Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials366gold75silver48copper
Sell back164gold14silver93copper
Net cost202gold60silver55copper

Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagearns 29silver75copperafter selling for 3gold50silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–77Craft ~18× Blue Linen Vestcosts 7silver20copperafter selling for 30silver78copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dyebuy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 2silver
77–90Craft ~22× Blue Linen Robecosts 16silver94copperafter selling for 53silver46copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dyebuy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 5silver88copper
90–95Craft ~10× Red Linen Bagearns 80copperafter selling for 36silver10copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread, 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 4silver79copper
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 15silver40copperafter selling for 2gold87silver
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–120Craft ~2× Red Woolen Bagearns 5silver74copperafter selling for 40silver72copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Threadbuy Pattern: Red Woolen Bag first: 1silver99copper
120–130Craft ~10× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold8silver90copperafter selling for 86silver40copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye, 1× Fine Thread
130–146Craft ~16× Bolt of Mageweaveearns 32silver80copperafter selling for 4gold12silver
recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth
146–149Craft ~4× Small Silk Packcosts 52silver68copperafter selling for 80silver68copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread
149–164Craft ~16× Green Silk Packearns 2gold68silver64copperafter selling for 9gold90silver72copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread, 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 1gold75silver
164–176Craft ~13× Black Silk Packearns 96silver7copperafter selling for 8gold39silver80copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye, 4× Fine Threadbuy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 1gold54silver
176–180Craft ~4× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 83silver48copperafter selling for 1gold93silver28copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskearns 2gold51silver86copperafter selling for 9gold4silver40copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach, 1× Heavy Silken Threadbuy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 15silver
191–195Craft ~6× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold25silver22copperafter selling for 2gold89silver92copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread
195–214Craft ~22× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 11silverafter selling for 7gold35silver90copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
214–217Craft ~5× Long Silken Cloakcosts 2gold14silver40copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread
217–232Craft ~18× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 12gold45silver42copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread
232–252Craft ~21× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 22gold96silver56copperafter selling for 20gold40silver36copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 59silver
252–283Craft ~40× Runecloth Headbandcosts 55gold79silver20copperafter selling for 45gold43silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Runecloth Headband first: 5gold55silver
283–298Craft ~33× Ghostweave Hoodcosts 81gold63silver87copperafter selling for 45gold21copper
recipe →each: 6× Bolt of Runecloth, 3× Ghost Dye, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Threadneeds Pattern: Ghostweave Hood (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
298–300Craft ~2× Loomcosts 20gold84silver8copper
recipe →each: 1× Bottled Screams, 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Simple Wood (vendor)

Shopping list

450× Bolt of Runecloth159gold21silver
94× Rune Thread46gold6silver
146× Ironweb Spider Silk45gold65silver42copper
99× Ghost Dye19gold78silver2copper
70× Bolt of Mageweave18gold97silver70copper
2× Bottled Screams17gold98silver
181× Bolt of Silk Cloth15gold90silver99copper
110× Runecloth7gold46silver90copper
89× Silken Thread4gold44silver11copper
80× Mageweave Cloth3gold79silver20copper
707× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold60silver57copper
42× Gold Bar3gold36silver
140× Silk Cloth2gold71silver60copper
14× Heavy Silken Thread2gold70silver20copper
134× Fine Thread1gold32silver66copper
13× Black Dye1gold20silver90copper
56× Heavy Leather1gold12silver
587× Coarse Threadvendor58silver70copper
82× Blue Dye39silver36copper
16× Green Dyevendor16silver
5× Mana Potion13silver65copper
12× Red Dyevendor6silver
8× Simple Woodvendor3silver4copper
14× Bleach2silver80copper

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.