Level a profession

Cheapest path with EU · RP II · Alliance prices ·

Profession
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Materials396gold32silver97copper
Sell back177gold38silver31copper
Net cost218gold94silver66copper

Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagearns 3silver50copperafter selling for 3gold50silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–66Craft ~2× Linen Beltearns 58copperafter selling for 1silver90copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
66–76Craft ~15× Blue Linen Vestcosts 10silver5copperafter selling for 24silver15copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 50silver
76–83Craft ~10× Blue Linen Robecosts 10silver10copperafter selling for 24silver30copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Linen Robe (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
83–95Craft ~21× Red Linen Bagearns 1silver26copperafter selling for 79silver80copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 1silver
95–118Craft ~30× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 41silver40copperafter selling for 2gold70silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
118–133Craft ~22× Red Woolen Bagearns 1gold79silver30copperafter selling for 4gold80silver70copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Woolen Bag first: 18silver
133–147Craft ~15× Bolt of Mageweaveearns 33silver60copperafter selling for 4gold27silver35copper
recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth
147–150Craft ~4× Small Silk Packcosts 62silver4copperafter selling for 95silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
150–155Craft ~5× Black Silk Packearns 1gold90copperafter selling for 4gold8silver40copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Black Silk Pack (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
155–172Craft ~18× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 3gold68silver64copperafter selling for 3gold69silver36copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Fine Thread (vendor)
172–175Craft ~4× Long Silken Cloakcosts 84silver16copperafter selling for 99silver84copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
175–180Craft ~5× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 1gold23silver50copperafter selling for 1gold21silver50copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskearns 6gold71silver32copperafter selling for 13gold74silver68copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 70silver
191–198Craft ~11× Black Mageweave Leggingsearns 8gold38silver44copperafter selling for 16gold63silver22copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
198–217Craft ~22× Long Silken Cloakcosts 10gold12silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
217–224Craft ~8× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 5gold99silver84copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
224–227Craft ~4× Runecloth Beltcosts 3gold43silver16copperafter selling for 2gold4silver48copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Runecloth, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)
227–230Craft ~3× Brightcloth Robecosts 2gold69silver52copperafter selling for 3gold62silver67copper
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)
230–260Craft ~36× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 30gold45silver60copperafter selling for 34gold97silver76copper
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)
260–263Craft ~4× Brightcloth Pantscosts 6gold42silver96copperafter selling for 6gold19silver36copper
recipe →each: 6× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Gold Bar, 1× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Pants first: 1gold83silver
263–280Craft ~23× Runecloth Headbandcosts 39gold62silver90copperafter selling for 26gold12silver34copper
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)
280–298Craft ~37× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 105gold21silver69copperafter selling for 46gold50silver90copper
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)
298–300Craft ~2× Loomcosts 23gold86silver80copper
recipe →each: 1× Bottled Screams, 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Simple Wood (vendor)

Shopping list

554× Bolt of Runecloth160gold49silver38copper
124× Ironweb Spider Silk74gold40silver
107× Rune Threadvendor53gold50silver
233× Bolt of Silk Cloth22gold13silver50copper
2× Bottled Screams21gold52silver
52× Bolt of Mageweave15gold59silver48copper
148× Rugged Leather13gold79silver36copper
94× Gold Bar7gold46silver36copper
93× Silken Threadvendor4gold65silver
75× Mageweave Cloth3gold93silver75copper
696× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold89silver76copper
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
88× Bolt of Woolen Cloth2gold68silver40copper
120× Silk Cloth2gold29silver20copper
111× Fine Threadvendor1gold11silver
26× Mana Potion78silver
562× Coarse Threadvendor56silver20copper
5× Black Dyevendor50silver
89× Red Dyevendor44silver50copper
8× Heavy Leather31silver4copper
35× Blue Dyevendor17silver50copper
14× Bleachvendor3silver50copper
8× Simple Woodvendor3silver4copper

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.