What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?

3.5kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 72 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 3.4kg.

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 · Dragon Isles Jewelcrafting · US · prices as of 17:57 UTC

Jewelcrafting leveling 1 → 100 · Dragon Isles Jewelcrafting

3.5kg in reagents over about 72 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 3.4kg.

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

Elemental Harmony×10125

1,250

×101,250

Shimmering Clasp×3724

Misshapen Filigree×2450

×2412

Total3,499

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 15

Orange→Green

Shimmering Clasp

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 24 crafts.57

per skill point4

Misshapen Filigree×24

Mystic Sapphire×24

Step 2 · Skill 15 → 27

Orange→Yellow

Chromatic Focus

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 5 crafts.155

per skill point12

Chromatic Dust×20

Shimmering Clasp×5

Step 3 · Skill 27 → 50

Orange

Obsidian Combatant's Jeweled Amulet

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 12 crafts.665

per skill point28

Rousing Ire×36

Shimmering Clasp×12

Mystic Sapphire×36

Step 4 · Skill 50 → 62

Orange→Yellow

Queen's Gift

specializationfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 13 crafts.395

per skill point32

Fractured Glass×39

Queen's Ruby×26

Silken Gemdust×13

Step 5 · Skill 62 → 70

Orange

Puissant Nozdorite

needs the recipe itemfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 8 crafts.453

per skill point56

Awakened Earth×8

Nozdorite×8

Step 6 · Skill 70 → 100

Orange

Signet of Titanic Insight

specializationfirst craft: +Knowledge

About 10 crafts.1,771

per skill point59

Shimmering Clasp×20 Elemental Harmony×10

Ysemerald×10

Skill 100 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Shimmering Clasp242

2448

Obsidian Combatant's Jeweled Amulet122

1230

Puissant Nozdorite840

Chromatic Focus540

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

Back in your pocket3,415

What's worth crafting with Jewelcrafting right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?: 3.5kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 72 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 3.4kg.
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.