Level a profession

Cheapest path with EU · Normal · Alliance prices ·

Profession
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Materials301gold23silver85copper
Sell back160gold75silver12copper
Net cost140gold48silver73copper

Steps

1–26Craft ~25× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 2silverafter selling for 12silver
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
26–65Craft ~150× Linen Bagearns 25silver50copperafter selling for 3gold
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–77Craft ~18× Blue Linen Vestcosts 4silver14copperafter 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
77–88Craft ~18× Blue Linen Robeearns 9silver90copperafter selling for 68silver22copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 9silver9copper
88–95Craft ~14× Red Linen Bagcosts 9silver66copperafter selling for 39silver90copper
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 27silver65copperafter selling for 2gold79silver65copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–125Craft ~8× Red Woolen Bagearns 29silver60copperafter selling for 1gold52silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Woolen Bag first: 7silver
125–132Craft ~8× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 76silver80copperafter selling for 73silver92copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
132–149Craft ~18× Small Silk Packcosts 2gold44silver8copperafter selling for 3gold60silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
149–161Craft ~12× Green Silk Packearns 1gold45silver44copperafter selling for 6gold93silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 1gold84silver99copper
161–177Craft ~17× Black Silk Packearns 1gold25silver46copperafter selling for 10gold78silver82copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye, 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 1gold50silver
177–180Craft ~3× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 60silver48copperafter selling for 72silver90copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskearns 61silver60copperafter selling for 7gold71silver40copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Threadbuy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 29silver
191–192Craft ~2× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 60silver40copperafter selling for 98silver78copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread
192–195Craft ~3× Crimson Silk Beltcosts 1gold22silver28copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Iron Buckle, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Silken Thread
195–214Craft ~22× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 9silver90copperafter selling for 7gold10silver60copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
214–219Craft ~8× Long Silken Cloakcosts 3gold28silver40copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread
219–220Craft ~2× Crimson Silk Shoulderscosts 1gold7silver16copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Fire Oil, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread
220–229Craft ~11× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 8gold75silver49copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread
229–230Craft ~1× Brightcloth Robecosts 1gold11silver1copperafter selling for 1gold20silver89copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Brightcloth Robe first: 40silver
230–251Craft ~22× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 22gold16silver28copperafter selling for 21gold37silver52copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 45silver99copper
251–287Craft ~53× Runecloth Headbandcosts 35gold41silver62copperafter selling for 90gold71silver32copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Runecloth Headband first: 2gold50silver
287–300Craft ~13× Loomcosts 59gold86silver11copper
recipe →each: 1× Bottled Screams, 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Simple Wood (vendor)

Shopping list

357× Bolt of Runecloth121gold38silver
13× Bottled Screams41gold98silver35copper
76× Rune Thread36gold10silver
106× Ironweb Spider Silk28gold87silver44copper
269× Bolt of Silk Cloth22gold64silver98copper
40× Bolt of Mageweave12gold98silver40copper
110× Runecloth7gold20silver50copper
46× Gold Bar3gold31silver20copper
632× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold22silver32copper
60× Silken Thread2gold93silver40copper
140× Silk Cloth2gold52silver
14× Heavy Silken Thread2gold51silver86copper
72× Heavy Leather1gold90silver80copper
188× Fine Threadvendor1gold88silver
17× Black Dye1gold69silver66copper
32× Bolt of Woolen Cloth1gold10silver40copper
504× Coarse Threadvendor50silver40copper
70× Blue Dyevendor35silver
8× Mana Potion19silver84copper
52× Simple Woodvendor19silver76copper
38× Red Dyevendor19silver
12× Green Dyevendor12silver
50× Linen Cloth10silver
3× Iron Buckle3silver57copper
14× Bleachvendor3silver50copper
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.