Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials23gold90silver94copper
Sell back14gold76silver88copper
Net cost9gold14silver6copper

Steps

1–15Craft ~21× Elixir of Minor Forcecosts 1silver68copperafter selling for 7silver56copper
recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vial
15–20Craft ~5× Mana Wellcosts 3silver35copperafter selling for 3silver40copper
recipe →each: 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial
20–25Craft ~12× Elixir of Minor Spiritcosts 5silver28copperafter selling for 45silver48copper
recipe →each: 2× Earthroot, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Elixir of Minor Spirit first: 6silver50copper
25–33Craft ~9× Minor Mageblood Elixirearns 13silver77copperafter selling for 25silver92copper
recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Minor Mageblood Elixir first: 1gold3silver
33–35Craft ~2× Minor Mender's Potioncosts 2silver24copperafter selling for 1silver86copper
recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Bruiseweed, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Minor Mender's Potion first: 47silver
35–40Craft ~5× Minor Spellblasting Potioncosts 6silver35copperafter selling for 1silver85copper
recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Minor Spellblasting Potion first: 39silver
40–60Craft ~21× Elixir of Minor Defensecosts 33silver39copperafter selling for 1silver5copper
recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial
60–85Craft ~25× Rage Potioncosts 24silver50copperafter selling for 20silver75copper
recipe →each: 1× Sharp Claw, 1× Briarthorn, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Rage Potion first: 19silver
85–92Craft ~8× Lesser Spellblasting Potionearns 24copperafter selling for 10silver88copper
recipe →each: 1× Mageroyal, 2× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Lesser Spellblasting Potion first: 15silver70copper
92–105Craft ~17× Rage Potioncosts 16silver66copperafter selling for 14silver11copper
recipe →each: 1× Sharp Claw, 1× Briarthorn, 1× Empty Vial
105–135Craft ~34× Elixir of Wisdomcosts 58silver14copperafter selling for 34silver
recipe →each: 1× Mageroyal, 2× Briarthorn, 1× Empty Vial
135–164Craft ~38× Fire Oilearns 2silver66copperafter selling for 41silver4copper
recipe →each: 2× Firefin Snapper, 1× Empty Vial
164–170Craft ~7× Elixir of Fire Powercosts 15silver82copperafter selling for 2silver45copper
recipe →each: 2× Fire Oil, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Leaded Vial
170–175Craft ~5× Lesser Invisibility Potionearns 7silver55copperafter selling for 21silver30copper
recipe →each: 1× Fadeleaf, 1× Wild Steelbloom, 1× Leaded Vial
175–225Craft ~74× Great Rage Potioncosts 8silver88copperafter selling for 1gold71silver68copper
recipe →each: 1× Large Fang, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Leaded Vialbuy Recipe: Great Rage Potion first: 31silver46copper
225–235Craft ~16× Draught of Detect Lesser Invisibilitycosts 44silver80copperafter selling for 24silver
recipe →each: 1× Khadgar's Whisker, 1× Fadeleaf, 1× Leaded Vial
235–260Craft ~45× Stonescale Oilearns 1gold37silver70copperafter selling for 2gold28silver60copper
recipe →each: 1× Stonescale Eel, 1× Leaded Vial
260–271Craft ~18× Elixir of Greater Intellectcosts 1gold31silver4copperafter selling for 1gold96silver38copper
recipe →each: 1× Blindweed, 1× Khadgar's Whisker, 1× Crystal Vial
271–290Craft ~21× Elixir of Greater Defensecosts 1gold99silver92copperafter selling for 2gold58silver93copper
recipe →each: 2× Stonescale Oil, 1× Sungrass, 1× Crystal Vial
290–300Craft ~11× Greater Stoneshield Potionearns 37silver73copperafter selling for 3gold65silver64copper
recipe →each: 3× Stonescale Oil, 1× Thorium Ore, 1× Crystal Vialbuy Recipe: Greater Stoneshield Potion first: 3gold

Shopping list

50× Crystal Vial2gold74silver50copper
21× Sungrass2gold31silver
75× Stonescale Oil2gold1silver
18× Blindweed1gold82silver70copper
11× Thorium Ore1gold79silver8copper
110× Briarthorn1gold7silver80copper
34× Khadgar's Whisker86silver70copper
81× Kingsblood77silver76copper
74× Large Fang73silver26copper
147× Leaded Vial72silver3copper
45× Stonescale Eel68silver85copper
43× Peacebloom51silver60copper
64× Mageroyal38silver40copper
24× Earthroot34silver56copper
76× Firefin Snapper32silver68copper
197× Empty Vial29silver55copper
42× Sharp Claw28silver56copper
21× Fadeleaf26silver46copper
63× Silverleaf18silver27copper
14× Fire Oil8silver12copper
5× Wild Steelbloom5silver
2× Bruiseweed1silver40copper

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.