Level a profession

Cheapest path with EU · Normal · Blackwater prices ·

Profession
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Materials495gold67silver15copper
Sell back186gold35silver
Net cost309gold32silver15copper

Steps

1–48Craft ~82× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 15silver58copperafter selling for 53silver30copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
48–49Craft ~2× Brown Linen Vestcosts 1silver12copperafter selling for 62copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
49–73Craft ~38× Linen Beltcosts 24silver70copperafter selling for 8silver36copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
73–76Craft ~6× Reinforced Linen Capecosts 7silver2copperafter selling for 4silver2copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
76–95Craft ~28× Red Linen Bagearns 33silver88copperafter selling for 1gold62silver12copper
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)
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothcosts 11silver90copperafter selling for 2gold59silver70copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–131Craft ~12× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold44silver12copperafter selling for 89silver40copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
131–149Craft ~19× Small Silk Packcosts 60silver42copperafter selling for 5gold65silver25copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
149–165Craft ~17× Green Silk Packearns 6gold15silver74copperafter selling for 13gold72silver75copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 4gold18silver98copper
165–171Craft ~6× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 79silver68copperafter selling for 1gold47silver84copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Fine Thread (vendor)
171–172Craft ~2× Black Silk Packearns 93silver80copperafter selling for 2gold9silver10copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 3gold14silver21copper
172–180Craft ~8× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold51silver4copperafter selling for 3gold86silver56copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskcosts 1gold46silver2copperafter selling for 4gold88silver88copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Threadbuy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 80silver
191–195Craft ~6× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold13silver28copperafter selling for 2gold89silver92copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–213Craft ~19× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 2gold56silver69copperafter selling for 5gold76silver46copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
213–216Craft ~5× Long Silken Cloakcosts 2gold14silver5copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
216–234Craft ~23× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 15gold45silver60copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
234–262Craft ~36× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 43gold18silver56copperafter selling for 34gold97silver76copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 1gold
262–290Craft ~40× Wizardweave Robecosts 109gold46silverafter selling for 64gold37silver20copper
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)
290–300Craft ~32× Wizardweave Turbancosts 127gold57silver76copperafter selling for 40gold85silver76copper
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

656× Bolt of Runecloth234gold19silver20copper
208× Dream Dust102gold93silver92copper
108× Rune Threadvendor54gold
88× Bolt of Mageweave22gold96silver80copper
32× Star Ruby20gold54silver40copper
203× Bolt of Silk Cloth17gold72silver19copper
72× Gold Bar8gold75silver52copper
95× Runecloth8gold33silver15copper
116× Silken Threadvendor5gold80silver
140× Silk Cloth2gold71silver60copper
14× Heavy Silken Thread2gold66silver
168× Fine Threadvendor1gold68silver
89× Heavy Leather1gold66silver43copper
164× Bolt of Linen Cloth1gold26silver28copper
164× Linen Cloth37silver72copper
40× Red Dyevendor20silver
2× Black Dyevendor20silver
17× Green Dyevendor17silver
5× Mana Potion14silver45copper
24× Blue Dyevendor12silver
58× Coarse Threadvendor5silver80copper
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.