Level a profession

Steps

1–36Craft ~44× Rough Sharpening Stonecosts 2silver64copperafter selling for 1silver76copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

36–84Craft ~141× Rough Grinding Stonecosts 21silver15copperafter selling for 7silver5copper

recipe →each: 2× Rough Stone

84–85Craft ~2× Silver Skeleton Keycosts 4silver72copperafter selling for 2silver

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

85–110Craft ~29× Blackfathom Sharpening Stonecosts 29silver58copperafter selling for 36silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Coarse Sharpening Stone, 1× Lesser Magic Essence

110–130Craft ~27× Iron Bucklecosts 5silver40copperafter selling for 66silver42copper

recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar

130–139Craft ~14× Bronze Shortswordcosts 28silver98copperafter selling for 1gold72silver34copper

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

139–140Craft ~1× Green Iron Shoulderscosts 3silver53copperafter selling for 27silver53copper

recipe →each: 7× Iron Bar, 1× Heavy Grinding Stone, 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Plans: Green Iron Shoulders first: 10silver98copper

140–150Craft ~10× Green Iron Leggingscosts 46silver60copperafter selling for 2gold90silver60copper

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

150–200Craft ~121× Barbaric Iron Helmearns 21gold11silver49copperafter selling for 57gold46silver33copper

recipe →each: 10× Iron Bar, 2× Large Fang, 2× Sharp Clawbuy Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm first: 19gold99silver

200–215Craft ~16× Heavy Mithril Axecosts 1gold98silver88copperafter selling for 23gold56silver

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

215–235Craft ~27× Dense Sharpening Stoneearns 79silver38copperafter selling for 2gold4silver93copper

recipe →each: 1× Dense Stone

235–260Craft ~45× Baleful Pauldronscosts 0copper

recipe →each:

260–265Craft ~6× Thorium Greatswordcosts 7gold3silver68copperafter selling for 14gold12silver4copper

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

265–286Craft ~21× Radiant Bootscosts 22gold14silver87copperafter selling for 34gold48silver41copper

recipe →each: 14× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Firebuy Plans: Radiant Boots first: 99silver94copper

286–300Craft ~14× Radiant Leggingscosts 14gold87silver64copperafter selling for 35gold46silver20copper

recipe →each: 20× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Firebuy Plans: Radiant Leggings first: 1gold25silver

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Copy for Auctionator

670× Thorium Bar100gold36silver60copper

1,324× Iron Bar35gold21silver84copper

140× Heart of Fire20gold98silver60copper

192× Mithril Bar19gold58silver40copper

12× Dense Grinding Stone3gold59silver64copper

24× Rugged Leather3gold18silver

242× Large Fang2gold97silver66copper

32× Citrine2gold80silver

16× Solid Grinding Stone1gold75silver68copper

64× Heavy Leather1gold40silver80copper

11× Heavy Grinding Stone1gold25silver84copper

27× Dense Stone1gold25silver55copper

242× Sharp Claw1gold18silver58copper

70× Bronze Bar1gold17silver60copper

56× Weak Fluxvendor56silver

29× Lesser Magic Essence42silver63copper

326× Rough Stone32silver60copper

28× Medium Leather27silver72copper

29× Coarse Sharpening Stone23silver20copper

11× Green Dyevendor11silver

2× Silver Bar6silver60copper

2× Rough Grinding Stone12copper

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.