Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials306gold2silver46copper
Sell back122gold41silver17copper
Net cost183gold61silver29copper

Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagearns 40silver25copperafter selling for 3gold50silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–76Craft ~16× Blue Linen Vestearns 7silver4copperafter selling for 39silver36copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dyebuy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 16silver19copper
76–95Craft ~37× Blue Linen Robeearns 27silver1copperafter selling for 1gold40silver23copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dyebuy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 5silver5copper
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 13silver30copperafter selling for 2gold82silver10copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–124Craft ~7× Red Woolen Bagearns 30silver80copperafter selling for 1gold39silver58copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Woolen Bag first: 5silver65copper
124–132Craft ~9× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 89silver28copperafter selling for 80silver64copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye, 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
132–149Craft ~18× Small Silk Packcosts 2gold30silver58copperafter selling for 3gold60silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
149–163Craft ~15× Green Silk Packearns 2gold26silver5copperafter selling for 8gold93silver10copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 1gold
163–177Craft ~15× Black Silk Packearns 1gold29silver15copperafter selling for 9gold69silver
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye, 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 55silver99copper
177–180Craft ~3× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 60silver48copperafter selling for 72silver90copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskearns 1gold30silver20copperafter selling for 8gold51silver6copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Threadbuy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 12silver55copper
191–193Craft ~3× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 87silver99copperafter selling for 1gold48silver20copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread
193–195Craft ~2× Crimson Silk Beltcosts 82silver2copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Iron Buckle, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Silken Thread
195–214Craft ~22× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 30silver14copperafter selling for 8gold27silver86copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
214–220Craft ~10× Long Silken Cloakcosts 4gold11silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread
220–233Craft ~17× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 13gold38silver41copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread
233–250Craft ~18× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 23gold92silver56copperafter selling for 17gold48silver88copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 44silver
250–285Craft ~47× Runecloth Headbandcosts 72gold52silver10copperafter selling for 53gold38silver26copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Runecloth Headband first: 1gold43silver
285–300Craft ~15× Loomcosts 66gold7silver50copper
recipe →each: 1× Bottled Screams, 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Simple Wood (vendor)

Shopping list

320× Bolt of Runecloth131gold20silver
15× Bottled Screams41gold24silver70copper
65× Rune Thread32gold42silver20copper
94× Ironweb Spider Silk25gold38silver
267× Bolt of Silk Cloth22gold66silver83copper
54× Bolt of Mageweave17gold40silver96copper
110× Runecloth8gold58silver
78× Silken Thread3gold70silver50copper
721× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold53silver29copper
36× Gold Bar2gold91silver60copper
140× Silk Cloth2gold68silver80copper
14× Heavy Silken Thread2gold66silver
81× Heavy Leather1gold75silver77copper
175× Fine Threadvendor1gold75silver
15× Black Dye1gold43silver10copper
28× Bolt of Woolen Cloth98silver28copper
615× Coarse Threadvendor61silver50copper
108× Blue Dye48silver60copper
10× Mana Potion24silver50copper
60× Simple Woodvendor22silver80copper
15× Green Dyevendor15silver
17× Red Dyevendor8silver50copper
14× Bleachvendor3silver50copper
2× Iron Buckle2silver60copper

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.