Level a profession

Cheapest path with EU · Normal · Blackwater prices ·

Profession
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Materials503gold76silver
Sell back186gold19silver80copper
Net cost317gold56silver20copper

Steps

1–49Craft ~95× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 20silver90copperafter selling for 60silver80copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
49–73Craft ~38× Linen Beltcosts 24silver32copperafter selling for 8silver36copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
73–76Craft ~6× Reinforced Linen Capecosts 6silver90copperafter selling for 4silver2copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
76–95Craft ~28× Red Linen Bagearns 26silver88copperafter selling for 1gold54silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Red Linen Bag (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
95–120Craft ~45× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 1gold72silver35copperafter selling for 3gold32silver55copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
120–131Craft ~11× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold31silver45copperafter selling for 81silver95copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
131–146Craft ~15× Bolt of Mageweavecosts 9silver30copperafter selling for 3gold65silver70copper
recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth
146–149Craft ~4× Small Silk Packcosts 29silver28copperafter selling for 1gold2silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
149–166Craft ~18× Green Silk Packearns 5gold78silver16copperafter selling for 13gold77silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 4gold19silver98copper
166–171Craft ~5× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 65silver80copperafter selling for 1gold23silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Fine Thread (vendor)
171–176Craft ~6× Black Silk Packearns 2gold84silver52copperafter selling for 6gold29silver52copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 3gold14silver21copper
176–180Craft ~4× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 16silver60copperafter selling for 1gold66silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskcosts 1gold96silver28copperafter selling for 4gold88silver88copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 80silver
191–195Craft ~6× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold44silver36copperafter selling for 2gold89silver92copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–213Craft ~19× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 2gold37silver69copperafter selling for 6gold8silver76copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
213–218Craft ~8× Long Silken Cloakcosts 3gold41silver52copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
218–234Craft ~21× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 15gold19silver98copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
234–262Craft ~36× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 46gold6silver56copperafter selling for 34gold97silver76copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 1gold
262–289Craft ~38× Wizardweave Robecosts 110gold6silver70copperafter selling for 61gold15silver34copper
recipe →each: 8× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Dream Dust, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Wizardweave Robe (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
289–300Craft ~33× Wizardweave Turbancosts 135gold88silver8copperafter selling for 42gold13silver44copper
recipe →each: 6× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Dream Dust, 1× Star Ruby, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Wizardweave Turban (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

646× Bolt of Runecloth243gold54silver20copper
208× Dream Dust102gold93silver92copper
107× Rune Threadvendor53gold50silver
33× Star Ruby21gold54silver24copper
68× Bolt of Mageweave19gold50silver92copper
204× Bolt of Silk Cloth17gold74silver80copper
72× Gold Bar8gold75silver52copper
95× Runecloth8gold46silver45copper
97× Silken Threadvendor4gold85silver
75× Mageweave Cloth3gold75silver
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
180× Silk Cloth1gold60silver20copper
139× Fine Threadvendor1gold39silver
162× Bolt of Linen Cloth1gold23silver12copper
62× Heavy Leather1gold15silver32copper
6× Black Dyevendor60silver
190× Linen Cloth39silver90copper
8× Mana Potion23silver12copper
46× Red Dyevendor23silver
18× Green Dyevendor18silver
22× Blue Dyevendor11silver
56× Coarse Threadvendor5silver60copper
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.