Level a profession

Steps

1–36Craft ~44× Rough Sharpening Stonecosts 1silver76copperafter selling for 1silver76copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

36–85Craft ~181× Rough Grinding Stonecosts 19silver91copperafter selling for 9silver5copper

recipe →each: 2× Rough Stone

85–110Craft ~29× Blackfathom Sharpening Stonecosts 23silver78copperafter selling for 36silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Coarse Sharpening Stone, 1× Lesser Magic Essence

110–129Craft ~22× Iron Bucklecosts 14silver96copperafter selling for 49silver72copper

recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar

129–140Craft ~17× Bronze Shortswordcosts 15silver30copperafter selling for 2gold24silver40copper

recipe →each: 5× Bronze Bar, 4× Weak Flux (vendor), 2× Medium Leather

140–150Craft ~10× Green Iron Leggingscosts 52silver10copperafter selling for 2gold90silver60copper

recipe →each: 8× Iron Bar, 1× Heavy Grinding Stone, 1× Green Dye (vendor)

150–160Craft ~10× Barbaric Iron Helmcosts 13silver10copperafter selling for 3gold33silver70copper

recipe →each: 10× Iron Bar, 2× Large Fang, 2× Sharp Clawneeds Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

160–177Craft ~18× Solid Sharpening Stoneearns 19silver44copperafter selling for 48silver6copper

recipe →each: 1× Solid Stone

177–199Craft ~69× Barbaric Iron Helmcosts 90silver39copperafter selling for 23gold2silver53copper

recipe →each: 10× Iron Bar, 2× Large Fang, 2× Sharp Claw

199–215Craft ~17× Heavy Mithril Axecosts 20silver91copperafter selling for 26gold32silver45copper

recipe →each: 12× Mithril Bar, 2× Citrine, 1× Solid Grinding Stone, 4× Heavy Leather

215–235Craft ~27× Dense Sharpening Stoneearns 1gold47silver69copperafter selling for 2gold55silver69copper

recipe →each: 1× Dense Stone

235–260Craft ~45× Baleful Pauldronscosts 0copper

recipe →each:

260–265Craft ~6× Thorium Greatswordcosts 13gold57silver8copperafter selling for 14gold12silver4copper

recipe →each: 16× Thorium Bar, 2× Dense Grinding Stone, 4× Rugged Leather

265–288Craft ~24× Radiant Bootscosts 54gold5silver52copperafter selling for 39gold41silver4copper

recipe →each: 14× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Firebuy Plans: Radiant Boots first: 1gold15silver99copper

288–300Craft ~12× Radiant Leggingscosts 31gold3silver92copperafter selling for 30gold39silver60copper

recipe →each: 20× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Firebuy Plans: Radiant Leggings first: 1gold48silver

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

672× Thorium Bar137gold22silver24copper

144× Heart of Fire37gold28silver16copper

892× Iron Bar26gold22silver48copper

204× Mithril Bar20gold27silver76copper

12× Dense Grinding Stone4gold20silver

24× Rugged Leather3gold88silver80copper

158× Large Fang3gold47silver60copper

34× Citrine2gold95silver80copper

68× Heavy Leather1gold80silver20copper

17× Solid Grinding Stone1gold49silver60copper

85× Bronze Bar1gold42silver80copper

27× Dense Stone1gold8silver

10× Heavy Grinding Stone97silver50copper

158× Sharp Claw69silver52copper

68× Weak Fluxvendor68silver

29× Lesser Magic Essence32silver77copper

406× Rough Stone32silver48copper

34× Medium Leather28silver90copper

18× Solid Stone28silver62copper

29× Coarse Sharpening Stone27silver26copper

10× Green Dyevendor10silver

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.