Level a profession

Cheapest path with EU · Normal · Blackwater prices ·

Profession
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Materials48gold61silver31copper
Sell back21gold44silver51copper
Net cost27gold16silver80copper

Steps

1–14Craft ~16× Elixir of Minor Forceearns 3silver68copperafter selling for 11silver68copper
recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)
14–20Craft ~6× Mana Wellearns 14silver16copperafter selling for 20silver40copper
recipe →each: 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)
20–25Craft ~12× Elixir of Minor Spiritcosts 33silverafter selling for 3silver
recipe →each: 2× Earthroot, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Elixir of Minor Spirit first: 1gold1silver
25–33Craft ~9× Minor Mageblood Elixirearns 10silver89copperafter selling for 22silver77copper
recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Minor Mageblood Elixir first: 87silver
33–35Craft ~2× Minor Mender's Potioncosts 3silver82copperafter selling for 2copper
recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Bruiseweed, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Minor Mender's Potion first: 99silver
35–40Craft ~5× Minor Spellblasting Potioncosts 6silver65copperafter selling for 5copper
recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Minor Spellblasting Potion first: 20silver
40–61Craft ~22× Elixir of Minor Strengthearns 12silver98copperafter selling for 45silver54copper
recipe →each: 1× Earthroot, 1× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)
61–65Craft ~4× Minor Mana Potioncosts 2silver16copperafter selling for 4silver24copper
recipe →each: 1× Mageroyal, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)
65–90Craft ~29× Blackmouth Oilearns 22silver62copperafter selling for 42silver92copper
recipe →each: 2× Oily Blackmouth, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)
90–91Craft ~1× Lesser Spellblasting Potioncosts 1silver11copperafter selling for 25copper
recipe →each: 1× Mageroyal, 2× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Lesser Spellblasting Potion first: 60silver
91–97Craft ~20× Blackmouth Oilearns 15silver60copperafter selling for 29silver60copper
recipe →each: 2× Oily Blackmouth, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)
97–105Craft ~9× Draught of Tonguescosts 29silver52copper
recipe →each: 2× Earthroot, 2× Mageroyal, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)
105–135Craft ~34× Elixir of Wisdomcosts 38silver8copperafter selling for 34silver
recipe →each: 1× Mageroyal, 2× Briarthorn, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)
135–164Craft ~38× Fire Oilearns 88silver92copperafter selling for 1gold42silver12copper
recipe →each: 2× Firefin Snapper, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)
164–165Craft ~1× Elixir of Ogre Strengthearns 4silver78copperafter selling for 8silver52copper
recipe →each: 1× Earthroot, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Leaded Vial
165–175Craft ~10× Mana Potioncosts 21silver10copperafter selling for 24silver50copper
recipe →each: 1× Stranglekelp, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Leaded Vial
175–226Craft ~78× Great Rage Potionearns 3gold84silver54copperafter selling for 6gold62silver22copper
recipe →each: 1× Large Fang, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Leaded Vialneeds Recipe: Great Rage Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
226–235Craft ~13× Greater Mana Potioncosts 35silver23copperafter selling for 76silver18copper
recipe →each: 1× Khadgar's Whisker, 1× Goldthorn, 1× Leaded Vial
235–260Craft ~45× Stonescale Oilcosts 44silver10copperafter selling for 1gold12silver50copper
recipe →each: 1× Stonescale Eel, 1× Leaded Vial
260–282Craft ~39× Draught of Dream Visioncosts 13gold65silverafter selling for 2gold34silver
recipe →each: 3× Purple Lotus, 1× Crystal Vialneeds Recipe: Draught of Dream Vision (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
282–290Craft ~10× Elixir of Greater Defensecosts 4gold64silver40copperafter selling for 5gold95silver
recipe →each: 2× Stonescale Oil, 1× Sungrass, 1× Crystal Vial
290–300Craft ~10× Greater Frost Protection Potioncosts 8gold63silver80copperafter selling for 75silver
recipe →each: 1× Elemental Water, 1× Dreamfoil, 1× Crystal Vialneeds Recipe: Greater Frost Protection Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

117× Purple Lotus10gold53silver
59× Crystal Vial8gold26silver
10× Dreamfoil7gold30silver
20× Stonescale Oil4gold99silver60copper
10× Sungrass4gold19silver80copper
147× Leaded Vial2gold91silver6copper
89× Kingsblood69silver42copper
10× Elemental Water68silver80copper
45× Stonescale Eel67silver50copper
65× Earthroot63silver70copper
78× Large Fang62silver40copper
13× Goldthorn51silver87copper
68× Briarthorn46silver24copper
76× Firefin Snapper45silver60copper
79× Mageroyal44silver24copper
207× Empty Vialvendor41silver40copper
13× Khadgar's Whisker33silver80copper
98× Oily Blackmouth24silver50copper
27× Peacebloom22silver68copper
10× Stranglekelp18silver
45× Silverleaf13silver50copper
2× Bruiseweed1silver20copper

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.