Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials290gold20silver3copper
Sell back123gold4silver18copper
Net cost167gold15silver85copper

Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagcosts 1silver75copperafter selling for 3gold50silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–67Craft ~4× Linen Beltearns 1silver12copperafter selling for 3silver80copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
67–75Craft ~12× Blue Linen Vestcosts 4silver92copperafter selling for 22silver80copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 3silver
75–81Craft ~8× Blue Linen Robecosts 6silver64copperafter selling for 21silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 4silver95copper
81–95Craft ~23× Red Linen Bagcosts 15silver87copperafter selling for 70silver84copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread, 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 5silver80copper
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 7silver70copperafter selling for 2gold79silver30copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–130Craft ~11× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold11silver21copperafter selling for 96silver58copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread
130–150Craft ~27× Bolt of Mageweaveearns 2gold92silver95copperafter selling for 6gold37silver20copper
recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth
150–165Craft ~16× Green Silk Packearns 2gold6silver24copperafter selling for 9gold4silver16copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread, 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 59silver
165–171Craft ~6× Black Silk Packearns 16silver14copperafter selling for 3gold53silver40copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Threadbuy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 33silver
171–180Craft ~9× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold47silver42copperafter selling for 4gold34silver88copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskearns 1gold67silver30copperafter selling for 7gold71silver40copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Threadbuy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 25silver
191–195Craft ~6× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 98silver28copperafter selling for 2gold89silver92copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–215Craft ~27× Bolt of Runeclothearns 84silver51copperafter selling for 9gold33silver66copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
215–216Craft ~2× Long Silken Cloakcosts 82silver58copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
216–233Craft ~21× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 13gold58silver70copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
233–253Craft ~22× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 24gold84silver46copperafter selling for 21gold37silver52copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 46silver
253–285Craft ~44× Runecloth Headbandcosts 66gold82silver28copperafter selling for 49gold97silver52copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Runecloth Headband first: 2gold89silver
285–300Craft ~15× Loomcosts 60gold31silver95copper
recipe →each: 1× Bottled Screams, 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Simple Wood (vendor)

Shopping list

324× Bolt of Runecloth117gold93silver60copper
15× Bottled Screams38gold25silver15copper
88× Ironweb Spider Silk32gold5silver84copper
66× Rune Thread31gold1silver34copper
86× Bolt of Mageweave21gold37silver10copper
124× Bolt of Silk Cloth10gold47silver80copper
135× Runecloth8gold49silver15copper
110× Silken Threadvendor5gold50silver
689× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold92silver73copper
44× Gold Bar3gold85silver
135× Mageweave Cloth3gold44silver25copper
140× Silk Cloth2gold71silver60copper
14× Heavy Silken Thread2gold52silver70copper
106× Fine Thread1gold4silver94copper
48× Heavy Leather93silver60copper
6× Black Dyevendor60silver
557× Coarse Threadvendor55silver70copper
50× Blue Dyevendor25silver
60× Simple Woodvendor22silver80copper
16× Green Dyevendor16silver
23× Red Dyevendor11silver50copper
2× Mana Potion4silver98copper
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.