Level a profession

Steps

1–50Craft ~120× Bolt of Linen Clothcosts 45silver60copperafter selling for 48silver

recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth

Skill 50–55: 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).

55–85Craft ~65× Bolt of Woolen Clothcosts 1gold30silverafter selling for 65silver

recipe →each: 3× Wool Cloth

Skill 85–95: 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).

95–120Craft ~45× Bolt of Silk Clothcosts 1gold94silver40copperafter selling for 2gold70silver

recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth

Skill 120–130: 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).

130–150Craft ~27× Bolt of Mageweavecosts 23gold62silver50copperafter selling for 3gold37silver50copper

recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth

Skill 150–300: 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

135× Mageweave Cloth27gold

180× Silk Cloth4gold64silver40copper

195× Wool Cloth1gold95silver

240× Linen Cloth93silver60copper

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.