Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials51gold67silver47copper
Sell back46gold36silver35copper
Net cost5gold31silver12copper

Steps

1–60Craft ~149× Rough Dynamiteearns 22silver35copperafter selling for 89silver40copper
recipe →each: 1× Rough Blasting Powder, 1× Linen Cloth
60–65Craft ~6× Rough Copper Bombcosts 20silver52copperafter selling for 7silver20copper
recipe →each: 1× Copper Bar, 1× Handful of Copper Bolts, 2× Rough Blasting Powder, 1× Linen Cloth
65–70Craft ~5× Copper Tubecosts 9silverafter selling for 15silver80copper
recipe →each: 2× Copper Bar, 1× Weak Flux (vendor)
70–91Craft ~24× Coarse Blasting Powdercosts 48copperafter selling for 7silver44copper
recipe →each: 1× Coarse Stone
91–102Craft ~22× Coarse Dynamitecosts 10silver78copperafter selling for 16silver50copper
recipe →each: 3× Coarse Blasting Powder, 1× Linen Cloth
102–110Craft ~8× Silver Contactcosts 15silver84copperafter selling for 10silver
recipe →each: 1× Silver Bar
110–120Craft ~10× Heavy Blasting Powderearns 6silver60copperafter selling for 38silver80copper
recipe →each: 1× Heavy Stone
120–146Craft ~26× Shadow Gogglesearns 1gold67silver96copperafter selling for 3gold45silver80copper
recipe →each: 4× Medium Leather, 2× Shadowgembuy Schematic: Shadow Goggles first: 2silver50copper
146–155Craft ~11× Bronze Frameworkearns 10silver12copperafter selling for 68silver97copper
recipe →each: 2× Bronze Bar, 1× Medium Leather, 1× Wool Cloth
155–171Craft ~16× Gyrochronatomearns 38silver72copperafter selling for 1gold42silver88copper
recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar, 1× Gold Power Core
171–180Craft ~10× Solid Dynamiteearns 28silver10copperafter selling for 91silver20copper
recipe →each: 1× Solid Blasting Powder, 1× Silk Cloth
180–190Craft ~16× Gyrochronatomearns 38silver72copperafter selling for 1gold42silver88copper
recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar, 1× Gold Power Core
190–193Craft ~4× EZ-Thro Fireproof Fuseearns 84silver56copperafter selling for 96silver28copper
recipe →each: 1× Silver Contact, 1× Pristine Hideneeds Schematic: EZ-Thro Fireproof Fuse (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
193–210Craft ~138× Gyrochronatomearns 3gold33silver96copperafter selling for 12gold32silver34copper
recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar, 1× Gold Power Core
210–232Craft ~52× Large Seaforium Chargeearns 42silver64copperafter selling for 7gold11silver36copper
recipe →each: 2× Solid Blasting Powder, 2× Heavy Leather, 1× Refreshing Spring Waterbuy Schematic: Large Seaforium Charge first: 7silver
232–235Craft ~3× Mithril Gyro-Shotcosts 40silver14copperafter selling for 42silver
recipe →each: 2× Mithril Bar, 2× Solid Blasting Powder
235–257Craft ~26× Dense Blasting Powdercosts 1gold48silver46copperafter selling for 1gold23silver50copper
recipe →each: 2× Dense Stone
257–266Craft ~10× Tinkerboxcosts 2gold45silver20copper
recipe →each: 1× Mithril Casing, 2× Gold Power Core
266–273Craft ~8× Tinkerbox: Magnetic Displacementcosts 2gold63silver28copper
recipe →each: 1× Unstable Trigger, 2× Iron Strut
273–285Craft ~13× Thorium Widgetcosts 3gold25silver65copperafter selling for 4gold94silver
recipe →each: 3× Thorium Bar, 1× Runeclothbuy Schematic: Thorium Widget first: 1gold88silver
285–300Craft ~15× Thorium Shellsearns 2gold70silverafter selling for 9gold60silver
recipe →each: 2× Thorium Bar, 1× Dense Blasting Powderbuy Schematic: Thorium Shells first: 2gold98silver

Shopping list

69× Thorium Bar13gold11silver
190× Gold Power Core7gold69silver50copper
120× Solid Blasting Powder5gold26silver80copper
170× Iron Bar4gold18silver20copper
52× Dense Stone2gold71silver96copper
104× Heavy Leather2gold5silver92copper
10× Mithril Casing1gold64silver20copper
8× Unstable Trigger1gold43silver76copper
52× Shadowgem1gold37silver28copper
15× Dense Blasting Powder1gold20silver
16× Iron Strut1gold19silver52copper
13× Runecloth78silver65copper
6× Mithril Bar55silver80copper
115× Medium Leather44silver85copper
177× Linen Cloth44silver25copper
22× Bronze Bar38silver94copper
161× Rough Blasting Powder32silver20copper
10× Heavy Stone32silver20copper
16× Copper Bar31silver68copper
8× Silver Bar25silver84copper
66× Coarse Blasting Powder21silver78copper
10× Silk Cloth19silver20copper
11× Wool Cloth15silver62copper
6× Handful of Copper Bolts11silver94copper
4× Pristine Hide10silver68copper
24× Coarse Stone7silver92copper
52× Refreshing Spring Water6silver24copper
5× Weak Fluxvendor5silver
4× Silver Contact1silver4copper

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.