Level a profession

Cheapest path with EU · Normal · Blackwater prices ·

Profession
→
Materials24gold52silver5copper
Sell back18gold71silver99copper
Net cost5gold80silver6copper

Steps

1–45Craft ~50× Linen Bandagecosts 5silver50copperafter selling for 6silver
recipe →each: 1× Linen Cloth
45–65Craft ~23× Heavy Linen Bandagecosts 5silver98copperafter selling for 4silver60copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
65–130Craft ~102× Anti-Venomcosts 31silver62copperafter selling for 85silver68copper
recipe →each: 1× Small Venom Sac
130–135Craft ~6× Strong Anti-Venomearns 3silver90copperafter selling for 15silver30copper
recipe →each: 1× Large Venom Sacbuy Manual: Strong Anti-Venom first: 98silver99copper
135–180Craft ~57× Silk Bandageearns 3silver42copperafter selling for 1gold14silver
recipe →each: 1× Silk Cloth
180–240Craft ~281× Heavy Silk Bandageearns 33silver72copperafter selling for 11gold24silver
recipe →each: 2× Silk Clothbuy Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage first: 80silver
240–251Craft ~27× Mageweave Bandageearns 16silver20copperafter selling for 1gold57silver41copper
recipe →each: 1× Mageweave Clothbuy Manual: Mageweave Bandage first: 1gold40silver
251–290Craft ~51× Runecloth Bandagecosts 1gold92silver27copperafter selling for 2gold55silver
recipe →each: 1× Runecloth
290–300Craft ~11× Heavy Runecloth Bandagecosts 82silver94copperafter selling for 1gold10silver
recipe →each: 2× Runecloth

Shopping list

619× Silk Cloth12gold86copper
73× Runecloth6gold40silver21copper
27× Mageweave Cloth1gold41silver21copper
102× Small Venom Sac1gold17silver30copper
96× Linen Cloth22silver8copper
6× Large Venom Sac11silver40copper

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.