Level a profession

Steps

1–48Craft ~56× Light Armor Kitcosts 8silver40copperafter selling for 8silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Light Leather

48–61Craft ~13× Rugged Leather Pantscosts 4silver94copperafter selling for 21silver6copper

recipe →each: 5× Light Leather, 5× Coarse Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Rugged Leather Pants first: 2silver89copper

61–65Craft ~4× Embossed Leather Glovesearns 44copperafter selling for 4silver84copper

recipe →each: 3× Light Leather, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor)

65–110Craft ~51× Fine Leather Bootsearns 28silver5copperafter selling for 1gold45silver35copper

recipe →each: 7× Light Leather, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Fine Leather Boots first: 2silver50copper

110–140Craft ~31× Hillman's Leather Bootsearns 24silver80copperafter selling for 3gold84silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Cured Medium Hide, 6× Medium Leather, 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Hillman's Leather Boots first: 1gold

140–180Craft ~92× Raptor Hide Harnessearns 4gold28silver72copperafter selling for 28gold48silver32copper

recipe →each: 6× Raptor Hide, 4× Heavy Leather, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Raptor Hide Harness first: 1gold

180–185Craft ~5× Barbaric Harnessearns 22silver75copperafter selling for 2gold56silver50copper

recipe →each: 14× Heavy Leather, 2× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Iron Buckle

185–210Craft ~29× Nightscape Headbandearns 3gold39silver30copperafter selling for 13gold47silver5copper

recipe →each: 5× Thick Leather, 2× Silken Thread (vendor)

210–244Craft ~67× Nightscape Pantscosts 1gold48silver74copperafter selling for 58gold34silver36copper

recipe →each: 14× Thick Leather, 4× Silken Thread (vendor)

244–257Craft ~14× Blue Suede Shoescosts 4gold39silver18copperafter selling for 13gold53silver10copper

recipe →each: 8× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Suede Shoes (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

257–260Craft ~3× Tooled Leather Bootscosts 99silver30copperafter selling for 3gold13silver26copper

recipe →each: 8× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor), 1× Orange Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Tooled Leather Boots (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

260–297Craft ~56× Blue Suede Shoulderscosts 4gold54silver72copperafter selling for 78gold27silver68copper

recipe →each: 10× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Suede Shoulders (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

297–300Craft ~3× Blue Suede Hatcosts 1gold54silver5copperafter selling for 4gold67silver7copper

recipe →each: 16× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor), 4× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Suede Hat (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

744× Rugged Leather72gold9silver36copper

1,083× Thick Leather53gold60silver85copper

76× Rune Threadvendor38gold

326× Silken Threadvendor16gold30silver

438× Heavy Leather13gold53silver42copper

552× Raptor Hide10gold98silver48copper

225× Fine Threadvendor2gold25silver

31× Cured Medium Hide1gold70silver50copper

186× Medium Leather1gold58silver10copper

490× Light Leather1gold47silver

138× Blue Dyevendor69silver

3× Orange Dyevendor30silver

175× Coarse Threadvendor17silver50copper

5× Iron Buckle7silver45copper

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.