Level a profession

Steps

1–21Craft ~20× Rough Blasting Powdercosts 0copperafter selling for 80copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

21–60Craft ~129× Rough Dynamiteearns 1gold5silver36copperafter selling for 1gold72silver44copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Blasting Powder, 1× Linen Cloth

60–65Craft ~6× Rough Copper Bombcosts 17silver22copperafter selling for 20silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Copper Bar, 1× Handful of Copper Bolts, 2× Rough Blasting Powder, 1× Linen Cloth

65–70Craft ~5× Copper Tubecosts 9silver95copperafter selling for 16silver95copper

recipe →each: 2× Copper Bar, 1× Weak Flux (vendor)

70–88Craft ~19× Coarse Blasting Powdercosts 7silver3copperafter selling for 6silver46copper

recipe →each: 1× Coarse Stone

88–103Craft ~30× Coarse Dynamitecosts 22silver20copperafter selling for 22silver50copper

recipe →each: 3× Coarse Blasting Powder, 1× Linen Cloth

103–106Craft ~3× Bronze Tubeearns 7silver89copperafter selling for 28silver5copper

recipe →each: 2× Bronze Bar, 1× Weak Flux (vendor)

106–110Craft ~4× Silver Contactcosts 11silver40copperafter selling for 12silver60copper

recipe →each: 1× Silver Bar

110–130Craft ~21× Heavy Blasting Powderearns 15silver75copperafter selling for 74silver55copper

recipe →each: 1× Heavy Stone

130–160Craft ~33× Bronze Frameworkearns 1gold4silver61copperafter selling for 3gold56silver73copper

recipe →each: 2× Bronze Bar, 1× Medium Leather, 1× Wool Cloth

160–185Craft ~29× Solid Blasting Powderearns 3gold12silver91copperafter selling for 4gold36silver45copper

recipe →each: 2× Solid Stone

185–190Craft ~5× Craftsman's Monoclecosts 15silver50copperafter selling for 1gold31silver60copper

recipe →each: 6× Heavy Leather, 2× Citrinebuy Schematic: Craftsman's Monocle first: 9gold99silver

190–193Craft ~4× EZ-Thro Fireproof Fusecosts 7silverafter selling for 12silver

recipe →each: 1× Silver Contact, 1× Pristine Hideneeds Schematic: EZ-Thro Fireproof Fuse (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

193–220Craft ~39× Craftsman's Monoclecosts 1gold20silver90copperafter selling for 10gold26silver48copper

recipe →each: 6× Heavy Leather, 2× Citrine

220–257Craft ~56× Catseye Ultra Gogglesearns 5gold66silver8copperafter selling for 32gold55silver20copper

recipe →each: 4× Thick Leather, 2× Aquamarine, 1× Catseye Draughtbuy Schematic: Catseye Ultra Goggles first: 10silver

257–280Craft ~35× Green Lenscosts 8gold91silver45copperafter selling for 27gold19silver50copper

recipe →each: 8× Thick Leather, 3× Jade, 3× Aquamarine, 2× Heart of the Wild, 2× Wildvine

280–300Craft ~72× Thorium Widgetcosts 62gold58silver96copperafter selling for 18gold

recipe →each: 3× Thorium Bar, 1× Runeclothbuy Schematic: Thorium Widget first: 2gold48silver

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

216× Thorium Bar73gold61silver28copper

504× Thick Leather25gold20silver

217× Aquamarine21gold72silver17copper

88× Citrine7gold95silver52copper

105× Jade7gold39silver20copper

72× Runecloth6gold97silver68copper

264× Heavy Leather4gold98silver96copper

56× Catseye Draught4gold48silver

70× Heart of the Wild3gold57silver

72× Bronze Bar2gold5silver92copper

58× Solid Stone1gold23silver54copper

70× Wildvine63silver70copper

21× Heavy Stone58silver80copper

165× Linen Cloth42silver90copper

33× Wool Cloth38silver28copper

90× Coarse Blasting Powder36silver90copper

141× Rough Blasting Powder36silver66copper

16× Copper Bar35silver4copper

33× Medium Leather25silver8copper

4× Silver Bar24silver

6× Handful of Copper Bolts19silver80copper

4× Pristine Hide16silver

19× Coarse Stone13silver49copper

8× Weak Fluxvendor8silver

4× Silver Contact3silver

20× Rough Stone80copper

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.