What does it cost to level Enchanting right now?

6.7kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 142 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 6.7kg.

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

Enchanting leveling 1 → 100 · Legion Enchanting

6.7kg in reagents over about 142 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 6.7kg.

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

Total6,667

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 45

Orange→Yellow

Legion Herbalism

needs the recipe item

About 53 crafts.417

per skill point9

Leylight Shard×53

Step 2 · Skill 45 → 80

Orange→Green

Leylight Shard

needs the recipe item

About 69 crafts.1,308

per skill point37

Chaos Crystal×69

Step 3 · Skill 80 → 100

Orange

Binding of Critical Strike

needs the recipe item

About 20 crafts.4,940

per skill point247

Chaos Crystal×80 Arkhana×700

Skill 100 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Leylight Shard0/1380

0/1380

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

Back in your pocket6,667

What's worth crafting with Enchanting right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Enchanting right now?: 6.7kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 142 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 6.7kg.
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.