Level a profession

Cheapest path with EU · Normal · Alliance prices ·

Profession
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Materials311gold30silver39copper
Sell back143gold4silver2copper
Net cost168gold26silver37copper

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 Vestcosts 4silver68copperafter selling for 34silver20copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 5silver
77–87Craft ~16× Blue Linen Robeearns 8silverafter selling for 60silver48copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 9silver9copper
87–95Craft ~15× Red Linen Bagcosts 7silver35copperafter selling for 46silver35copper
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 36silver75copperafter selling for 2gold81silver75copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–126Craft ~9× Red Woolen Bagearns 35silver91copperafter selling for 1gold71silver81copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Woolen Bag first: 7silver15copper
126–131Craft ~5× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 48silver75copperafter selling for 46silver5copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
131–149Craft ~19× Small Silk Packcosts 2gold42silver6copperafter selling for 3gold80silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
149–163Craft ~15× Green Silk Packearns 2gold23silver20copperafter selling for 8gold88silver75copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 1gold83silver
163–178Craft ~17× Black Silk Packearns 1gold64silver5copperafter selling for 11gold5silver85copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye, 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 1gold49silver50copper
178–180Craft ~2× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 41silver24copperafter selling for 48silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–192Craft ~16× White Bandit Maskearns 70silver8copperafter selling for 8gold81silver60copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Threadbuy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 35silver
192–195Craft ~3× Crimson Silk Beltcosts 1gold23silver33copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Iron Buckle, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–215Craft ~27× Bolt of Runeclothearns 1gold44copperafter selling for 9gold37silver44copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
215–219Craft ~7× Long Silken Cloakcosts 2gold91silver69copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
219–220Craft ~2× Crimson Silk Shoulderscosts 1gold8silver20copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Fire Oil, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
220–230Craft ~12× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 9gold59silver28copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
230–251Craft ~22× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 15gold70silver80copperafter selling for 30gold51silver40copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 63silver99copper
251–287Craft ~53× Runecloth Headbandcosts 72gold69silver48copperafter selling for 60gold19silver74copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Runecloth Headband first: 2gold50silver
287–300Craft ~13× Loomcosts 61gold18silver71copper
recipe →each: 1× Bottled Screams, 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Simple Wood (vendor)

Shopping list

352× Bolt of Runecloth128gold65silver60copper
13× Bottled Screams41gold98silver35copper
75× Rune Thread37gold12silver50copper
106× Ironweb Spider Silk29gold17silver12copper
270× Bolt of Silk Cloth22gold89silver60copper
40× Bolt of Mageweave12gold98silver80copper
135× Runecloth8gold37silver
703× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold65silver56copper
44× Gold Bar3gold16silver80copper
16× Heavy Silken Thread2gold88silver
54× Silken Threadvendor2gold70silver
140× Silk Cloth2gold45silver
199× Fine Threadvendor1gold99silver
83× Heavy Leather1gold78silver45copper
17× Black Dye1gold53silver
36× Bolt of Woolen Cloth1gold22silver40copper
575× Coarse Threadvendor57silver50copper
60× Blue Dyevendor30silver
52× Simple Woodvendor19silver76copper
7× Mana Potion19silver25copper
38× Red Dyevendor19silver
15× Green Dyevendor15silver
16× Bleachvendor4silver
3× Iron Buckle3silver57copper
4× Fire Oil1silver40copper

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.