Right before 3.1 hit the live realms I bit the bullet and decided to power level Jewelcrafting. I was bored, wasn't farming herbs any more due to my large wallet and had always wanted the shiny JC only gems for my gear.
I did some maths and figured I'd need roughly 2,200g to get it up to 400+. I underestimated it pretty badly. For people wanting to level it fast and at whatever cost - expect at least 3,000 and allow for 3,500-4,000g if you're server is expensive or you get bad luck. If you're patient you could do it for the 2,200g that I quoted - however I'm a VERY impatient player when it comes to levelling professions.
I was sitting on 13,000 gold (spent buttloads on decking out my prot gear not long ago plus some other little things) + another 2,000 that a mate owed me so I thought I would call in that loan to pay for it all.
All up JC cost me 3,200 gold to get up to 420 (to get my trinket and gems). I've made back 1,500 of that already, and more steadily coming in, but I'm happy with the upgrades to my character. As Holy I gained another 2,000 mana which, fully raid buffed, leaves me sitting a whisker under 30,000 mana (!) and a nice little mana regen from the trinket itself. As Protection I gained about 1,500 hp which I can't complain about it - again with a nice dodge proc on the relative trinket.
I ummed and aahed about whether I should drop Herbalism or Inscription before levelling Jewelcrafting. I decided it was pointless having JC and Herbalism together (have a high level mining alt for prospecting) as I fish for a lot of my income rather than gather herbs. I also did not want to part with my Scribe only shoulder enchants because I've not even looked at the Sons of Hodir. Inscription has also been making me a bit of cash since 3.1 due to people buying lots of Glyphs. Unfortunately I've not been lucky enough to get my hands on one of the new Glyph recipes which are selling for ridiculous prices at the moment but I'm really not fussed too much.
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I am in exactly the same situation... My paladin is a scribe and herbalist and I am strongly considering leveling jewelcrafting. As I hardly ever use Herbalism (buying herbs is so much easier) I'll probably drop that.
Only difference to your situation: I have only a lvl60 miner and about 5k gold total, so I am really scared that I won't be able to even reach 300 considering the astronomical prizes of ores in the ah.
Can you recommend a good guide for powerleveling?
I just used the one from www.wow-professions.com/wowguides/wow_jewelcrafting_leveling_guide.html
They always have decent guides however they rely on everything being on the AH on demand, they give little deviation for other skill up options.
If you're buying your way to 420+, you'll want at LEAST 3k. Keep in mind you'll earn a fair bit back if you're patient.
If you're nervous about it still, save up 2k or so from dailies and selling some herbs to be safe.
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