Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfireearns 19silver17copperafter selling for 22silver59copper

recipe →each: 1× Simple Wood (vendor)

Skill 5–10: no recipe we can price here (its reagents aren't on this auction house right now, or it needs a pattern you can't buy).

10–81Craft ~98× Kaldorei Spider Kabobcosts 0copperafter selling for 9silver80copper

recipe →each: 1× Small Spider Legbuy Recipe: Kaldorei Spider Kabob first: 99silver

81–115Craft ~48× Rainbow Fin Albacoreearns 28silver32copperafter selling for 31silver20copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rainbow Fin Albacorebuy Recipe: Rainbow Fin Albacore first: 99silver

115–130Craft ~15× Crispy Lizard Tailcosts 1silver35copperafter selling for 37silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Thunder Lizard Tail, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Crispy Lizard Tail first: 25silver

130–210Craft ~212× Curiously Tasty Omeletearns 95silver16copperafter selling for 3gold75silver

recipe →each: 1× Raptor Egg, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet first: 34silver10copper

210–225Craft ~17× Soothing Turtle Bisqueearns 13silver94copperafter selling for 75silver14copper

recipe →each: 1× Turtle Meat, 1× Soothing Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Soothing Turtle Bisque first: 7silver50copper

225–300Craft ~120× Spotted Yellowtailearns 78silverafter selling for 1gold2silver

recipe →each: 1× Raw Spotted Yellowtailneeds Recipe: Spotted Yellowtail (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

212× Raptor Egg1gold95silver4copper

227× Hot Spicesvendor90silver80copper

17× Turtle Meat34silver

15× Thunder Lizard Tail32silver85copper

17× Soothing Spicesvendor27silver20copper

120× Raw Spotted Yellowtail24silver

98× Small Spider Leg9silver80copper

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

48× Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore2silver88copper

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.