What does it cost to level Enchanting right now?

49g in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 84 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 49g.

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

Enchanting leveling 1 → 75 · Pandaria Enchanting

49g in reagents over about 84 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 49g.

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

Spirit Dust×39210

×39239

Mysterious Essence×2444

×2410

Total49

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 42

Orange→Yellow

Mighty Versatility

trainer

About 47 crafts.18

per skill point45

Spirit Dust×188

Step 2 · Skill 42 → 62

Orange→Yellow

Greater Haste

trainer

About 24 crafts.15

per skill point76

Spirit Dust×48

Mysterious Essence×24

Step 3 · Skill 62 → 75

Orange

Dancing Steel

needs the recipe item

About 13 crafts.15

per skill point1

Spirit Dust×156

Skill 75 — done. Now sell what you made.

Back in your pocket49

What's worth crafting with Enchanting right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Enchanting right now?: 49g in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 84 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 49g.
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.