Level a profession

Steps

1–36Craft ~44× Rough Sharpening Stonecosts 2silver20copperafter selling for 1silver32copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

36–84Craft ~141× Rough Grinding Stonecosts 15silver51copperafter selling for 7silver5copper

recipe →each: 2× Rough Stone

84–85Craft ~2× Silver Skeleton Keycosts 4silver56copperafter selling for 2silver

recipe →each: 1× Silver Bar, 1× Rough Grinding Stone

85–112Craft ~38× Heavy Sharpening Stoneearns 50silver54copperafter selling for 75silver24copper

recipe →each: 1× Heavy Stone

112–129Craft ~20× Iron Bucklecosts 15silverafter selling for 44silver80copper

recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar

129–135Craft ~8× Bronze Shortswordcosts 24silver40copperafter selling for 90silver88copper

recipe →each: 5× Bronze Bar, 4× Weak Flux (vendor), 2× Medium Leather

135–140Craft ~5× Green Iron Shoulderscosts 22silver25copperafter selling for 1gold28silver55copper

recipe →each: 7× Iron Bar, 1× Heavy Grinding Stone, 1× Green Dyebuy Plans: Green Iron Shoulders first: 14silver99copper

140–150Craft ~10× Green Iron Leggingscosts 37silver20copperafter selling for 2gold94silver30copper

recipe →each: 8× Iron Bar, 1× Heavy Grinding Stone, 1× Green Dye

150–200Craft ~121× Barbaric Iron Helmearns 10gold53silver33copperafter selling for 49gold78silver57copper

recipe →each: 10× Iron Bar, 2× Large Fang, 2× Sharp Clawneeds Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

200–215Craft ~16× Heavy Mithril Axecosts 5gold82silver60copperafter selling for 24gold58silver20copper

recipe →each: 12× Mithril Bar, 2× Citrine, 1× Solid Grinding Stone, 4× Heavy Leather

215–235Craft ~27× Dense Sharpening Stoneearns 1gold44silver18copperafter selling for 2gold37silver6copper

recipe →each: 1× Dense Stone

235–260Craft ~45× Baleful Pauldronscosts 0copper

recipe →each:

260–265Craft ~6× Thorium Greatswordcosts 13gold86silver60copperafter selling for 14gold12silver4copper

recipe →each: 16× Thorium Bar, 2× Dense Grinding Stone, 4× Rugged Leather

265–289Craft ~25× Radiant Bootscosts 53gold34silver75copperafter selling for 41gold5silver25copper

recipe →each: 14× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Firebuy Plans: Radiant Boots first: 97silver99copper

289–300Craft ~11× Radiant Leggingscosts 28gold81silver34copperafter selling for 27gold86silver30copper

recipe →each: 20× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Firebuy Plans: Radiant Leggings first: 7gold80silver

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

666× Thorium Bar152gold78silver4copper

1,345× Iron Bar40gold21silver55copper

192× Mithril Bar24gold80silver64copper

144× Heart of Fire20gold31silver84copper

12× Dense Grinding Stone3gold36silver

32× Citrine2gold91silver20copper

24× Rugged Leather2gold60silver40copper

242× Large Fang1gold96silver2copper

16× Solid Grinding Stone1gold35silver84copper

64× Heavy Leather1gold33silver12copper

15× Heavy Grinding Stone1gold24silver20copper

242× Sharp Claw1gold11silver32copper

27× Dense Stone92silver88copper

40× Bronze Bar67silver60copper

32× Weak Fluxvendor32silver

326× Rough Stone26silver8copper

38× Heavy Stone24silver70copper

16× Medium Leather15silver68copper

15× Green Dye14silver25copper

2× Silver Bar6silver46copper

2× Rough Grinding Stone10copper

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.