What does it cost to level Inscription right now?

170g in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 76 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 166g.

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

Inscription leveling 1 → 75 · Pandaria Inscription

170g in reagents over about 76 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 166g.

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

Total170

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 15

Orange→Yellow

Ink of Dreams

trainer

About 16 crafts.15

per skill point1

Shadow Pigment×32

Step 2 · Skill 15 → 75

Orange

Scroll of Wisdom

trainer

About 60 crafts.155

per skill point2

Light Parchment×60

Ink of Dreams×180

Skill 75 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

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

Back in your pocket166

What's worth crafting with Inscription right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Inscription right now?: 170g in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 76 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 166g.
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.