What does it cost to level Enchanting right now?

255g in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 305 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 254g.

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 16:57 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 · Classic Enchanting · US · prices as of 16:57 UTC

Enchanting leveling 1 → 300 · Classic Enchanting

255g in reagents over about 305 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 254g.

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

Large Brilliant Shard×31833

104

×318104

Light Illusion Dust×11084

×11092

Strange Dust×8960

×8953

Lesser Magic Essence×575

Total255

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 70

Orange

Minor Health

About 69 crafts.41

per skill point60

Strange Dust×69

Step 2 · Skill 70 → 75

Orange

Lesser Magic Wand

trainer

About 5 crafts.3

per skill point76

Simple Wood×5

Lesser Magic Essence×5

Step 3 · Skill 75 → 90

Yellow

Minor Health

About 20 crafts.12

per skill point80

Strange Dust×20

Step 4 · Skill 90 → 200

Orange

Strength

trainer

About 110 crafts.92

per skill point84

Light Illusion Dust×110

Step 5 · Skill 200 → 297

Orange→Yellow

Major Health

needs the recipe item

About 98 crafts.97

per skill point1

Large Brilliant Shard×294

Step 6 · Skill 297 → 300

Orange

Smoked Fireshooter

needs the recipe item

About 3 crafts.8

per skill point2

Large Brilliant Shard×24 Essence of Fire×3

Simple Wood×3

Skill 300 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Lesser Magic Wand515

575

Smoked Fireshooter371

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

Back in your pocket254

What's worth crafting with Enchanting right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Enchanting right now?: 255g in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 305 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 254g.
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 16:57 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.