Level a profession

Steps

1–14Craft ~16× Copper Rodearns 5silver66copperafter selling for 10silver94copper

recipe →each: 1× Copper Bar

14–40Craft ~34× Copper Bracerscosts 16silver66copperafter selling for 5silver78copper

recipe →each: 2× Copper Bar

40–60Craft ~22× Copper Chain Pantscosts 7silver90copperafter selling for 21silver14copper

recipe →each: 4× Copper Bar

60–100Craft ~54× Runed Copper Pantscosts 11silver88copperafter selling for 1gold61silver46copper

recipe →each: 8× Copper Bar, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor), 3× Rough Grinding Stone

100–148Craft ~122× Heavy Copper Broadswordcosts 69silver54copperafter selling for 13gold84silver70copper

recipe →each: 14× Copper Bar, 2× Weak Flux (vendor), 2× Tigerseye, 2× Medium Leather

148–151Craft ~16× Bronze Shortswordcosts 42silver24copperafter selling for 1gold81silver76copper

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

151–152Craft ~2× Iridescent Hammercosts 30silver14copperafter selling for 73silver86copper

recipe →each: 10× Bronze Bar, 1× Strong Flux (vendor), 1× Iridescent Pearl, 2× Coarse Grinding Stone, 2× Medium Leatherbuy Plans: Iridescent Hammer first: 40silver

152–160Craft ~9× Bronze Warhammercosts 57silver60copperafter selling for 2gold56silver50copper

recipe →each: 8× Bronze Bar, 1× Strong Flux (vendor), 1× Medium Leather

160–185Craft ~45× Solid Sharpening Stonecosts 1gold39silver5copperafter selling for 18silver

recipe →each: 1× Solid Stone

185–194Craft ~22× Barbaric Iron Helmcosts 8gold41silver6copperafter selling for 7gold34silver14copper

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)

194–205Craft ~12× Heavy Mithril Gauntletcosts 17gold54silver88copperafter selling for 2gold97silver12copper

recipe →each: 6× Mithril Bar, 4× Mageweave Cloth

205–217Craft ~13× Mithril Plate Glovescosts 24gold56silver9copperafter selling for 5gold78silver11copper

recipe →each: 8× Mithril Bar, 6× Heavy Leather, 4× Mageweave Cloth

217–232Craft ~17× Mithril Coifcosts 33gold90silver65copperafter selling for 13gold52silver35copper

recipe →each: 10× Mithril Bar, 6× Mageweave Cloth

232–235Craft ~4× Heavy Mithril Bootscosts 10gold85silver24copperafter selling for 2gold30silver76copper

recipe →each: 14× Mithril Bar, 4× Thick Leather

235–260Craft ~45× Baleful Pauldronscosts 0copper

recipe →each:

Skill 260–300: 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).

Shopping list

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402× Mithril Bar90gold45silver

202× Mageweave Cloth18gold18silver

220× Iron Bar14gold96silver

2,312× Copper Bar7gold62silver96copper

244× Tigerseye5gold24silver60copper

172× Bronze Bar3gold9silver60copper

308× Weak Fluxvendor3gold8silver

78× Heavy Leather2gold26silver20copper

11× Strong Fluxvendor2gold20silver

45× Solid Stone1gold57silver5copper

289× Medium Leather1gold44silver50copper

16× Thick Leather56silver

44× Large Fang39silver60copper

44× Sharp Claw39silver60copper

2× Iridescent Pearl22silver

162× Coarse Threadvendor16silver20copper

162× Rough Grinding Stone14silver58copper

4× Coarse Grinding Stone4silver

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.