Level a profession

Cheapest path with EU · RP II · Alliance prices ·

Profession
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Materials393gold86silver55copper
Sell back169gold21silver9copper
Net cost224gold65silver46copper

Steps

1–26Craft ~25× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 3silver25copperafter selling for 13silver25copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
26–65Craft ~150× Linen Bagearns 3silverafter selling for 3gold
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 23silver70copperafter selling for 2gold56silver50copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
118–133Craft ~22× Red Woolen Bagearns 2gold75silver66copperafter selling for 5gold74silver42copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Woolen Bag first: 27silver
133–147Craft ~15× Bolt of Mageweaveearns 27silver75copperafter selling for 4gold13silver25copper
recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth
147–150Craft ~4× Small Silk Packcosts 55silver40copperafter selling for 95silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
150–155Craft ~5× Black Silk Packearns 80silver15copperafter selling for 3gold75silver15copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 1gold
155–172Craft ~18× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 3gold32silver64copperafter selling for 3gold69silver36copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Fine Thread (vendor)
172–175Craft ~4× Black Silk Packearns 64silver12copperafter selling for 3gold12copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Thread (vendor)
175–180Craft ~5× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 1gold13silver50copperafter selling for 1gold21silver50copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskearns 6gold37silver68copperafter selling for 13gold27silver18copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 2gold
191–195Craft ~6× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold48silver8copperafter selling for 2gold89silver92copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–213Craft ~19× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 4gold88silver79copperafter selling for 5gold16copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
213–217Craft ~6× Long Silken Cloakcosts 2gold63silver94copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
217–225Craft ~9× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 6gold57silver
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
225–227Craft ~3× Runecloth Beltcosts 2gold57silver28copperafter selling for 1gold53silver36copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Runecloth, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)
227–230Craft ~3× Brightcloth Robecosts 2gold69silver13copperafter 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 30gold41silver28copperafter 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)
260–262Craft ~3× Brightcloth Pantscosts 4gold78silver56copperafter selling for 4gold64silver52copper
recipe →each: 6× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Gold Bar, 1× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Pants first: 1gold83silver
262–280Craft ~24× Runecloth Headbandcosts 40gold86silver24copperafter selling for 27gold25silver92copper
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 104gold22silver90copperafter 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 23gold86silver72copper
recipe →each: 1× Bottled Screams, 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Simple Wood (vendor)

Shopping list

549× Bolt of Runecloth158gold99silver4copper
125× Ironweb Spider Silk73gold75silver
106× Rune Threadvendor53gold
2× Bottled Screams21gold52silver
173× Bolt of Silk Cloth15gold57silver
148× Rugged Leather13gold57silver16copper
44× Bolt of Mageweave12gold76silver
95× Runecloth9gold88silver95copper
90× Gold Bar7gold11silver
75× Mageweave Cloth3gold85silver50copper
621× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold47silver76copper
61× Silken Threadvendor3gold5silver
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
88× Bolt of Woolen Cloth2gold65silver76copper
120× Silk Cloth2gold32silver80copper
127× Fine Threadvendor1gold27silver
9× Black Dyevendor90silver
487× Coarse Threadvendor48silver70copper
89× Red Dyevendor44silver50copper
8× Heavy Leather30silver40copper
6× Mana Potion17silver94copper
35× Blue Dyevendor17silver50copper
50× Linen Cloth10silver
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.