits

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 37 crafts.712

per skill point10

Vicious Flask of Honor×37

Orbinid×222

Step 2 · Skill 70 → 80

Orange

Umbral Essentia

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 5 crafts.327

per skill point32

Step 3 · Skill 80 → 95

Orange→Yellow

Flask of Tempered Swiftness

trainerfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 9 crafts.681

per skill point45

Step 4 · Skill 95 → 100

Green

Umbral Essentia

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 10 crafts.654

per skill point130

Skill 100 → 200

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

Skill 200 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Vicious Flask of Classical Spirits372

3796

Flask of Tempered Swiftness94

941

Umbral Essentia1570

1510

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

Back in your pocket2,227

What's worth crafting with Alchemy right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Alchemy right now?: 2.4kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 61 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 2.2kg. 50% 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.