Level a profession

Cheapest path with EU · RP I · Horde prices ·

Profession
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Materials348gold67silver44copper
Sell back185gold68silver95copper
Net cost162gold98silver49copper

Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagearns 61silver25copperafter selling for 3gold50silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–80Craft ~24× Blue Linen Vestcosts 8silver16copperafter selling for 38silver64copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 14silver98copper
80–93Craft ~25× Blue Linen Robecosts 14silver25copperafter selling for 60silver75copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 6silver77copper
93–95Craft ~5× Red Linen Bagearns 2silver50copperafter selling for 19silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 7silver
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 27silver65copperafter selling for 2gold99silver25copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–121Craft ~3× Red Woolen Bagearns 15silver90copperafter selling for 68silver40copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Woolen Bag first: 10silver
121–131Craft ~10× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 81silver80copperafter selling for 1gold18silver20copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
131–147Craft ~17× Bolt of Mageweaveearns 47silver9copperafter selling for 4gold76silver34copper
recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth
147–150Craft ~4× Small Silk Packcosts 48silver44copperafter selling for 95silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
150–155Craft ~5× Green Silk Packearns 1gold59silver80copperafter selling for 4gold3silver75copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 4gold89silver
155–176Craft ~22× Long Silken Cloakcosts 4gold5silver68copperafter selling for 5gold49silver12copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
176–180Craft ~4× Crimson Silk Pantaloonsearns 40silverafter selling for 2gold28silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskearns 4gold45silver42copperafter selling for 11gold41silver92copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: White Bandit Mask (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
191–195Craft ~6× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold54silver8copperafter selling for 2gold89silver92copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–214Craft ~22× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 3gold9silver10copperafter selling for 4gold59silver80copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
214–215Craft ~2× Long Silken Cloakcosts 86silver80copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
215–225Craft ~10× Runecloth Beltcosts 6gold48silver80copperafter selling for 5gold11silver20copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Runecloth, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)
225–241Craft ~16× Brightcloth Robecosts 8gold57silver76copperafter selling for 19gold34silver24copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Brightcloth Robe (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
241–260Craft ~25× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 13gold83silver50copperafter selling for 24gold29silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
260–265Craft ~6× Brightcloth Pantscosts 6gold30silver96copperafter selling for 9gold29silver4copper
recipe →each: 6× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Gold Bar, 1× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Brightcloth Pants (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
265–280Craft ~21× Runecloth Headbandcosts 25gold70silver82copperafter selling for 23gold85silver18copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Runecloth Headband (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
280–300Craft ~46× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 93gold70silver20copperafter selling for 57gold82silver20copper
recipe →each: 7× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 4× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Runecloth Shoulders (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

652× Bolt of Runecloth143gold44silver
140× Ironweb Spider Silk68gold60silver
124× Rune Threadvendor62gold
164× Bolt of Silk Cloth14gold76silver
184× Rugged Leather12gold60silver40copper
110× Runecloth7gold68silver90copper
106× Gold Bar7gold68silver50copper
26× Bolt of Mageweave7gold67silver
85× Mageweave Cloth4gold29silver25copper
717× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold22silver65copper
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
140× Silk Cloth2gold71silver60copper
50× Silken Threadvendor2gold50silver
23× Heavy Leather67silver39copper
599× Coarse Threadvendor59silver90copper
24× Mana Potion57silver60copper
94× Blue Dyevendor47silver
45× Fine Threadvendor45silver
16× Red Dyevendor8silver
5× Green Dyevendor5silver
14× Bleachvendor3silver50copper

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.