Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfirecosts 3silver42copper

recipe →each: 1× Simple Wood (vendor)

Skill 5–30: 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).

30–35Craft ~5× Brilliant Smallfishcosts 4silver95copperafter selling for 5copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Brilliant Smallfishneeds Recipe: Brilliant Smallfish (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

35–50Craft ~15× Roasted Kodo Meatcosts 13silver80copperafter selling for 2silver70copper

recipe →each: 1× Kodo Meat, 1× Mild Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Roasted Kodo Meat (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

50–80Craft ~30× Strider Stewcosts 26silver70copperafter selling for 10silver80copper

recipe →each: 1× Strider Meat, 1× Shiny Red Apple (vendor)buy Recipe: Strider Stew first: 45silver

80–90Craft ~10× Crocolisk Steakcosts 8silver50copperafter selling for 2silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Crocolisk Meat, 1× Mild Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Crocolisk Steak (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

90–131Craft ~41× Dig Rat Stewearns 16silver40copperafter selling for 57silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Dig Ratneeds Recipe: Dig Rat Stew (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

131–178Craft ~121× Crispy Lizard Tailearns 72silver60copperafter selling for 3gold2silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Thunder Lizard Tail, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Crispy Lizard Tail first: 45silver

178–225Craft ~92× Rockscale Codearns 59silver80copperafter selling for 78silver20copper

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

225–300Craft ~120× Spotted Yellowtailcosts 1gold14silverafter selling for 6silver

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

121× Thunder Lizard Tail1gold81silver50copper

120× Raw Spotted Yellowtail1gold20silver

121× Hot Spicesvendor48silver40copper

41× Dig Rat41silver

30× Strider Meat30silver

92× Raw Rockscale Cod18silver40copper

15× Kodo Meat15silver

10× Crocolisk Meat10silver

30× Shiny Red Applevendor7silver50copper

5× Raw Brilliant Smallfish5silver

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

25× Mild Spicesvendor2silver50copper

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.