Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials292gold4silver19copper
Sell back118gold60silver89copper
Net cost173gold43silver30copper

Steps

1–26Craft ~25× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 1silver25copperafter selling for 11silver25copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
26–65Craft ~150× Linen Bagearns 39silverafter selling for 3gold
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–79Craft ~22× Blue Linen Vestcosts 3silver8copperafter selling for 41silver80copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 3silver
79–90Craft ~19× Blue Linen Robecosts 12silver35copperafter selling for 46silver93copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 4silver93copper
90–95Craft ~10× Red Linen Bagcosts 6silver20copperafter selling for 28silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 5silver79copper
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 8silver5copperafter selling for 2gold67silver5copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–131Craft ~12× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold12silver80copperafter selling for 1gold4silver16copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
131–146Craft ~15× Bolt of Mageweaveearns 18silver15copperafter selling for 3gold66silver15copper
recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth
146–148Craft ~3× Small Silk Packcosts 33silver36copperafter selling for 60silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
148–165Craft ~18× Green Silk Packearns 2gold84silver22copperafter selling for 10gold43silver10copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 60silver
165–177Craft ~13× Black Silk Packearns 73silver45copperafter selling for 7gold78silver5copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 35silver
177–180Craft ~3× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 54silver24copperafter selling for 1gold44silver96copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–190Craft ~12× White Bandit Maskearns 1gold19silver76copperafter selling for 6gold71silver16copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 29silver
190–195Craft ~7× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold26silver56copperafter selling for 3gold38silver24copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–214Craft ~22× Bolt of Runeclothearns 90silver64copperafter selling for 7gold83silver64copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
214–218Craft ~7× Long Silken Cloakcosts 2gold76silver22copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
218–235Craft ~23× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 15gold27silver20copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
235–251Craft ~17× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 21gold52silver20copperafter selling for 16gold51silver72copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 46silver
251–285Craft ~46× Runecloth Headbandcosts 70gold7silver64copperafter selling for 52gold24silver68copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Runecloth Headband first: 2gold94silver
285–300Craft ~15× Loomcosts 61gold88silver25copper
recipe →each: 1× Bottled Screams, 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Simple Wood (vendor)

Shopping list

312× Bolt of Runecloth121gold61silver76copper
15× Bottled Screams38gold26silver65copper
63× Rune Threadvendor31gold50silver
92× Ironweb Spider Silk27gold60silver
78× Bolt of Mageweave20gold4silver60copper
198× Bolt of Silk Cloth15gold91silver92copper
110× Runecloth6gold93silver
106× Silken Threadvendor5gold30silver
75× Mageweave Cloth3gold48silver
632× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold3silver36copper
34× Gold Bar3gold3silver28copper
140× Silk Cloth2gold59silver
12× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold40silver
137× Fine Threadvendor1gold37silver
13× Black Dyevendor1gold30silver
60× Heavy Leather1gold20silver
510× Coarse Threadvendor51silver
84× Blue Dyevendor42silver
60× Simple Woodvendor22silver80copper
18× Green Dyevendor18silver
7× Mana Potion16silver10copper
50× Linen Cloth10silver
10× Red Dyevendor5silver
12× Bleachvendor3silver

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.