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Profession
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Materials528gold5silver1copper
Sell back165gold44silver46copper
Net cost362gold60silver55copper

Steps

1–48Craft ~82× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 13silver12copperafter selling for 49silver20copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
48–49Craft ~2× Brown Linen Vestcosts 1silverafter selling for 62copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
49–72Craft ~35× Linen Beltcosts 20silver65copperafter selling for 7silver70copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
72–75Craft ~5× Reinforced Linen Capecosts 5silver25copperafter selling for 3silver35copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
75–95Craft ~29× Red Linen Bagcosts 2silver61copperafter selling for 1gold23silver25copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 1gold
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothcosts 10silver15copperafter selling for 2gold48silver85copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–130Craft ~11× Azure Silk Hoodearns 74silver80copperafter selling for 2gold81silver38copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
130–150Craft ~27× Bolt of Mageweaveearns 2gold61silver36copperafter selling for 6gold67silver71copper
recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth
150–166Craft ~17× Green Silk Packearns 6gold66silver57copperafter selling for 14gold46copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 2gold70silver
166–177Craft ~12× Black Silk Packearns 3gold38silver40copperafter selling for 10gold9silver80copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 98silver87copper
177–180Craft ~3× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 60silver78copperafter selling for 72silver90copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskcosts 2gold2silver2copperafter selling for 4gold88silver88copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 40silver
191–195Craft ~6× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold49silver28copperafter selling for 2gold89silver92copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–213Craft ~19× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 3gold63silver85copperafter selling for 5gold83silver30copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
213–219Craft ~10× Long Silken Cloakcosts 4gold11silver90copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
219–240Craft ~33× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 24gold15silver60copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
240–251Craft ~12× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 24gold28silver32copperafter selling for 11gold65silver92copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 60silver
251–284Craft ~44× Runecloth Headbandcosts 109gold26silver96copperafter selling for 49gold97silver52copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Runecloth Headband first: 1gold94silver
284–300Craft ~41× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 187gold2silver56copperafter selling for 51gold53silver70copper
recipe →each: 7× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 4× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Runecloth Shoulders first: 11gold51silver

Shopping list

511× Bolt of Runecloth286gold5silver78copper
170× Ironweb Spider Silk74gold80silver
97× Rune Threadvendor48gold50silver
92× Bolt of Mageweave26gold77silver20copper
164× Rugged Leather21gold32silver
202× Bolt of Silk Cloth16gold94silver78copper
95× Runecloth9gold47silver15copper
133× Silken Threadvendor6gold65silver
135× Mageweave Cloth4gold6silver35copper
24× Gold Bar3gold7silver20copper
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
140× Silk Cloth2gold59silver
139× Fine Threadvendor1gold39silver
12× Black Dyevendor1gold20silver
163× Bolt of Linen Cloth1gold15silver73copper
51× Heavy Leather95silver37copper
164× Linen Cloth36silver8copper
10× Mana Potion26silver30copper
35× Red Dyevendor17silver50copper
17× Green Dyevendor17silver
22× Blue Dyevendor11silver
52× Coarse Threadvendor5silver20copper
14× Bleachvendor3silver50copper

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.