Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials21gold57silver83copper
Sell back18gold31silver32copper
Net cost3gold26silver51copper

Steps

1–45Craft ~50× Linen Bandagecosts 7silver50copperafter selling for 5silver
recipe →each: 1× Linen Cloth
45–65Craft ~23× Heavy Linen Bandagecosts 6silver90copperafter selling for 4silver60copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
65–130Craft ~102× Anti-Venomcosts 16silver32copperafter selling for 85silver68copper
recipe →each: 1× Small Venom Sac
130–135Craft ~6× Strong Anti-Venomearns 6copperafter selling for 11silver16copper
recipe →each: 1× Large Venom Sacbuy Manual: Strong Anti-Venom first: 1gold
135–180Craft ~57× Silk Bandageearns 53silver58copperafter selling for 1gold61silver88copper
recipe →each: 1× Silk Cloth
180–240Craft ~281× Heavy Silk Bandageearns 56silver20copperafter selling for 11gold24silver
recipe →each: 2× Silk Clothbuy Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage first: 42silver88copper
240–245Craft ~11× Mageweave Bandagecosts 11silver55copperafter selling for 44silver
recipe →each: 1× Mageweave Clothbuy Manual: Mageweave Bandage first: 93silver99copper
245–290Craft ~57× Runecloth Bandagecosts 1gold13silver43copperafter selling for 2gold85silver
recipe →each: 1× Runecloth
290–300Craft ~11× Heavy Runecloth Bandagecosts 43silver78copperafter selling for 1gold10silver
recipe →each: 2× Runecloth

Shopping list

619× Silk Cloth11gold76silver10copper
79× Runecloth5gold52silver21copper
102× Small Venom Sac1gold2silver
11× Mageweave Cloth55silver55copper
96× Linen Cloth24silver
6× Large Venom Sac11silver10copper

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.