Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials490gold55silver2copper
Sell back178gold18silver38copper
Net cost312gold36silver64copper

Steps

1–46Craft ~68× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 7silver48copperafter selling for 40silver12copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
46–49Craft ~4× Brown Linen Vestcosts 1silver96copperafter selling for 1silver24copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
49–72Craft ~35× Linen Beltcosts 20silver30copperafter selling for 7silver70copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
72–75Craft ~5× Reinforced Linen Capecosts 5silver15copperafter selling for 3silver35copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
75–95Craft ~29× Red Linen Bagearns 72silver50copperafter selling for 1gold97silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 50silver
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothcosts 30silver45copperafter selling for 2gold36silver95copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–130Craft ~11× Azure Silk Hoodearns 84silver4copperafter selling for 2gold81silver38copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
130–150Craft ~27× Bolt of Mageweaveearns 3gold28silver86copperafter selling for 6gold38silver1copper
recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth
150–165Craft ~16× Green Silk Packearns 6gold52silver48copperafter selling for 13gold18silver24copper
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
165–178Craft ~15× Black Silk Packearns 5gold94silver45copperafter selling for 14gold2silver20copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 98silver87copper
178–180Craft ~2× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 37silver16copperafter selling for 48silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskearns 3gold86silver40copperafter selling for 10gold59silver10copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 39silver
191–195Craft ~6× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold33silver68copperafter selling for 2gold89silver92copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–213Craft ~19× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 1gold21silver22copperafter selling for 7gold99silver33copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
213–219Craft ~10× Long Silken Cloakcosts 3gold98silver80copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
219–238Craft ~28× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 19gold76silver80copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
238–252Craft ~15× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 26gold43silver60copperafter selling for 14gold57silver40copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 60silver
252–284Craft ~43× Runecloth Headbandcosts 95gold64silver6copperafter selling for 48gold83silver94copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Runecloth Headband (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
284–300Craft ~41× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 167gold60silver80copperafter 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

519× Bolt of Runecloth256gold90silver50copper
168× Ironweb Spider Silk73gold92silver
99× Rune Threadvendor49gold50silver
82× Bolt of Mageweave22gold79silver60copper
164× Rugged Leather20gold50silver
209× Bolt of Silk Cloth16gold65silver73copper
95× Runecloth9gold20silver55copper
116× Silken Threadvendor5gold80silver
30× Gold Bar3gold81silver
135× Mageweave Cloth3gold9silver15copper
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
140× Silk Cloth2gold67silver40copper
15× Black Dyevendor1gold50silver
148× Fine Threadvendor1gold48silver
165× Bolt of Linen Cloth1gold15silver50copper
48× Heavy Leather91silver68copper
136× Linen Cloth32silver64copper
10× Mana Potion30silver
33× Red Dyevendor16silver50copper
16× Green Dyevendor16silver
22× Blue Dyevendor11silver
54× Coarse Threadvendor5silver40copper
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.