What does it cost to level Tailoring right now?

16.6kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 223 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 16.6kg.

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 Tailoring · US · prices as of 16:57 UTC

Tailoring leveling 1 → 203 · Shadowlands Tailoring

16.6kg in reagents over about 223 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 16.6kg.

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

Penumbra Thread×16369

15,460

×163615,460

Lightless Silk×115043

494

×1150494

Silken Protofiber×114530

343

×1145343

Progenitor Essentia×550

Total16,598

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 15

Orange→Yellow

Shrouded Cloth Bandage

About 16 crafts.1

per skill point9

Shrouded Cloth×16

Step 2 · Skill 15 → 75

Orange→Green

Heavy Shrouded Cloth Bandage

trainer

About 94 crafts.15

per skill point25

Shrouded Cloth×188

Step 3 · Skill 75 → 90

Orange→Yellow

Shadowlace Cowl

trainer

About 6 crafts.365

per skill point24

Shrouded Cloth×150

Lightless Silk×30

Penumbra Thread×36

Step 4 · Skill 90 → 100

Orange

Shadowlace Mantle

trainer

About 4 crafts.394

per skill point39

Shrouded Cloth×100

Lightless Silk×20

Penumbra Thread×40

Step 5 · Skill 100 → 200

Orange

Crafter's Mark IV

trainer

About 100 crafts.14,905

per skill point149

Silken Protofiber×1000

Lightless Silk×1000

Penumbra Thread×1500

Step 6 · Skill 200 → 201

Orange

Crafter's Mark of the First Ones

trainer

About 1 crafts.164

per skill point164

Silken Protofiber×25

Shrouded Cloth×150

Penumbra Thread×10

Progenitor Essentia×1

Step 7 · Skill 201 → 203

Orange

Vestige of the Eternal

trainer

About 2 crafts.753

per skill point376

Silken Protofiber×120

Lightless Silk×100

Penumbra Thread×50

Progenitor Essentia×4

Skill 203 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Shadowlace Cowl673

Shadowlace Mantle473

Heavy Shrouded Cloth Bandage942

942

Shrouded Cloth Bandage162

1640

Crafter's Mark IV1001

1001

Vestige of the Eternal21

Crafter's Mark of the First Ones11

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

Back in your pocket16,588

What's worth crafting with Tailoring right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Tailoring right now?: 16.6kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 223 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 16.6kg.
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.