Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfireearns 2silver88copperafter selling for 6silver30copper

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).

10–60Craft ~52× Kaldorei Spider Kabobearns 10silver40copperafter selling for 11silver96copper

recipe →each: 1× Small Spider Legbuy Recipe: Kaldorei Spider Kabob first: 2gold2silver34copper

60–100Craft ~40× Blood Sausageearns 1gold20silver80copperafter selling for 1gold44silver

recipe →each: 1× Bear Meat, 1× Boar Intestines, 1× Spider Ichorbuy Recipe: Blood Sausage first: 2gold39silver49copper

100–141Craft ~41× Seasoned Wolf Kabobearns 2gold65silver68copperafter selling for 3gold71silver46copper

recipe →each: 2× Lean Wolf Flank, 1× Mild Spicesbuy Recipe: Seasoned Wolf Kabob first: 2gold20silver51copper

141–175Craft ~35× Curiously Tasty Omeletearns 4silver55copperafter selling for 52silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Raptor Egg, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet first: 23silver

175–242Craft ~84× Giant Clam Scorchoearns 1gold41silver12copperafter selling for 4gold1silver52copper

recipe →each: 1× Giant Clam Meat, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Giant Clam Scorcho first: 1gold25silver

242–300Craft ~103× Filet of Redgillearns 14silver42copperafter selling for 21silver63copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Redgillbuy Recipe: Filet of Redgill first: 1gold90silver

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

84× Giant Clam Meat2gold26silver80copper

82× Lean Wolf Flank1gold4silver14copper

119× Hot Spicesvendor47silver60copper

35× Raptor Egg33silver95copper

40× Bear Meat9silver60copper

103× Raw Redgill7silver21copper

40× Boar Intestines7silver20copper

40× Spider Ichor6silver40copper

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

41× Mild Spices1silver64copper

52× Small Spider Leg1silver56copper

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.