Level a profession

Cheapest path with EU · Normal · Horde prices ·

Profession
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Materials361gold45silver47copper
Sell back159gold9silver31copper
Net cost202gold36silver16copper

Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagearns 50silver75copperafter selling for 3gold50silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–79Craft ~22× Blue Linen Vestcosts 6silver60copperafter selling for 37silver62copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 2silver
79–91Craft ~22× Blue Linen Robecosts 14silver30copperafter selling for 53silver46copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 5silver88copper
91–95Craft ~9× Red Linen Bagearns 2silver88copperafter selling for 33silver30copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 4silver78copper
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 11silver20copperafter selling for 2gold85silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–130Craft ~11× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold15silver50copperafter selling for 95silver48copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
130–147Craft ~18× Bolt of Mageweaveearns 61silver38copperafter selling for 4gold59silver18copper
recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth
147–149Craft ~3× Small Silk Packcosts 38silver19copperafter selling for 60silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
149–165Craft ~17× Green Silk Packearns 2gold64silver86copperafter selling for 10gold17silver96copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 1gold75silver
165–176Craft ~12× Long Silken Cloakcosts 1gold93silver32copperafter selling for 3gold7silver68copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread
176–180Craft ~4× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 81silver48copperafter selling for 1gold93silver28copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskearns 2gold56silver76copperafter selling for 9gold4silver40copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach, 1× Heavy Silken Threadbuy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 15silver
191–195Craft ~6× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold22silver22copperafter selling for 2gold89silver92copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread
195–214Craft ~22× Bolt of Runeclothearns 1silver76copperafter selling for 7gold37silver66copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
214–217Craft ~5× Long Silken Cloakcosts 2gold8silver75copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread
217–232Craft ~18× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 12gold36silver42copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread
232–252Craft ~21× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 22gold83silver96copperafter selling for 20gold40silver36copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 59silver
252–283Craft ~40× Runecloth Headbandcosts 55gold32silver80copperafter selling for 45gold43silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Runecloth Headband first: 5gold55silver
283–298Craft ~33× Ghostweave Hoodcosts 81gold48silver69copperafter selling for 45gold21copper
recipe →each: 6× Bolt of Runecloth, 3× Ghost Dye, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Threadneeds Pattern: Ghostweave Hood (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
298–300Craft ~2× Loomcosts 20gold86silver86copper
recipe →each: 1× Bottled Screams, 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Simple Wood (vendor)

Shopping list

450× Bolt of Runecloth160gold78silver50copper
94× Rune Thread46gold6silver
146× Ironweb Spider Silk43gold78silver54copper
99× Ghost Dye19gold78silver2copper
70× Bolt of Mageweave18gold80silver20copper
2× Bottled Screams17gold97silver98copper
167× Bolt of Silk Cloth14gold34silver53copper
110× Runecloth7gold35silver90copper
101× Silken Thread5gold3silver99copper
90× Mageweave Cloth3gold97silver80copper
715× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold36silver5copper
42× Gold Bar2gold94silver
140× Silk Cloth2gold74silver40copper
14× Heavy Silken Thread2gold68silver80copper
57× Heavy Leather1gold12silver86copper
80× Fine Threadvendor80silver
591× Coarse Threadvendor59silver10copper
88× Blue Dyevendor44silver
17× Mana Potion40silver80copper
17× Green Dyevendor17silver
9× Red Dyevendor4silver50copper
8× Simple Woodvendor3silver4copper
14× Bleach2silver80copper

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.