Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfireearns 14silver49copperafter selling for 17silver91copper

recipe →each: 1× Simple Wood (vendor)

Skill 5–10: no recipe we can price here (its reagents aren't on this auction house right now, or it needs a pattern you can't buy).

10–50Craft ~40× Kaldorei Spider Kabobcosts 1silver60copperafter selling for 5silver60copper

recipe →each: 1× Small Spider Legbuy Recipe: Kaldorei Spider Kabob first: 7silver98copper

50–90Craft ~40× Longjaw Mud Snapperearns 80copperafter selling for 2silver

recipe →each: 1× Raw Longjaw Mud Snapperbuy Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper first: 13silver99copper

90–131Craft ~41× Clam Chowderearns 5silver74copperafter selling for 30silver75copper

recipe →each: 1× Clam Meat, 1× Ice Cold Milk, 1× Mild Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Clam Chowder first: 20silver

131–150Craft ~19× Curiously Tasty Omeletearns 3silver80copperafter selling for 28silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Raptor Egg, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet first: 7silver98copper

150–161Craft ~11× Heavy Crocolisk Stewearns 1silver10copperafter selling for 33silver

recipe →each: 2× Tender Crocolisk Meat, 1× Soothing Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Heavy Crocolisk Stew (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

161–208Craft ~121× Curiously Tasty Omeletearns 24silver20copperafter selling for 1gold81silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Raptor Egg, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)

208–240Craft ~46× Giant Clam Scorchocosts 7silver82copperafter selling for 1gold43silver52copper

recipe →each: 1× Giant Clam Meat, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Giant Clam Scorcho (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

240–300Craft ~105× Spotted Yellowtailearns 1gold74silver30copperafter selling for 2gold26silver80copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Spotted Yellowtailneeds Recipe: Spotted Yellowtail (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

46× Giant Clam Meat1gold32silver94copper

140× Raptor Egg1gold26silver

186× Hot Spicesvendor74silver40copper

105× Raw Spotted Yellowtail52silver50copper

11× Soothing Spicesvendor17silver60copper

22× Tender Crocolisk Meat14silver30copper

41× Ice Cold Milk12silver30copper

41× Clam Meat8silver61copper

40× Small Spider Leg7silver20copper

41× Mild Spicesvendor4silver10copper

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

40× Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper1silver20copper

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.