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Profession
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Materials302gold28silver90copper
Sell back123gold17silver57copper
Net cost179gold11silver33copper

Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagearns 29silver75copperafter selling for 3gold50silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–76Craft ~16× Blue Linen Vestearns 6silver8copperafter selling for 39silver36copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dyebuy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 11silver99copper
76–95Craft ~37× Blue Linen Robeearns 24silver5copperafter 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 11silver90copperafter selling for 2gold75silver10copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–132Craft ~14× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold33silver42copperafter selling for 1gold25silver2copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye, 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
132–149Craft ~18× Small Silk Packcosts 2gold20silver32copperafter selling for 3gold60silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
149–163Craft ~15× Green Silk Packearns 2gold20silver35copperafter selling for 8gold76silver15copper
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
163–178Craft ~17× Black Silk Packearns 1gold23silver76copperafter selling for 10gold57silver57copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye, 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 60silver
178–180Craft ~2× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 39silver52copperafter selling for 48silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskearns 1gold27silver82copperafter selling for 8gold48silver54copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Threadbuy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 1gold99silver
191–194Craft ~4× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold12silver68copperafter selling for 1gold97silver60copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread
194–195Craft ~1× Long Silken Cloakcosts 39silver98copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread
195–214Craft ~22× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 17silver60copperafter selling for 8gold15silver10copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
214–220Craft ~10× Long Silken Cloakcosts 3gold99silver80copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread
220–232Craft ~15× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 11gold63silver55copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread
232–250Craft ~19× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 24gold22silver12copperafter selling for 18gold46silver4copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 44silver
250–285Craft ~47× Runecloth Headbandcosts 68gold75silver16copperafter 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 64gold67silver85copper
recipe →each: 1× Bottled Screams, 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Simple Wood

Shopping list

324× Bolt of Runecloth126gold36silver
15× Bottled Screams41gold9silver85copper
66× Rune Thread32gold90silver76copper
94× Ironweb Spider Silk25gold38silver
279× Bolt of Silk Cloth23gold10silver12copper
52× Bolt of Mageweave16gold29silver16copper
110× Runecloth8gold32silver70copper
721× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold67silver71copper
72× Silken Thread3gold57silver84copper
38× Gold Bar3gold56silver82copper
14× Heavy Silken Thread2gold78silver60copper
140× Silk Cloth2gold63silver20copper
181× Fine Threadvendor1gold81silver
81× Heavy Leather1gold78silver20copper
17× Black Dye1gold62silver1copper
615× Coarse Threadvendor61silver50copper
118× Blue Dye53silver10copper
11× Mana Potion20silver79copper
60× Simple Wood18silver
15× Green Dyevendor15silver
14× Bleachvendor3silver50copper
4× Red Dyevendor2silver

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.