What does it cost to level Inscription right now?

23.9kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 133 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 23.9kg.

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 · Shadowlands Inscription · US · prices as of 16:57 UTC

Inscription leveling 1 → 130 · Shadowlands Inscription

23.9kg in reagents over about 133 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 23.9kg.

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

Rune Etched Vial×7130

×7121

Total23,938

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 70

Orange→Yellow

Tranquil Ink

trainer

About 71 crafts.409

per skill point5

Tranquil Pigment×71

Aerated Water×71

Rune Etched Vial×71

Step 2 · Skill 70 → 101

Orange

Contract: The Enlightened

needs the recipe item

About 31 crafts.540

per skill point17

Tranquil Ink×93

Protogenic Pelt×31

Step 3 · Skill 101 → 105

Yellow

Fae Revel Masque

needs the recipe item

About 6 crafts.2,245

per skill point561

Step 4 · Skill 105 → 130

Orange

Vantus Rune: Sepulcher of the First Ones

needs the recipe item

About 25 crafts.20,743

per skill point829

Skill 130 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Vantus Rune: Sepulcher of the First Ones2525

Contract: The Enlightened0/310

0/310

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

Back in your pocket23,932

What's worth crafting with Inscription right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Inscription right now?: 23.9kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 133 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 23.9kg.
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.