Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfirecosts 3silver42copper

recipe →each: 1× Simple Wood (vendor)

Skill 5–20: 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).

20–50Craft ~30× Scorpid Surprisecosts 24silverafter selling for 3silver

recipe →each: 1× Scorpid Stingerneeds Recipe: Scorpid Surprise (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

50–100Craft ~52× Rainbow Fin Albacorecosts 29silver64copperafter selling for 1silver56copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rainbow Fin Albacoreneeds Recipe: Rainbow Fin Albacore (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

100–180Craft ~212× Seasoned Wolf Kabobearns 4gold2silver80copperafter selling for 6gold36silver

recipe →each: 2× Lean Wolf Flank, 1× Mild Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Seasoned Wolf Kabob (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

180–202Craft ~25× Rockscale Codcosts 10silver75copperafter selling for 1silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rockscale Codneeds Recipe: Rockscale Cod (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

202–235Craft ~41× Soothing Turtle Bisquecosts 24silver60copperafter selling for 1gold23silver

recipe →each: 1× Turtle Meat, 1× Soothing Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Soothing Turtle Bisque first: 1gold9silver

235–300Craft ~110× Spotted Yellowtailcosts 1gold30silver90copperafter selling for 5silver50copper

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

424× Lean Wolf Flank2gold12silver

110× Raw Spotted Yellowtail1gold36silver40copper

41× Turtle Meat82silver

41× Soothing Spicesvendor65silver60copper

52× Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore31silver20copper

30× Scorpid Stinger27silver

212× Mild Spicesvendor21silver20copper

25× Raw Rockscale Cod12silver25copper

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

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.