Level a profession

Steps

1–51Craft ~64× Light Armor Kitcosts 47silver36copperafter selling for 9silver60copper

recipe →each: 1× Light Leather

51–54Craft ~6× Handstitched Leather Cloakcosts 9silver24copperafter selling for 2silver4copper

recipe →each: 2× Light Leather, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)

54–55Craft ~1× Small Leather Ammo Pouchcosts 2silver82copperafter selling for 25copper

recipe →each: 3× Light Leather, 4× Coarse Thread (vendor)

55–75Craft ~21× Embossed Leather Glovescosts 45silver36copperafter selling for 14silver91copper

recipe →each: 3× Light Leather, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor)

75–104Craft ~50× Cured Medium Hidecosts 25silverafter selling for 1gold

recipe →each: 1× Medium Hide, 1× Salt (vendor)

104–109Craft ~7× Dark Leather Tuniccosts 24silver85copperafter selling for 48silver23copper

recipe →each: 6× Medium Leather, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Gray Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Dark Leather Tunic (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

109–110Craft ~1× Dark Leather Pantscosts 5silver49copperafter selling for 10silver89copper

recipe →each: 12× Medium Leather, 1× Gray Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)

110–130Craft ~22× Heavy Leathercosts 62silver26copperafter selling for 46silver64copper

recipe →each: 5× Medium Leather

130–140Craft ~10× Hillman's Cloakcosts 66silver80copperafter selling for 1gold2silver70copper

recipe →each: 5× Heavy Leather, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)

140–180Craft ~92× Raptor Hide Harnesscosts 92silverafter selling for 28gold48silver32copper

recipe →each: 6× Raptor Hide, 4× Heavy Leather, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Raptor Hide Harness (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

180–200Craft ~72× Dusky Bracerscosts 33gold39silver36copperafter selling for 15gold45silver12copper

recipe →each: 16× Heavy Leather, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)

200–205Craft ~46× Gloves of the Greatfathercosts 150gold7silver4copperafter selling for 10gold43silver28copper

recipe →each: 8× Heavy Leather, 4× Elemental Earth, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Gloves of the Greatfather (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Skill 205–300: 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

Copy for Auctionator

184× Elemental Earth147gold20silver

1,938× Heavy Leather57gold94silver62copper

552× Raptor Hide16gold56silver

190× Silken Threadvendor9gold50silver

72× Black Dyevendor7gold20silver

212× Fine Threadvendor2gold12silver

164× Medium Leather1gold62silver36copper

142× Light Leather1gold26silver38copper

50× Medium Hide1gold

8× Gray Dyevendor28silver

50× Saltvendor25silver

52× Coarse Threadvendor5silver20copper

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.