Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfireearns 6silver66copperafter selling for 10silver8copper

recipe →each: 1× Simple Wood (vendor)

Skill 5–10: 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).

10–88Craft ~152× Kaldorei Spider Kabobearns 10silver64copperafter selling for 15silver20copper

recipe →each: 1× Small Spider Legneeds Recipe: Kaldorei Spider Kabob (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

88–91Craft ~3× Rainbow Fin Albacoreearns 1silver14copperafter selling for 1silver68copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rainbow Fin Albacorebuy Recipe: Rainbow Fin Albacore first: 8silver

91–100Craft ~9× Smoked Sagefishearns 54copperafter selling for 5silver49copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Sagefish, 1× Mild Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Smoked Sagefish first: 6silver90copper

100–120Craft ~20× Seasoned Wolf Kabobearns 18silver40copperafter selling for 60silver

recipe →each: 2× Lean Wolf Flank, 1× Mild Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Seasoned Wolf Kabob (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

120–161Craft ~41× Crocolisk Gumboearns 8silver20copperafter selling for 41silver

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

161–190Craft ~37× Curiously Tasty Omeletearns 35silver89copperafter selling for 87silver69copper

recipe →each: 1× Raptor Egg, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet first: 49silver50copper

190–195Craft ~6× Rockscale Codearns 66copperafter selling for 1silver8copper

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

195–219Craft ~35× Spinefin Halibutearns 35copperafter selling for 70silver

recipe →each: 1× Raw Spinefin Halibut

219–229Craft ~81× Rockscale Codearns 8silver91copperafter selling for 14silver58copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rockscale Cod

229–292Craft ~80× Filet of Redgillearns 21gold40silver80copperafter selling for 21gold96silver

recipe →each: 1× Raw Redgillneeds Recipe: Filet of Redgill (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

292–300Craft ~10× Poached Sunscale Salmoncosts 18silver60copperafter selling for 1silver20copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Sunscale Salmonneeds Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

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35× Raw Spinefin Halibut69silver65copper

80× Raw Redgill55silver20copper

40× Lean Wolf Flank39silver60copper

37× Raptor Egg37silver

78× Hot Spicesvendor31silver20copper

10× Raw Sunscale Salmon19silver80copper

41× Tender Crocolisk Meat16silver40copper

87× Raw Rockscale Cod6silver9copper

152× Small Spider Leg4silver56copper

9× Raw Sagefish4silver5copper

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

29× Mild Spicesvendor2silver90copper

3× Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore54copper

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.