Level a profession

Steps

1–36Craft ~44× Rough Sharpening Stonecosts 2silver64copperafter selling for 3silver52copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

36–82Craft ~107× Rough Grinding Stonecosts 16silver5copperafter selling for 13silver91copper

recipe →each: 2× Rough Stone

82–85Craft ~4× Runed Copper Pantscosts 8silver52copperafter selling for 11silver96copper

recipe →each: 8× Copper Bar, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor), 3× Rough Grinding Stone

85–108Craft ~25× Blackfathom Sharpening Stonecosts 66silver25copperafter selling for 31silver25copper

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

108–149Craft ~64× Bronze Shortswordcosts 1gold84silver14copperafter selling for 8gold21silver94copper

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

149–160Craft ~12× Bronze Warhammercosts 2gold25silver72copperafter selling for 2gold16silver60copper

recipe →each: 8× Bronze Bar, 1× Strong Flux (vendor), 1× Medium Leather

160–185Craft ~45× Solid Sharpening Stoneearns 2gold97silverafter selling for 3gold84silver75copper

recipe →each: 1× Solid Stone

185–186Craft ~2× Truesilver Skeleton Keycosts 68silver98copperafter selling for 25silver

recipe →each: 1× Truesilver Bar, 1× Solid Grinding Stone

186–190Craft ~4× Heavy Mithril Gauntletcosts 1gold29silver36copperafter selling for 2gold58silver40copper

recipe →each: 6× Mithril Bar, 4× Mageweave Cloth

190–195Craft ~5× Mithril Plate Pantscosts 3gold46silver75copperafter selling for 4gold2silver65copper

recipe →each: 12× Mithril Bar

195–215Craft ~21× Heavy Mithril Axecosts 13gold65silver84copperafter selling for 26gold29silver20copper

recipe →each: 12× Mithril Bar, 2× Citrine, 1× Solid Grinding Stone, 4× Heavy Leather

215–234Craft ~22× Dense Sharpening Stonecosts 8gold41silver50copperafter selling for 16silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Dense Stone

234–235Craft ~2× Mithril Spurscosts 1gold66silver92copperafter selling for 5silver

recipe →each: 4× Mithril Bar, 3× Solid Grinding Stonebuy Plans: Mithril Spurs first: 14gold

235–260Craft ~45× Baleful Pauldronscosts 0copper

recipe →each:

260–265Craft ~17× Runed Mithril Hammercosts 42gold53silver6copperafter selling for 24gold58silver20copper

recipe →each: 18× Mithril Bar, 2× Core of Earth, 1× Solid Grinding Stone, 4× Thick Leatherneeds Plans: Runed Mithril Hammer (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

265–290Craft ~26× Radiant Bootscosts 256gold79silver42copperafter selling for 42gold69silver46copper

recipe →each: 14× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Fireneeds Plans: Radiant Boots (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

290–291Craft ~1× Radiant Circletcosts 12gold53silver54copperafter selling for 1gold70silver34copper

recipe →each: 18× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Fireneeds Plans: Radiant Circlet (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

291–300Craft ~9× Radiant Leggingscosts 117gold59silver22copperafter selling for 22gold79silver70copper

recipe →each: 20× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Fireneeds Plans: Radiant Leggings (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

562× Thorium Bar382gold16silver

650× Mithril Bar81gold18silver50copper

144× Heart of Fire71gold95silver68copper

34× Core of Earth23gold46silver

22× Dense Stone8gold58silver

416× Bronze Bar8gold32silver

46× Solid Grinding Stone5gold52silver

68× Thick Leather3gold39silver32copper

42× Citrine3gold36silver

84× Heavy Leather2gold59silver56copper

256× Weak Fluxvendor2gold56silver

12× Strong Fluxvendor2gold40silver

140× Medium Leather1gold20silver40copper

16× Mageweave Cloth88silver

45× Solid Stone87silver75copper

2× Truesilver Bar69silver98copper

25× Lesser Magic Essence60silver

25× Coarse Sharpening Stone37silver50copper

258× Rough Stone36silver12copper

32× Copper Bar17silver60copper

12× Rough Grinding Stone1silver68copper

12× Coarse Threadvendor1silver20copper

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.