Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfirecosts 3silver42copper

recipe →each: 1× Simple Wood (vendor)

Skill 5–50: 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).

50–120Craft ~94× Strider Stewcosts 83silver66copperafter selling for 33silver84copper

recipe →each: 1× Strider Meat, 1× Shiny Red Apple (vendor)needs Recipe: Strider Stew (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

120–165Craft ~46× Crocolisk Gumbocosts 18silver40copperafter selling for 46silver

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)

165–175Craft ~12× Goblin Deviled Clamscosts 5silver40copperafter selling for 11silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Tangy Clam Meat, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)

175–228Craft ~127× Tasty Lion Steakcosts 76silver20copperafter selling for 3gold81silver

recipe →each: 2× Lion Meat, 1× Soothing Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Tasty Lion Steak (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

228–255Craft ~156× Soothing Turtle Bisquecosts 10gold29silver60copperafter selling for 4gold68silver

recipe →each: 1× Turtle Meat, 1× Soothing Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Soothing Turtle Bisque (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Skill 255–285: 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).

285–300Craft ~15× Iron Ovencosts 4gold14silver75copper

recipe →each: 10× Simple Flour (vendor), 5× Refreshing Spring Water (vendor), 4× Soothing Spices (vendor)

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156× Turtle Meat12gold48silver

343× Soothing Spicesvendor5gold48silver80copper

150× Simple Flourvendor3gold

254× Lion Meat2gold54silver

94× Strider Meat94silver

46× Tender Crocolisk Meat46silver

94× Shiny Red Applevendor23silver50copper

58× Hot Spicesvendor23silver20copper

75× Refreshing Spring Watervendor18silver75copper

12× Tangy Clam Meat12silver

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

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.