The cost index
The Real Cost of Every Hobby
Every hobby in the library, priced from the gear lists in our guides. Sort by any column to see what it takes to start, what a solid setup runs, and where the ceiling sits.
726 hobbies · 4,679 priced gear items
726 hobbies
Packbiking
Travel & Adventure
Starter
—
Solid
—
Premium
—
0 gear items
Metal Embossing (Tin)
Crafts & Making
Starter
$6
Solid
$84
Premium
$84
5 gear items
Lacrosse
Fitness & Movement
Starter
$7
Solid
$184
Premium
$184
5 gear items
Muay Thai
Fitness & Movement
Starter
$8
Solid
$23
Premium
$39
7 gear items
3D Decoupage
Crafts & Making
Starter
$8
Solid
$8
Premium
$22
6 gear items
Fencing
Fitness & Movement
Starter
$9
Solid
$153
Premium
$153
5 gear items
Doll Making/Customization
Crafts & Making
Starter
$9
Solid
$71
Premium
$71
5 gear items
Quarter Piercing
Crafts & Making
Starter
$10
Solid
$132
Premium
$177
5 gear items
Crop Art/Seed Art
Art & Creative
Starter
$10
Solid
$10
Premium
$10
7 gear items
Whirlyball
Fitness & Movement
Starter
$10
Solid
$70
Premium
$200
5 gear items
Furniture Refinishing
Crafts & Making
Starter
$10
Solid
$118
Premium
$118
5 gear items
Dot Painting
Art & Creative
Starter
$10
Solid
$116
Premium
$116
5 gear items
Letterboxing
Outdoors & Nature
Starter
$11
Solid
$11
Premium
$11
5 gear items
Harp
Music
Starter
$11
Solid
$120
Premium
$727
5 gear items
Altered Book Art
Art & Creative
Starter
$12
Solid
$62
Premium
$62
5 gear items
Book Nook Building
Crafts & Making
Starter
$13
Solid
$117
Premium
$117
5 gear items
Instrumental Transcommunication
Science & Learning
Starter
$13
Solid
$99
Premium
$99
5 gear items
Sumi-e (Ink Wash Painting)
Art & Creative
Starter
$13
Solid
$69
Premium
$69
6 gear items
Jaw Harp
Music
Starter
$13
Solid
$156
Premium
$156
6 gear items
Pokemon
Collecting
Starter
$13
Solid
$56
Premium
$56
5 gear items
Fashion Design
Crafts & Making
Starter
$13
Solid
$100
Premium
$130
5 gear items
Glassblowing
Crafts & Making
Starter
$14
Solid
$14
Premium
$14
7 gear items
French Beading
Crafts & Making
Starter
$14
Solid
$54
Premium
$54
5 gear items
Nalbinding
Crafts & Making
Starter
$14
Solid
$24
Premium
$24
6 gear items
Modern Dancing
Fitness & Movement
Starter
$14
Solid
$94
Premium
$130
5 gear items
Foundation Paper Piecing
Crafts & Making
Starter
$14
Solid
$14
Premium
$28
5 gear items
Fabric Patch Making
Crafts & Making
Starter
$15
Solid
$74
Premium
$74
5 gear items
Alcohol Distilling
Food & Drink
Starter
$15
Solid
$259
Premium
$259
5 gear items
Henna Tattooing
Art & Creative
Starter
$15
Solid
$22
Premium
$22
5 gear items
Meteorology / Weather Tracking
Science & Learning
Starter
$16
Solid
$149
Premium
$300
6 gear items
Latte Art
Food & Drink
Starter
$16
Solid
$82
Premium
$82
5 gear items
PC Building
Technology
Starter
$17
Solid
$51
Premium
$51
7 gear items
Aquaponics
Garden & Plants
Starter
$17
Solid
$160
Premium
$160
6 gear items
Duck Herding (Competitive)
Animals & Pets
Starter
$17
Solid
$56
Premium
$56
5 gear items
Palm Reading
Wellness & Mindfulness
Starter
$17
Solid
$78
Premium
$78
7 gear items
Aquascaping
Animals & Pets
Starter
$17
Solid
$31
Premium
$31
6 gear items
Braiding (Netting)
Crafts & Making
Starter
$17
Solid
$17
Premium
$31
5 gear items
Burlesque
Performance & Social
Starter
$17
Solid
$107
Premium
$107
5 gear items
Cryptography (Code Breaking)
Technology
Starter
$17
Solid
$101
Premium
$101
6 gear items
Iridology (Iris Reading)
Wellness & Mindfulness
Starter
$17
Solid
$90
Premium
$90
6 gear items
Oil Pastels
Art & Creative
Starter
$17
Solid
$102
Premium
$137
5 gear items
Zine Making
Writing & Literature
Starter
$18
Solid
$29
Premium
$29
7 gear items
Chicken Raising
Garden & Plants
Starter
$18
Solid
$94
Premium
$260
6 gear items
Hair Weaving
Crafts & Making
Starter
$18
Solid
$34
Premium
$34
7 gear items
Foraged Ink
Art & Creative
Starter
$18
Solid
$24
Premium
$26
5 gear items
Numerology
Wellness & Mindfulness
Starter
$18
Solid
$44
Premium
$44
5 gear items
Physiognomy (Face Reading)
Wellness & Mindfulness
Starter
$18
Solid
$35
Premium
$35
5 gear items
Continuous Loop String Art
Crafts & Making
Starter
$18
Solid
$126
Premium
$126
5 gear items
Media Archiving
Technology
Starter
$19
Solid
$183
Premium
$183
6 gear items
Fingerweaving
Crafts & Making
Starter
$19
Solid
$35
Premium
$42
5 gear items
Competitive Rock-Paper-Scissors
Gaming
Starter
$19
Solid
$51
Premium
$51
5 gear items
Blacksmithing
Crafts & Making
Starter
$19
Solid
$85
Premium
$242
5 gear items
Mola / Guna Textile Art
Crafts & Making
Starter
$19
Solid
$19
Premium
$19
7 gear items
Food Preservation (Canning)
Food & Drink
Starter
$20
Solid
$203
Premium
$203
5 gear items
Fly Tying
Outdoors & Nature
Starter
$20
Solid
$140
Premium
$140
5 gear items
Nail Art
Art & Creative
Starter
$20
Solid
$42
Premium
$42
6 gear items
Sea Pottery
Collecting
Starter
$20
Solid
$84
Premium
$187
6 gear items
Kinusaiga
Crafts & Making
Starter
$20
Solid
$20
Premium
$20
5 gear items
Book Restoration
Crafts & Making
Starter
$20
Solid
$20
Premium
$37
5 gear items
Holography
Technology
Starter
$20
Solid
$80
Premium
$80
5 gear items
Debate Club
Performance & Social
Starter
$21
Solid
$136
Premium
$136
6 gear items
Creative Tiling
Art & Creative
Starter
$21
Solid
$116
Premium
$160
7 gear items
Sticker Printing
Art & Creative
Starter
$21
Solid
$214
Premium
$214
6 gear items
RC Car Racing
Technology
Starter
$21
Solid
$173
Premium
$317
5 gear items
Chainmail Weaving
Crafts & Making
Starter
$21
Solid
$43
Premium
$43
5 gear items
Astrology
Wellness & Mindfulness
Starter
$21
Solid
$137
Premium
$137
5 gear items
Crystal Ball Reading
Wellness & Mindfulness
Starter
$21
Solid
$176
Premium
$176
5 gear items
Sashiko
Crafts & Making
Starter
$21
Solid
$47
Premium
$47
6 gear items
Marbling Art
Art & Creative
Starter
$21
Solid
$23
Premium
$50
5 gear items
Zentangle
Art & Creative
Starter
$22
Solid
$22
Premium
$156
5 gear items
Kirigami
Crafts & Making
Starter
$22
Solid
$29
Premium
$29
7 gear items
Violin
Music
Starter
$22
Solid
$208
Premium
$410
7 gear items
Hand Lettering
Writing & Literature
Starter
$22
Solid
$35
Premium
$35
7 gear items
Flower Arranging (Ikebana)
Garden & Plants
Starter
$22
Solid
$44
Premium
$44
6 gear items
Extreme Couponing
Collecting
Starter
$22
Solid
$53
Premium
$53
5 gear items
Grave Rubbing
Art & Creative
Starter
$22
Solid
$22
Premium
$22
6 gear items
Obstacle Course Training
Fitness & Movement
Starter
$22
Solid
$86
Premium
$190
5 gear items
Crystal Healing & Lithomancy
Wellness & Mindfulness
Starter
$22
Solid
$97
Premium
$97
6 gear items
Sewing
Crafts & Making
Starter
$23
Solid
$64
Premium
$280
7 gear items
Metal Pouring
Art & Creative
Starter
$23
Solid
$186
Premium
$260
6 gear items
Hair Jewelry
Crafts & Making
Starter
$23
Solid
$23
Premium
$23
7 gear items
Acrylic Preservation (Curing)
Crafts & Making
Starter
$23
Solid
$100
Premium
$130
5 gear items
Tatting
Crafts & Making
Starter
$23
Solid
$23
Premium
$23
6 gear items
Copper Electroforming (Jewelry)
Crafts & Making
Starter
$23
Solid
$49
Premium
$89
6 gear items
Hula Hooping
Fitness & Movement
Starter
$23
Solid
$78
Premium
$78
5 gear items
Interactive Street Art
Art & Creative
Starter
$23
Solid
$23
Premium
$42
6 gear items
Macramé
Crafts & Making
Starter
$24
Solid
$63
Premium
$63
7 gear items
Cross-Stitch
Crafts & Making
Starter
$24
Solid
$75
Premium
$75
7 gear items
Model Building
Crafts & Making
Starter
$24
Solid
$24
Premium
$24
7 gear items
Cosplay Making
Crafts & Making
Starter
$24
Solid
$56
Premium
$100
7 gear items
Foraging
Outdoors & Nature
Starter
$24
Solid
$125
Premium
$125
7 gear items
Manu / Bombing
Outdoors & Nature
Starter
$24
Solid
$24
Premium
$110
5 gear items
Driftwood Sculpting
Art & Creative
Starter
$24
Solid
$79
Premium
$160
6 gear items
Tablet Weaving
Crafts & Making
Starter
$24
Solid
$40
Premium
$139
5 gear items
Stamp Collecting
Collecting
Starter
$25
Solid
$92
Premium
$92
6 gear items
Orchid Cultivation
Garden & Plants
Starter
$25
Solid
$61
Premium
$61
7 gear items
Breathwork
Wellness & Mindfulness
Starter
$25
Solid
$145
Premium
$145
5 gear items
Collage / Decoupage
Art & Creative
Starter
$25
Solid
$57
Premium
$57
8 gear items
Postcrossing
Collecting
Starter
$25
Solid
$32
Premium
$32
6 gear items
Water Skiing
Outdoors & Nature
Starter
$25
Solid
$294
Premium
$294
6 gear items
| Packbiking | Travel & Adventure | Medium | — | — | — |
| Metal Embossing (Tin) | Crafts & Making | Low | $6 | $84 | $84 |
| Lacrosse | Fitness & Movement | Medium | $7 | $184 | $184 |
| Muay Thai | Fitness & Movement | Medium | $8 | $23 | $39 |
| 3D Decoupage | Crafts & Making | Low | $8 | $8 | $22 |
| Fencing | Fitness & Movement | Medium | $9 | $153 | $153 |
| Doll Making/Customization | Crafts & Making | Medium | $9 | $71 | $71 |
| Quarter Piercing | Crafts & Making | Low | $10 | $132 | $177 |
| Crop Art/Seed Art | Art & Creative | Low | $10 | $10 | $10 |
| Whirlyball | Fitness & Movement | Medium | $10 | $70 | $200 |
| Furniture Refinishing | Crafts & Making | Medium | $10 | $118 | $118 |
| Dot Painting | Art & Creative | Low | $10 | $116 | $116 |
| Letterboxing | Outdoors & Nature | Low | $11 | $11 | $11 |
| Harp | Music | High | $11 | $120 | $727 |
| Altered Book Art | Art & Creative | Low | $12 | $62 | $62 |
| Book Nook Building | Crafts & Making | Medium | $13 | $117 | $117 |
| Instrumental Transcommunication | Science & Learning | Medium | $13 | $99 | $99 |
| Sumi-e (Ink Wash Painting) | Art & Creative | Low | $13 | $69 | $69 |
| Jaw Harp | Music | Low | $13 | $156 | $156 |
| Pokemon | Collecting | Medium | $13 | $56 | $56 |
| Fashion Design | Crafts & Making | Medium | $13 | $100 | $130 |
| Glassblowing | Crafts & Making | High | $14 | $14 | $14 |
| French Beading | Crafts & Making | Low | $14 | $54 | $54 |
| Nalbinding | Crafts & Making | Low | $14 | $24 | $24 |
| Modern Dancing | Fitness & Movement | Low | $14 | $94 | $130 |
| Foundation Paper Piecing | Crafts & Making | Low | $14 | $14 | $28 |
| Fabric Patch Making | Crafts & Making | Low | $15 | $74 | $74 |
| Alcohol Distilling | Food & Drink | High | $15 | $259 | $259 |
| Henna Tattooing | Art & Creative | Low | $15 | $22 | $22 |
| Meteorology / Weather Tracking | Science & Learning | Medium | $16 | $149 | $300 |
| Latte Art | Food & Drink | Low | $16 | $82 | $82 |
| PC Building | Technology | High | $17 | $51 | $51 |
| Aquaponics | Garden & Plants | Medium | $17 | $160 | $160 |
| Duck Herding (Competitive) | Animals & Pets | Medium | $17 | $56 | $56 |
| Palm Reading | Wellness & Mindfulness | Low | $17 | $78 | $78 |
| Aquascaping | Animals & Pets | Medium | $17 | $31 | $31 |
| Braiding (Netting) | Crafts & Making | Low | $17 | $17 | $31 |
| Burlesque | Performance & Social | Medium | $17 | $107 | $107 |
| Cryptography (Code Breaking) | Technology | Low | $17 | $101 | $101 |
| Iridology (Iris Reading) | Wellness & Mindfulness | Low | $17 | $90 | $90 |
| Oil Pastels | Art & Creative | Low | $17 | $102 | $137 |
| Zine Making | Writing & Literature | Low | $18 | $29 | $29 |
| Chicken Raising | Garden & Plants | Medium | $18 | $94 | $260 |
| Hair Weaving | Crafts & Making | Medium | $18 | $34 | $34 |
| Foraged Ink | Art & Creative | Low | $18 | $24 | $26 |
| Numerology | Wellness & Mindfulness | Low | $18 | $44 | $44 |
| Physiognomy (Face Reading) | Wellness & Mindfulness | Low | $18 | $35 | $35 |
| Continuous Loop String Art | Crafts & Making | Low | $18 | $126 | $126 |
| Media Archiving | Technology | Medium | $19 | $183 | $183 |
| Fingerweaving | Crafts & Making | Low | $19 | $35 | $42 |
| Competitive Rock-Paper-Scissors | Gaming | Low | $19 | $51 | $51 |
| Blacksmithing | Crafts & Making | High | $19 | $85 | $242 |
| Mola / Guna Textile Art | Crafts & Making | Low | $19 | $19 | $19 |
| Food Preservation (Canning) | Food & Drink | Low | $20 | $203 | $203 |
| Fly Tying | Outdoors & Nature | Low | $20 | $140 | $140 |
| Nail Art | Art & Creative | Low | $20 | $42 | $42 |
| Sea Pottery | Collecting | Low | $20 | $84 | $187 |
| Kinusaiga | Crafts & Making | Low | $20 | $20 | $20 |
| Book Restoration | Crafts & Making | Medium | $20 | $20 | $37 |
| Holography | Technology | High | $20 | $80 | $80 |
| Debate Club | Performance & Social | Low | $21 | $136 | $136 |
| Creative Tiling | Art & Creative | Medium | $21 | $116 | $160 |
| Sticker Printing | Art & Creative | Medium | $21 | $214 | $214 |
| RC Car Racing | Technology | Medium | $21 | $173 | $317 |
| Chainmail Weaving | Crafts & Making | Medium | $21 | $43 | $43 |
| Astrology | Wellness & Mindfulness | Low | $21 | $137 | $137 |
| Crystal Ball Reading | Wellness & Mindfulness | Low | $21 | $176 | $176 |
| Sashiko | Crafts & Making | Low | $21 | $47 | $47 |
| Marbling Art | Art & Creative | Low | $21 | $23 | $50 |
| Zentangle | Art & Creative | Low | $22 | $22 | $156 |
| Kirigami | Crafts & Making | Low | $22 | $29 | $29 |
| Violin | Music | Medium | $22 | $208 | $410 |
| Hand Lettering | Writing & Literature | Low | $22 | $35 | $35 |
| Flower Arranging (Ikebana) | Garden & Plants | Low | $22 | $44 | $44 |
| Extreme Couponing | Collecting | Low | $22 | $53 | $53 |
| Grave Rubbing | Art & Creative | Low | $22 | $22 | $22 |
| Obstacle Course Training | Fitness & Movement | Medium | $22 | $86 | $190 |
| Crystal Healing & Lithomancy | Wellness & Mindfulness | Low | $22 | $97 | $97 |
| Sewing | Crafts & Making | Medium | $23 | $64 | $280 |
| Metal Pouring | Art & Creative | High | $23 | $186 | $260 |
| Hair Jewelry | Crafts & Making | Low | $23 | $23 | $23 |
| Acrylic Preservation (Curing) | Crafts & Making | Medium | $23 | $100 | $130 |
| Tatting | Crafts & Making | Low | $23 | $23 | $23 |
| Copper Electroforming (Jewelry) | Crafts & Making | Medium | $23 | $49 | $89 |
| Hula Hooping | Fitness & Movement | Low | $23 | $78 | $78 |
| Interactive Street Art | Art & Creative | Low | $23 | $23 | $42 |
| Macramé | Crafts & Making | Low | $24 | $63 | $63 |
| Cross-Stitch | Crafts & Making | Low | $24 | $75 | $75 |
| Model Building | Crafts & Making | Medium | $24 | $24 | $24 |
| Cosplay Making | Crafts & Making | High | $24 | $56 | $100 |
| Foraging | Outdoors & Nature | Low | $24 | $125 | $125 |
| Manu / Bombing | Outdoors & Nature | Low | $24 | $24 | $110 |
| Driftwood Sculpting | Art & Creative | Low | $24 | $79 | $160 |
| Tablet Weaving | Crafts & Making | Low | $24 | $40 | $139 |
| Stamp Collecting | Collecting | Low | $25 | $92 | $92 |
| Orchid Cultivation | Garden & Plants | Medium | $25 | $61 | $61 |
| Breathwork | Wellness & Mindfulness | Low | $25 | $145 | $145 |
| Collage / Decoupage | Art & Creative | Low | $25 | $57 | $57 |
| Postcrossing | Collecting | Low | $25 | $32 | $32 |
| Water Skiing | Outdoors & Nature | Medium | $25 | $294 | $294 |
How these numbers work
Starter kit adds up the budget pick for each item in a hobby's gear guide, solid setup uses the mid-range picks, and premium ceiling uses the premium picks. Prices are the current listed prices of real products, not estimates.
Gear costs to get started only. Consumables, class fees, memberships, and travel aren't counted.