What does it cost to level Inscription right now?

1.4kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 166 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 1.4kg.

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

Inscription leveling 1 → 100 · Legion Inscription

1.4kg in reagents over about 166 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 1.4kg.

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

Total1,449

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 90

Orange→Green

Songs of Battle

needs the recipe item

About 156 crafts.10

per skill point12

Light Parchment×156

Step 2 · Skill 90 → 100

Orange

Vantus Rune: Skorpyron

needs the recipe item

About 10 crafts.1,438

per skill point143

Sallow Pigment×30

Roseate Pigment×150

Skill 100 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Vantus Rune: Skorpyron1048

104

Songs of Battle0/1560

0/1560

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

Back in your pocket1,444

What's worth crafting with Inscription right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Inscription right now?: 1.4kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 166 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 1.4kg.
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.