Level a profession

Steps

1–36Craft ~44× Rough Sharpening Stonecosts 1silver32copperafter selling for 1silver76copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

36–84Craft ~141× Rough Grinding Stonecosts 12silver69copperafter selling for 7silver5copper

recipe →each: 2× Rough Stone

84–85Craft ~7× Coarse Grinding Stoneearns 2silver3copperafter selling for 6silver65copper

recipe →each: 2× Coarse Stone

85–110Craft ~29× Blackfathom Sharpening Stonecosts 14silver50copperafter selling for 36silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Coarse Sharpening Stone, 1× Lesser Magic Essence

110–130Craft ~27× Iron Buckleearns 2silver70copperafter selling for 69silver12copper

recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar

130–135Craft ~7× Bronze Shortswordcosts 15silver89copperafter selling for 79silver52copper

recipe →each: 5× Bronze Bar, 4× Weak Flux (vendor), 2× Medium Leather

135–140Craft ~5× Green Iron Shoulderscosts 11silverafter selling for 1gold28silver55copper

recipe →each: 7× Iron Bar, 1× Heavy Grinding Stone, 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Plans: Green Iron Shoulders first: 14silver

140–150Craft ~10× Green Iron Leggingscosts 9silver20copperafter selling for 2gold94silver50copper

recipe →each: 8× Iron Bar, 1× Heavy Grinding Stone, 1× Green Dye (vendor)

150–200Craft ~121× Barbaric Iron Helmearns 9gold93silver27copperafter selling for 43gold74silver1copper

recipe →each: 10× Iron Bar, 2× Large Fang, 2× Sharp Clawbuy Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm first: 8gold

200–211Craft ~12× Mithril Plate Pantscosts 3gold72silver84copperafter selling for 9gold66silver36copper

recipe →each: 12× Mithril Bar

211–215Craft ~4× Mithril Coifcosts 1gold42silver56copperafter selling for 3gold42silver

recipe →each: 10× Mithril Bar, 6× Mageweave Cloth

215–235Craft ~27× Dense Sharpening Stoneearns 77silver22copperafter selling for 2gold18silver43copper

recipe →each: 1× Dense Stone

235–260Craft ~45× Baleful Pauldronscosts 0copper

recipe →each:

260–261Craft ~3× Runed Mithril Hammercosts 2gold34silver36copperafter selling for 4gold33silver80copper

recipe →each: 18× Mithril Bar, 2× Core of Earth, 1× Solid Grinding Stone, 4× Thick Leatherbuy Plans: Runed Mithril Hammer first: 1gold4silver

261–265Craft ~5× Thorium Greatswordcosts 9gold78silver20copperafter selling for 11gold76silver70copper

recipe →each: 16× Thorium Bar, 2× Dense Grinding Stone, 4× Rugged Leather

265–288Craft ~24× Radiant Bootscosts 43gold61silver4copperafter selling for 39gold41silver4copper

recipe →each: 14× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Firebuy Plans: Radiant Boots first: 1gold

288–300Craft ~12× Radiant Leggingscosts 24gold79silver44copperafter selling for 30gold39silver60copper

recipe →each: 20× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Firebuy Plans: Radiant Leggings first: 1gold30silver99copper

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Copy for Auctionator

656× Thorium Bar124gold64silver

1,352× Iron Bar33gold25silver92copper

144× Heart of Fire28gold77silver12copper

238× Mithril Bar22gold13silver40copper

10× Dense Grinding Stone3gold31silver70copper

20× Rugged Leather3gold3silver20copper

242× Large Fang2gold39silver58copper

242× Sharp Claw1gold64silver56copper

15× Heavy Grinding Stone1gold45silver35copper

27× Dense Stone1gold41silver21copper

24× Mageweave Cloth1gold12silver56copper

12× Thick Leather77silver4copper

35× Bronze Bar61silver95copper

3× Solid Grinding Stone56silver40copper

29× Lesser Magic Essence34silver80copper

6× Core of Earth32silver52copper

28× Weak Fluxvendor28silver

326× Rough Stone22silver82copper

29× Coarse Sharpening Stone15silver95copper

15× Green Dyevendor15silver

14× Medium Leather5silver46copper

14× Coarse Stone4silver62copper

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.