Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfirecosts 3silver42copper

recipe →each: 1× Simple Wood (vendor)

Skill 5–10: 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).

10–20Craft ~10× Kaldorei Spider Kabobcosts 7silverafter selling for 1silver

recipe →each: 1× Small Spider Legneeds Recipe: Kaldorei Spider Kabob (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

20–50Craft ~30× Scorpid Surprisecosts 2silver10copperafter selling for 3silver

recipe →each: 1× Scorpid Stingerneeds Recipe: Scorpid Surprise (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

50–100Craft ~52× Strider Stewcosts 1silver4copperafter selling for 18silver72copper

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)

100–120Craft ~20× Seasoned Wolf Kabobearns 38silver40copperafter selling for 60silver

recipe →each: 2× Lean Wolf Flank, 1× Mild Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Seasoned Wolf Kabob (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

120–161Craft ~41× Crocolisk Gumboearns 41copperafter selling for 41silver

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)

161–175Craft ~15× Curiously Tasty Omeletearns 3silverafter selling for 22silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Raptor Egg, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

175–225Craft ~52× Giant Clam Scorchoearns 43silver16copperafter selling for 1gold62silver24copper

recipe →each: 1× Giant Clam Meat, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Giant Clam Scorcho (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

225–300Craft ~120× Spiced Chili Crabearns 24silverafter selling for 3gold60silver

recipe →each: 1× Tender Crab Meat, 2× Hot Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Spiced Chili Crab (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

120× Tender Crab Meat2gold40silver

348× Hot Spicesvendor1gold39silver20copper

52× Giant Clam Meat98silver28copper

41× Tender Crocolisk Meat24silver19copper

40× Lean Wolf Flank19silver60copper

15× Raptor Egg13silver50copper

52× Shiny Red Applevendor13silver

10× Small Spider Leg8silver

52× Strider Meat6silver76copper

30× Scorpid Stinger5silver10copper

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

20× Mild Spicesvendor2silver

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.