Level a profession

Cheapest path with EU · Normal · Alliance prices ·

Profession
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Materials318gold31silver65copper
Sell back152gold66silver20copper
Net cost165gold65silver45copper

Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagearns 50silver75copperafter selling for 3gold50silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread
65–78Craft ~20× Blue Linen Vestcosts 4silver92copperafter selling for 35silver68copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread, 1× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 5silver
78–92Craft ~25× Blue Linen Robeearns 16silver75copperafter selling for 94silver25copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread, 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 9silver9copper
92–95Craft ~7× Red Linen Bagcosts 1silver47copperafter selling for 22silver47copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 1silver
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 10silver50copperafter selling for 2gold79silver30copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–126Craft ~9× Red Woolen Bagearns 36silver72copperafter selling for 1gold72silver26copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Woolen Bag first: 7silver13copper
126–130Craft ~4× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 38silver36copperafter selling for 36silver84copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
130–150Craft ~27× Bolt of Mageweaveearns 4gold30silver65copperafter selling for 7gold69silver50copper
recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth
150–163Craft ~14× Green Silk Packearns 2gold2silver2copperafter selling for 8gold24silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 2gold40silver
163–177Craft ~15× Black Silk Packearns 1gold29silver15copperafter selling for 9gold69silver
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye, 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 1gold49silver
177–180Craft ~3× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 60silver90copperafter selling for 72silver90copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskearns 81silver20copperafter selling for 7gold84silver70copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 35silver
191–195Craft ~6× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold47silver96copperafter selling for 3gold2silver4copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–214Craft ~22× Bolt of Runeclothearns 15silver62copperafter selling for 7gold27silver32copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
214–219Craft ~8× Long Silken Cloakcosts 3gold31silver92copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
219–230Craft ~13× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 9gold75silver
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
230–251Craft ~22× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 13gold37silver38copperafter selling for 30gold51silver40copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 65silver99copper
251–287Craft ~53× Runecloth Headbandcosts 66gold30silver83copperafter selling for 60gold19silver74copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Runecloth Headband first: 3gold
287–290Craft ~6× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 16gold40silver10copperafter selling for 7gold54silver20copper
recipe →each: 7× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 4× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Runecloth Shoulders first: 1gold50silver96copper
290–300Craft ~10× Loomcosts 54gold6silver80copper
recipe →each: 1× Bottled Screams, 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Simple Wood (vendor)

Shopping list

382× Bolt of Runecloth132gold93silver60copper
10× Bottled Screams39gold99silver60copper
81× Rune Thread36gold84silver69copper
118× Ironweb Spider Silk31gold86silver
52× Bolt of Mageweave15gold60silver
183× Bolt of Silk Cloth15gold37silver20copper
110× Runecloth7gold11silver70copper
71× Silken Threadvendor3gold55silver
713× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold42silver24copper
135× Mageweave Cloth3gold38silver85copper
24× Rugged Leather3gold35silver76copper
44× Gold Bar3gold25silver60copper
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
140× Silk Cloth2gold68silver80copper
15× Black Dye1gold49silver85copper
36× Bolt of Woolen Cloth1gold22silver4copper
122× Fine Threadvendor1gold22silver
42× Heavy Leather96silver18copper
595× Coarse Thread53silver55copper
78× Blue Dyevendor39silver
8× Mana Potion23silver12copper
40× Simple Woodvendor15silver20copper
14× Green Dyevendor14silver
22× Red Dyevendor11silver
14× Bleachvendor3silver50copper

At every skill point we pick the recipe with the lowest expected cost per skill-up: reagents at today's lowest (or the vendor) minus what the result fetches from a vendor (the safe minimum; the auction house is added for the few the market takes in about two days), divided by the classic skill-up chance (orange always, then falling to zero at grey). Crafts are expected counts, so luck can move them a little. Trainer recipes count as learnable 15 points before they turn yellow (their exact level isn't in the game data). Patterns that bind on pickup are left out; tradeable patterns that aren't listed right now are flagged. Trainer fees and the rank-ups (75, 150, 225) aren't included. Buying hundreds of a reagent will cost more than its lowest price.