What does it cost to level Enchanting right now?

17.3kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 121 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 17.3kg.

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 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 · Dragon Isles Enchanting · US · prices as of 16:57 UTC

Enchanting leveling 1 → 100 · Dragon Isles Enchanting

17.3kg in reagents over about 121 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 17.3kg.

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

Runed Writhebark×14497

6,971

×146,971

Resonant Crystal×21199

4,179

×214,179

Primal Molten Alloy×14165

Total17,303

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 15

Orange→Yellow

Writ of Critical Strike

trainer

About 16 crafts.79

per skill point5

Chromatic Dust×48

Step 2 · Skill 15 → 25

Orange→Yellow

Writ of Avoidance

trainer

About 12 crafts.81

per skill point8

Vibrant Shard×12

Step 3 · Skill 25 → 50

Orange→Yellow

Illusory Adornment: Earth

trainer

About 27 crafts.262

per skill point10

Chromatic Dust×54

Rousing Earth×54

Step 4 · Skill 50 → 75

Orange→Green

Graceful Avoidance

needs the recipe item

About 52 crafts.1,743

per skill point69

Chromatic Dust×416

Vibrant Shard×156

Step 5 · Skill 75 → 80

Yellow

Plainsrunner's Breeze

needs the recipe item

About 7 crafts.1,581

per skill point316

Vibrant Shard×28

Awakened Air×7

Awakened Earth×7

Step 6 · Skill 80 → 100

Orange

Torch of Primal Awakening

specializationfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 7 crafts.13,555

per skill point677

Vibrant Shard×14

Resonant Crystal×21

Runed Writhebark×14

Primal Molten Alloy×14

Skill 100 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Illusory Adornment: Earth275

271

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

Back in your pocket17,301

What's worth crafting with Enchanting right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Enchanting right now?: 17.3kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 121 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 17.3kg.
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 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.