What does it cost to level Engineering right now?

9.8kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 221 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 9.8kg. 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 Engineering · US · prices as of 15:57 UTC

Engineering leveling 1 → 200 · Kul Tiran Engineering

9.8kg in reagents over about 221 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 9.8kg. 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

Monelite Ore×10155

5,075

×10155,075

Storm Silver Ore×26213

3,665

×2623,665

Chemical Blasting Cap×8601

1,066

×8601,066

Insulated Wiring×16951

×169516

Total9,823

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 87

Orange→Yellow

F.R.I.E.D.

needs the recipe item

About 90 crafts.2,026

per skill point23

Monelite Ore×360

Chemical Blasting Cap×180

Insulated Wiring×360

Step 2 · Skill 87 → 150

Orange

Ub3r Module: Ub3r-Improved Target Dummy

research

About 63 crafts.3,340

per skill point53

Monelite Ore×315

Storm Silver Ore×126

Insulated Wiring×315

Step 3 · Skill 150 → 175

Yellow→Green

Ub3r Module: P.O.G.O

needs the recipe item

About 68 crafts.4,456

per skill point178

Monelite Ore×340

Storm Silver Ore×136

Insulated Wiring×1020

Chemical Blasting Cap×680

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

F.R.I.E.D.905

904

Ub3r Module: Ub3r-Improved Target Dummy0/630

0/630

Ub3r Module: P.O.G.O0/680

0/680

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

Back in your pocket9,823

What's worth crafting with Engineering right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Engineering right now?: 9.8kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 221 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 9.8kg. 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.