Level a profession

Steps

1–15Craft ~21× Elixir of Minor Forcecosts 1silver26copperafter selling for 5silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)

15–20Craft ~5× Mana Wellcosts 2silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)

20–25Craft ~12× Elixir of Minor Spiritcosts 9silver48copperafter selling for 3silver

recipe →each: 2× Earthroot, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)needs Recipe: Elixir of Minor Spirit (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

25–34Craft ~12× Minor Mageblood Elixircosts 9silver48copperafter selling for 3silver

recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)needs Recipe: Minor Mageblood Elixir (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

34–35Craft ~1× Minor Mender's Potioncosts 2silver58copperafter selling for 1copper

recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Bruiseweed, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)needs Recipe: Minor Mender's Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

35–40Craft ~5× Minor Spellblasting Potioncosts 2silver90copperafter selling for 5copper

recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)needs Recipe: Minor Spellblasting Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

40–70Craft ~34× Elixir of Minor Strengthearns 25silver16copperafter selling for 45silver22copper

recipe →each: 1× Earthroot, 1× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)

70–105Craft ~43× Lesser Discolored Healing Potioncosts 18silver92copperafter selling for 10silver75copper

recipe →each: 1× Empty Vial (vendor), 1× Briarthorn, 1× Murloc Eye

105–159Craft ~147× Elixir of Wisdomearns 86silver46copperafter selling for 2gold65silver80copper

recipe →each: 1× Mageroyal, 2× Briarthorn, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)

159–160Craft ~3× Discolored Healing Potioncosts 5silver97copperafter selling for 2silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Leaded Vial, 1× Bruiseweed, 1× Murloc Eye

160–185Craft ~27× Greater Discolored Healing Potioncosts 37silver53copperafter selling for 33silver75copper

recipe →each: 1× Leaded Vial, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Murloc Eye

185–229Craft ~84× Great Rage Potioncosts 1gold55silver40copperafter selling for 1gold26silver

recipe →each: 1× Large Fang, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Leaded Vialneeds Recipe: Great Rage Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

229–233Craft ~6× Wildvine Potioncosts 56silver94copperafter selling for 15silver

recipe →each: 1× Wildvine, 1× Purple Lotus, 1× Crystal Vialbuy Recipe: Wildvine Potion first: 40silver

233–235Craft ~3× Magic Resistance Potioncosts 33silver48copperafter selling for 60copper

recipe →each: 1× Khadgar's Whisker, 1× Purple Lotus, 1× Crystal Vialneeds Recipe: Magic Resistance Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

235–260Craft ~45× Stonescale Oilearns 22silver50copperafter selling for 1gold12silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Stonescale Eel, 1× Leaded Vial

260–277Craft ~33× Elixir of Greater Intellectcosts 78silver21copperafter selling for 3gold30silver

recipe →each: 1× Blindweed, 1× Khadgar's Whisker, 1× Crystal Vial

277–299Craft ~60× Draught of Detect Demoncosts 3goldafter selling for 3gold

recipe →each: 2× Gromsblood, 1× Crystal Vial

299–300Craft ~4× Mighty Rage Potioncosts 36silverafter selling for 20silver

recipe →each: 3× Gromsblood, 1× Crystal Vialneeds Recipe: Mighty Rage Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

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132× Gromsblood5gold28silver

106× Crystal Vial2gold12silver

33× Blindweed1gold98silver

111× Kingsblood1gold60silver95copper

159× Leaded Vial1gold59silver

36× Khadgar's Whisker1gold57silver32copper

337× Briarthorn1gold1silver10copper

84× Large Fang75silver60copper

173× Mageroyal72silver66copper

280× Empty Vialvendor56silver

45× Stonescale Eel45silver

9× Purple Lotus44silver91copper

6× Wildvine30silver

58× Earthroot16silver24copper

73× Murloc Eye13silver87copper

60× Silverleaf6silver60copper

4× Bruiseweed6silver20copper

22× Peacebloom6silver16copper

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.