Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials306gold21silver44copper
Sell back122gold7silver61copper
Net cost184gold13silver83copper

Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagearns 24silver50copperafter selling for 3gold50silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–77Craft ~18× Blue Linen Vestearns 5silver40copperafter selling for 44silver28copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 16silver19copper
77–87Craft ~16× Blue Linen Robeearns 8silver16copperafter selling for 60silver64copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 5silver5copper
87–95Craft ~15× Red Linen Bagcosts 1silver35copperafter selling for 52silver35copper
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 Clothcosts 4silver20copperafter selling for 2gold66silver
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–122Craft ~4× Red Woolen Bagearns 21silver8copperafter selling for 83silver8copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Woolen Bag first: 5silver60copper
122–131Craft ~9× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 81silver36copperafter selling for 80silver64copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
131–148Craft ~18× Small Silk Packcosts 1gold87silver2copperafter selling for 3gold75silver30copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
148–163Craft ~16× Green Silk Packearns 2gold81silver12copperafter selling for 9gold58silver88copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 99silver
163–179Craft ~18× Black Silk Packearns 2gold23silver2copperafter selling for 11gold86silver74copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye, 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 65silver99copper
179–180Craft ~1× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 18silver70copperafter selling for 24silver30copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskearns 79silver52copperafter selling for 8gold17silver88copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Threadbuy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 12silver55copper
191–195Craft ~4× Crimson Silk Beltcosts 1gold57silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Iron Buckle, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–214Craft ~22× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 57silver42copperafter selling for 8gold20silver38copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
214–220Craft ~10× Long Silken Cloakcosts 3gold95silver80copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
220–221Craft ~2× Crimson Silk Shoulderscosts 1gold4silver92copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Fire Oil, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
221–233Craft ~16× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 12gold80silver
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
233–250Craft ~18× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 24gold31silver44copperafter selling for 17gold48silver88copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 44silver
250–285Craft ~47× Runecloth Headbandcosts 72gold95silver34copperafter selling for 53gold38silver26copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Runecloth Headband first: 1gold43silver
285–300Craft ~15× Loomcosts 66gold49silver50copper
recipe →each: 1× Bottled Screams, 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Simple Wood (vendor)

Shopping list

320× Bolt of Runecloth133gold44silver
15× Bottled Screams41gold24silver70copper
65× Rune Threadvendor32gold50silver
94× Ironweb Spider Silk24gold44silver
296× Bolt of Silk Cloth23gold68silver
46× Bolt of Mageweave14gold95silver
110× Runecloth8gold77silver80copper
703× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold65silver56copper
68× Silken Threadvendor3gold40silver
14× Heavy Silken Thread2gold79silver86copper
36× Gold Bar2gold77silver92copper
140× Silk Cloth2gold70silver20copper
202× Fine Threadvendor2gold2silver
84× Heavy Leather1gold78silver8copper
18× Black Dye1gold71silver72copper
575× Coarse Threadvendor57silver50copper
68× Blue Dyevendor34silver
10× Mana Potion25silver80copper
60× Simple Woodvendor22silver80copper
33× Red Dyevendor16silver50copper
16× Green Dyevendor16silver
4× Iron Buckle5silver20copper
14× Bleachvendor3silver50copper
4× Fire Oil2silver92copper

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.