Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials66gold14silver13copper
Sell back76gold83silver63copper
You earn10gold69silver50copper

Steps

1–60Craft ~149× Rough Dynamiteearns 35silver76copperafter selling for 1gold1silver32copper
recipe →each: 1× Rough Blasting Powder, 1× Linen Cloth
60–65Craft ~6× Rough Copper Bombcosts 12silver12copperafter selling for 7silver20copper
recipe →each: 1× Copper Bar, 1× Handful of Copper Bolts, 2× Rough Blasting Powder, 1× Linen Cloth
65–70Craft ~5× Rough Boomstickcosts 8silver85copperafter selling for 11silver40copper
recipe →each: 1× Copper Tube, 1× Handful of Copper Bolts, 1× Wooden Stock
70–92Craft ~26× Coarse Blasting Powdercosts 1silver30copperafter selling for 10silver92copper
recipe →each: 1× Coarse Stone
92–96Craft ~6× Coarse Dynamitecosts 5silver10copperafter selling for 4silver50copper
recipe →each: 3× Coarse Blasting Powder, 1× Linen Cloth
96–105Craft ~14× Crude Scopecosts 15silver54copperafter selling for 17silver50copper
recipe →each: 1× Copper Tube, 1× Malachite, 1× Handful of Copper Bolts
105–110Craft ~5× Silver Contactcosts 10silver60copperafter selling for 6silver25copper
recipe →each: 1× Silver Bar
110–127Craft ~18× Heavy Dynamitecosts 11silver52copperafter selling for 64silver8copper
recipe →each: 2× Heavy Blasting Powder, 1× Wool Cloth
127–130Craft ~3× Flying Tiger Gogglescosts 2silver22copperafter selling for 12silver24copper
recipe →each: 6× Light Leather, 2× Tigerseye
130–155Craft ~27× Bronze Frameworkearns 18silver63copperafter selling for 1gold64silver16copper
recipe →each: 2× Bronze Bar, 1× Medium Leather, 1× Wool Cloth
155–175Craft ~21× Gyrochronatomearns 29silver82copperafter selling for 1gold57silver50copper
recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar, 1× Gold Power Core
175–230Craft ~187× Big Iron Bombearns 5gold90silver92copperafter selling for 29gold43silver38copper
recipe →each: 3× Iron Bar, 3× Heavy Blasting Powder, 1× Silver Contact
230–244Craft ~15× Catseye Ultra Gogglesearns 6gold71silver85copperafter selling for 14gold10silver75copper
recipe →each: 4× Thick Leather, 2× Aquamarine, 1× Catseye Draughtbuy Schematic: Catseye Ultra Goggles first: 8silver45copper
244–259Craft ~26× Dense Blasting Powdercosts 12silver22copperafter selling for 2gold21silver78copper
recipe →each: 2× Dense Stone
259–260Craft ~1× Green Lensearns 63silver66copperafter selling for 1gold75silver75copper
recipe →each: 8× Thick Leather, 3× Jade, 3× Aquamarine, 2× Heart of the Wild, 2× Wildvine
260–285Craft ~26× Thorium Widgetearns 1gold89silver28copperafter selling for 16gold54silver90copper
recipe →each: 3× Thorium Bar, 1× Runeclothbuy Schematic: Thorium Widget first: 3gold
285–300Craft ~15× Thorium Shellsearns 97silver50copperafter selling for 7gold20silver
recipe →each: 2× Thorium Bar, 1× Dense Blasting Powderbuy Schematic: Thorium Shells first: 2gold40silver

Shopping list

108× Thorium Bar17gold56silver8copper
582× Iron Bar15gold13silver20copper
597× Heavy Blasting Powder9gold1silver47copper
68× Thick Leather3gold99silver84copper
33× Aquamarine3gold67silver95copper
52× Dense Stone2gold34silver
26× Runecloth1gold97silver34copper
15× Dense Blasting Powder1gold34silver70copper
54× Bronze Bar90silver18copper
21× Gold Power Core73silver8copper
45× Wool Cloth53silver10copper
15× Catseye Draught51silver60copper
187× Silver Contact46silver75copper
161× Linen Cloth40silver25copper
161× Rough Blasting Powder30silver59copper
27× Medium Leather23silver49copper
19× Copper Tube22silver80copper
3× Jade21silver
5× Silver Bar16silver85copper
26× Coarse Stone12silver22copper
6× Copper Bar9silver54copper
5× Wooden Stock9silver25copper
18× Coarse Blasting Powder8silver10copper
18× Light Leather7silver92copper
6× Tigerseye6silver54copper
2× Wildvine2silver60copper
14× Malachite2silver24copper

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.