What does it cost to level Alchemy right now?

1.4kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 217 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 1.4kg. 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 · Kul Tiran Alchemy · US · prices as of 15:57 UTC

Alchemy leveling 1 → 200 · Kul Tiran Alchemy

1.4kg in reagents over about 217 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 1.4kg. 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

Zin'anthid×1507

1,198

×1501,198

Coastal Mana Potion×14269

×14297

Coastal Healing Potion×14253

×14275

Crystal Vial×759

×756

Total1,378

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 50

Orange

Coastal Rejuvenation Potion

trainer

About 49 crafts.59

per skill point1

Coastal Healing Potion×49

Coastal Mana Potion×49

Step 2 · Skill 50 → 100

Orange→Green

Coastal Rejuvenation Potion

needs the recipe item

About 93 crafts.113

per skill point2

Coastal Healing Potion×93

Coastal Mana Potion×93

Step 3 · Skill 100 → 170

Orange

Abyssal Healing Potion

trainer

About 70 crafts.1,124

per skill point16

Zin'anthid×140

Crystal Vial×70

Step 4 · Skill 170 → 175

Orange

Abyssal Healing Potion

needs the recipe item

About 5 crafts.80

per skill point16

Zin'anthid×10

Crystal Vial×5

Skill 175 → 200

No recipe in this expansion covers this stretch, so it is left out of the totals.

Skill 200 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Abyssal Healing Potion7512

759

Coastal Rejuvenation Potion1422

1423

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

Back in your pocket1,365

What's worth crafting with Alchemy right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Alchemy right now?: 1.4kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 217 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 1.4kg. 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.