Level a profession

Steps

1–45Craft ~50× Linen Bandagecosts 7silver50copperafter selling for 5silver

recipe →each: 1× Linen Cloth

45–68Craft ~28× Heavy Linen Bandagecosts 8silver40copperafter selling for 5silver60copper

recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth

68–75Craft ~7× Anti-Venomcosts 3silver22copperafter selling for 5silver88copper

recipe →each: 1× Small Venom Sac

75–130Craft ~74× Simple Poulticecosts 15silver54copperafter selling for 62silver16copper

recipe →each: 1× Spider Ichor, 1× Mild Spices (vendor), 1× Bottle of Dalaran Noir

130–135Craft ~6× Strong Anti-Venomearns 6copperafter selling for 11silver70copper

recipe →each: 1× Large Venom Sacbuy Manual: Strong Anti-Venom first: 25silver99copper

135–180Craft ~57× Silk Bandageearns 4silver56copperafter selling for 1gold14silver

recipe →each: 1× Silk Cloth

180–240Craft ~281× Heavy Silk Bandageearns 44silver96copperafter selling for 11gold24silver

recipe →each: 2× Silk Clothbuy Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage first: 27silver

240–245Craft ~11× Mageweave Bandagecosts 7silver59copperafter selling for 44silver

recipe →each: 1× Mageweave Clothbuy Manual: Mageweave Bandage first: 53silver93copper

245–290Craft ~57× Runecloth Bandageearns 34silver20copperafter selling for 3gold79silver5copper

recipe →each: 1× Runecloth

290–300Craft ~11× Heavy Runecloth Bandageearns 49silver6copperafter selling for 1gold82silver16copper

recipe →each: 2× Runecloth

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

619× Silk Cloth11gold88silver48copper

79× Runecloth4gold77silver95copper

74× Bottle of Dalaran Noir58silver46copper

11× Mageweave Cloth51silver59copper

106× Linen Cloth26silver50copper

74× Spider Ichor11silver84copper

6× Large Venom Sac11silver64copper

7× Small Venom Sac9silver10copper

74× Mild Spicesvendor7silver40copper

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.