Level a profession

Steps

1–36Craft ~44× Rough Sharpening Stonecosts 2silver64copperafter selling for 5silver28copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

36–82Craft ~107× Rough Grinding Stonecosts 31silver3copperafter selling for 7silver49copper

recipe →each: 2× Rough Stone

82–85Craft ~18× Coarse Grinding Stoneearns 15silver12copperafter selling for 31silver32copper

recipe →each: 2× Coarse Stone

85–110Craft ~29× Blackfathom Sharpening Stonecosts 30silver16copperafter selling for 36silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Coarse Sharpening Stone, 1× Lesser Magic Essence

110–129Craft ~22× Iron Buckleearns 3gold10silver20copperafter selling for 3gold75silver76copper

recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar

129–135Craft ~8× Bronze Shortswordearns 11silver76copperafter selling for 1gold34silver16copper

recipe →each: 5× Bronze Bar, 4× Weak Flux (vendor), 2× Medium Leather

135–140Craft ~5× Green Iron Shouldersearns 60silver45copperafter selling for 2gold13silver75copper

recipe →each: 7× Iron Bar, 1× Heavy Grinding Stone, 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Plans: Green Iron Shoulders first: 38silver

140–150Craft ~10× Green Iron Leggingscosts 45silver80copperafter selling for 2gold90silver60copper

recipe →each: 8× Iron Bar, 1× Heavy Grinding Stone, 1× Green Dye (vendor)

150–200Craft ~121× Barbaric Iron Helmearns 68silver97copperafter selling for 40gold37silver77copper

recipe →each: 10× Iron Bar, 2× Large Fang, 2× Sharp Clawneeds Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

200–208Craft ~13× Golden Scale Leggingscosts 6gold83silver80copper

recipe →each: 10× Iron Bar, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Heavy Grinding Stone

208–215Craft ~7× Golden Scale Coifcosts 7gold53silver20copper

recipe →each: 8× Steel Bar, 2× Gold Bar, 2× Heavy Grinding Stone

215–235Craft ~27× Dense Sharpening Stonecosts 7gold89silver48copperafter selling for 20silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Dense Stone

235–260Craft ~45× Baleful Pauldronscosts 0copper

recipe →each:

260–268Craft ~36× Runed Mithril Hammercosts 127gold46silver88copperafter selling for 52gold5silver60copper

recipe →each: 18× Mithril Bar, 2× Core of Earth, 1× Solid Grinding Stone, 4× Thick Leatherneeds Plans: Runed Mithril Hammer (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

268–285Craft ~17× Radiant Bootscosts 658gold88silver43copperafter selling for 27gold91silver57copper

recipe →each: 14× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Fireneeds Plans: Radiant Boots (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

285–300Craft ~15× Master Forgecosts 219gold90silver

recipe →each: 1× Golem Heart, 5× Thorium Bar, 2× Rugged Leather

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313× Thorium Bar657gold30silver

68× Heart of Fire187gold

648× Mithril Bar122gold99silver4copper

15× Golem Heart56gold40silver

1,477× Iron Bar44gold1silver46copper

72× Core of Earth35gold95silver68copper

36× Solid Grinding Stone10gold80silver

144× Thick Leather9gold77silver76copper

27× Dense Stone8gold9silver73copper

30× Rugged Leather6gold

56× Steel Bar5gold32silver

42× Heavy Grinding Stone3gold69silver60copper

40× Gold Bar2gold80silver

242× Large Fang2gold42silver

242× Sharp Claw1gold21silver

40× Bronze Bar72silver

258× Rough Stone46silver44copper

29× Lesser Magic Essence37silver70copper

32× Weak Fluxvendor32silver

29× Coarse Sharpening Stone28silver71copper

16× Medium Leather18silver40copper

36× Coarse Stone16silver20copper

15× Green Dyevendor15silver

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.