Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials578gold6silver18copper
Sell back164gold43silver2copper
Net cost413gold63silver16copper

Steps

1–50Craft ~120× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 33silver60copperafter selling for 74silver40copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
50–73Craft ~37× Linen Beltcosts 22silver57copperafter selling for 8silver14copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
73–76Craft ~6× Reinforced Linen Capecosts 6silver54copperafter selling for 4silver2copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
76–95Craft ~28× Red Linen Bagearns 66silver64copperafter selling for 1gold90silver40copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 1gold
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothcosts 16silver45copperafter selling for 2gold48silver15copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–130Craft ~11× Azure Silk Hoodearns 75silver68copperafter selling for 2gold81silver38copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
130–147Craft ~18× Bolt of Mageweaveearns 67silver32copperafter selling for 4gold27silver32copper
recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth
147–148Craft ~2× Small Silk Packcosts 4silver92copperafter selling for 57silver74copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
148–167Craft ~20× Green Silk Packearns 8gold1silver20copperafter selling for 16gold47silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 2gold69silver
167–177Craft ~11× Black Silk Packearns 4gold15silver3copperafter selling for 10gold28silver28copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 98silver87copper
177–180Craft ~3× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 60silver30copperafter selling for 72silver90copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskcosts 1gold85silver64copperafter selling for 4gold88silver88copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 40silver
191–195Craft ~6× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold35silver24copperafter selling for 2gold89silver92copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–213Craft ~19× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 3gold75silver6copperafter selling for 5gold73silver99copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
213–218Craft ~8× Long Silken Cloakcosts 3gold28silver32copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
218–242Craft ~41× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 29gold5silver26copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
242–250Craft ~9× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 21gold83silver40copperafter selling for 8gold74silver44copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 60silver
250–283Craft ~42× Runecloth Headbandcosts 121gold13silver64copperafter selling for 47gold70silver36copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Runecloth Headband first: 1gold94silver
283–300Craft ~43× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 225gold72silver42copperafter selling for 54gold5silver10copper
recipe →each: 7× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 4× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Runecloth Shoulders first: 11gold51silver

Shopping list

505× Bolt of Runecloth333gold30silver
170× Ironweb Spider Silk74gold80silver
94× Rune Threadvendor47gold
108× Bolt of Mageweave30gold16silver44copper
172× Rugged Leather21gold77silver52copper
207× Bolt of Silk Cloth17gold28silver45copper
95× Runecloth9gold49silver5copper
155× Silken Threadvendor7gold75silver
90× Mageweave Cloth3gold60silver
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
140× Silk Cloth2gold64silver60copper
18× Gold Bar2gold31silver84copper
149× Fine Threadvendor1gold49silver
161× Bolt of Linen Cloth1gold17silver53copper
11× Black Dyevendor1gold10silver
64× Heavy Leather1gold4silver96copper
240× Linen Cloth40silver80copper
8× Mana Potion21silver12copper
20× Green Dyevendor20silver
34× Red Dyevendor17silver
22× Blue Dyevendor11silver
55× Coarse Threadvendor5silver50copper
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.