Level a profession

Cheapest path with EU · Normal · Horde prices ·

Profession
→
Materials19gold71silver29copper
Sell back20gold94silver81copper
You earn1gold23silver52copper

Steps

1–45Craft ~50× Linen Bandagecosts 5silverafter selling for 5silver
recipe →each: 1× Linen Cloth
45–65Craft ~23× Heavy Linen Bandagecosts 4silver60copperafter selling for 4silver60copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
65–130Craft ~102× Anti-Venomcosts 15silver30copperafter selling for 85silver68copper
recipe →each: 1× Small Venom Sac
130–135Craft ~6× Strong Anti-Venomcosts 6copperafter selling for 11silver16copper
recipe →each: 1× Large Venom Sacbuy Manual: Strong Anti-Venom first: 10silver90copper
135–180Craft ~57× Silk Bandageearns 4silver56copperafter selling for 1gold14silver
recipe →each: 1× Silk Cloth
180–240Craft ~281× Heavy Silk Bandageearns 44silver96copperafter selling for 11gold24silver
recipe →each: 2× Silk Clothbuy Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage first: 31silver89copper
240–245Craft ~11× Mageweave Bandagecosts 8silver47copperafter selling for 44silver
recipe →each: 1× Mageweave Clothbuy Manual: Mageweave Bandage first: 63silver98copper
245–290Craft ~57× Runecloth Bandageearns 1gold85silver82copperafter selling for 5gold40silver93copper
recipe →each: 1× Runecloth
290–300Craft ~11× Heavy Runecloth Bandageearns 28silver38copperafter selling for 1gold65silver44copper
recipe →each: 2× Runecloth

Shopping list

619× Silk Cloth11gold88silver48copper
79× Runecloth4gold92silver17copper
102× Small Venom Sac1gold98copper
11× Mageweave Cloth52silver47copper
96× Linen Cloth19silver20copper
6× Large Venom Sac11silver22copper

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.