The invention provides a production method for hardenability steel. The production method comprises the steps that 1, in the electric furnace smelting step, the tapping C content is precisely controlled to be below 0.04%, due to the fact that the carbon-oxygen equilibrium is constant at a certain temperature, after the C content is reduced, the oxygen content is kept to be at a high level, precise controlling over the using amount of ferroaluminum of a deoxidizing agent is facilitated during deoxidizing at the next step, and then the quantity of a Ca element can be controlled during calcium treatment on generated aluminate; 2, in the LF furnace refining step, special refining deoxidizing slag is adopted, the ratio of the Ca to Al in the adopted refining slag system is 1.6-1.8, and the free Ca element can be reduced by precisely controlling the ratio of the Ca to the Al; 3, in the VD refining step, bottom blowing of Ar gas is adopted, the pressure of the Ar gas is 0.20-0.40 MPa, floating of inclusion is facilitated through bottom blowing of the Ar gas, and calcium compounds are promoted to be removed from molten steel; and 4, in the continuous casting step, the superheat degree is controlled to be within 30 degrees in the casting process, and floating of the calcium compounds in the molten steel is facilitated through the low superheat degree.