What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?

455g in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 119 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 346g.

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 · Northrend Jewelcrafting · US · prices as of 16:57 UTC

Jewelcrafting leveling 1 → 75 · Northrend Jewelcrafting

455g in reagents over about 119 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 346g.

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

Crystallized Earth×1433

×144

Total455

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 20

Yellow

Subtle Sun Crystal

trainer

About 26 crafts.23

per skill point1

Sun Crystal×26

Step 2 · Skill 20 → 25

Yellow

Sun Rock Ring

trainer

About 7 crafts.10

per skill point2

Crystallized Earth×14

Sun Crystal×7

Step 3 · Skill 25 → 35

Orange

Bold Scarlet Ruby

needs the recipe item

About 10 crafts.30

per skill point3

Scarlet Ruby×10

Step 4 · Skill 35 → 40

Green

Subtle Sun Crystal

trainer

About 20 crafts.18

per skill point3

Sun Crystal×20

Step 5 · Skill 40 → 50

Yellow

Bold Scarlet Ruby

needs the recipe item

About 14 crafts.42

per skill point4

Scarlet Ruby×14

Step 6 · Skill 50 → 75

Orange→Green

Timeless Dreadstone

needs the recipe item

About 42 crafts.330

per skill point13

Dreadstone×42

Skill 75 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Subtle Sun Crystal4675

4634

Timeless Dreadstone4280

4233

Sun Rock Ring73

722

Bold Scarlet Ruby2478

2418

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

Back in your pocket346

What's worth crafting with Jewelcrafting right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?: 455g in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 119 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 346g.
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.