Level a profession

Cheapest path with KR · Normal · Alliance prices ·

Profession
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Materials26gold78silver22copper
Sell back19gold16silver46copper
Net cost7gold61silver76copper

Steps

1–45Craft ~50× Linen Bandagecosts 4silverafter selling for 5silver
recipe →each: 1× Linen Cloth
45–65Craft ~23× Heavy Linen Bandagecosts 3silver22copperafter selling for 5silver6copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
65–130Craft ~102× Anti-Venomearns 15silver58copperafter selling for 1gold24copper
recipe →each: 1× Small Venom Sac
130–135Craft ~6× Strong Anti-Venomearns 12copperafter selling for 11silver16copper
recipe →each: 1× Large Venom Sacbuy Manual: Strong Anti-Venom first: 4silver
135–180Craft ~57× Silk Bandageearns 2silver28copperafter selling for 1gold14silver
recipe →each: 1× Silk Cloth
180–240Craft ~281× Heavy Silk Bandageearns 1gold40silver48copperafter selling for 12gold42silver
recipe →each: 2× Silk Clothbuy Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage first: 45silver
240–245Craft ~11× Mageweave Bandagecosts 55silverafter selling for 44silver
recipe →each: 1× Mageweave Clothbuy Manual: Mageweave Bandage first: 19silver
245–290Craft ~57× Runecloth Bandagecosts 5gold70silverafter selling for 2gold85silver
recipe →each: 1× Runecloth
290–300Craft ~11× Heavy Runecloth Bandagecosts 2gold20silverafter selling for 1gold10silver
recipe →each: 2× Runecloth

Shopping list

619× Silk Cloth12gold13silver24copper
79× Runecloth11gold85silver
11× Mageweave Cloth99silver
102× Small Venom Sac84silver66copper
96× Linen Cloth17silver28copper
6× Large Venom Sac11silver4copper

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.