What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?

75g in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 76 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 33g.

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 · Outland Jewelcrafting · US · prices as of 17:57 UTC

Jewelcrafting leveling 1 → 75 · Outland Jewelcrafting

75g in reagents over about 76 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 33g.

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

Empyrean Sapphire×601

×6064

Black Diamond×1665

×1610

Total75

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 15

Orange→Yellow

Prismatic Black Diamond

trainer

About 16 crafts.10

per skill point74

Black Diamond×16

Step 2 · Skill 15 → 75

Orange

Solid Empyrean Sapphire

needs the recipe item

About 60 crafts.64

per skill point1

Empyrean Sapphire×60

Skill 75 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Solid Empyrean Sapphire6070

6042

Prismatic Black Diamond0/160

0/160

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

Back in your pocket33

What's worth crafting with Jewelcrafting right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Jewelcrafting right now?: 75g in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 76 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 33g.
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.