What does it cost to level Inscription right now?

57.8kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 137 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 57.7kg.

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 17:57 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 Inscription · US · prices as of 17:57 UTC

Inscription leveling 1 → 100 · Dragon Isles Inscription

57.8kg in reagents over about 137 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 57.7kg.

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

Runed Writhebark×50496

Glittering Parchment×28010

Shimmering Pigment×321

×3240

Serene Pigment×162

×1639

Iridescent Water×2699

×2625

Total57,790

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 15

Orange→Yellow

Serene Ink

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 16 crafts.256

per skill point18

Iridescent Water×16

Shimmering Pigment×32 Serene Pigment×16

Draconic Vial×16

Step 2 · Skill 15 → 20

Orange

Serene Fortune

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 5 crafts.223

per skill point44

Glittering Parchment×5

Iridescent Water×10

Serene Ink×10

Step 3 · Skill 20 → 65

Orange→Green

Glyph of the Heaved Armament

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 55 crafts.2,879

per skill point63

Glittering Parchment×275

Step 4 · Skill 65 → 72

Yellow

Vantus Rune: Vault of the Incarnates

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 10 crafts.1,741

per skill point248

Burnished Ink×20

Chilled Rune×10

Step 5 · Skill 72 → 75

Green

Sagescale Sigil

specializationfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 6 crafts.1,159

per skill point386

Awakened Earth×6

Flourishing Ink×6

Burnished Ink×12

Step 6 · Skill 75 → 85

Green

Vantus Rune: Vault of the Incarnates

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 40 crafts.6,966

per skill point696

Burnished Ink×80

Chilled Rune×40

Step 7 · Skill 85 → 100

Orange

Kinetic Pillar of the Isles

specializationfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 5 crafts.44,563

per skill point2,970

Cosmic Ink×30

Runed Writhebark×50

Chilled Rune×40

Skill 100 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Vantus Rune: Vault of the Incarnates5050

Glyph of the Heaved Armament551

5555

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

Back in your pocket57,747

What's worth crafting with Inscription right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Inscription right now?: 57.8kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 137 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 57.7kg.
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 17:57 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.