Level a profession

Steps

1–60Craft ~149× Rough Dynamiteearns 19silver37copperafter selling for 89silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Blasting Powder, 1× Linen Cloth

60–65Craft ~5× Arclight Spannercosts 9silver30copperafter selling for 7silver20copper

recipe →each: 6× Copper Bar

65–70Craft ~5× Copper Tubecosts 4silver50copperafter selling for 6silver

recipe →each: 2× Copper Bar, 1× Weak Flux (vendor)

70–94Craft ~35× Coarse Blasting Powdercosts 9silver10copperafter selling for 4silver20copper

recipe →each: 1× Coarse Stone

94–95Craft ~2× Copper Tubecosts 1silver80copperafter selling for 2silver40copper

recipe →each: 2× Copper Bar, 1× Weak Flux (vendor)

95–110Craft ~15× Silver Contactcosts 24silver75copperafter selling for 18silver75copper

recipe →each: 1× Silver Bar

110–115Craft ~5× Heavy Blasting Powdercosts 2silver50copperafter selling for 7silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Heavy Stone

115–160Craft ~135× Flying Tiger Gogglesearns 1gold21silver50copperafter selling for 5gold50silver80copper

recipe →each: 6× Light Leather, 2× Tigerseye

160–192Craft ~116× Bronze Frameworkcosts 1gold6silver72copperafter selling for 6gold96silver

recipe →each: 2× Bronze Bar, 1× Medium Leather, 1× Wool Cloth

192–209Craft ~52× Iron Grenadecosts 4gold42silver52copperafter selling for 65silver

recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar, 1× Heavy Blasting Powder, 1× Silk Cloth

209–219Craft ~38× Flash Bombcosts 7gold96silver48copperafter selling for 1gold14silver

recipe →each: 1× Blue Pearl, 1× Heavy Blasting Powder, 1× Silk Clothneeds Schematic: Flash Bomb (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

219–246Craft ~27× Spellpower Goggles Xtremecosts 36gold32silver4copperafter selling for 11gold3silver76copper

recipe →each: 4× Thick Leather, 2× Star Rubyneeds Schematic: Spellpower Goggles Xtreme (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

246–270Craft ~76× Rose Colored Gogglescosts 102gold91silver16copperafter selling for 39gold28silver44copper

recipe →each: 6× Thick Leather, 2× Star Ruby

270–275Craft ~46× Gnomish Mind Control Capcosts 438gold86silver76copperafter selling for 25gold39silver20copper

recipe →each: 10× Mithril Bar, 4× Truesilver Bar, 1× Gold Power Core, 2× Star Ruby, 4× Mageweave Cloth

Skill 275–300: 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

460× Mithril Bar229gold77silver

298× Star Ruby226gold48silver

184× Truesilver Bar110gold40silver

564× Thick Leather32gold99silver40copper

184× Mageweave Cloth31gold16silver96copper

46× Gold Power Core23gold

38× Blue Pearl7gold59silver62copper

232× Bronze Bar6gold3silver20copper

270× Tigerseye3gold7silver80copper

52× Iron Bar3gold1silver8copper

90× Heavy Blasting Powder2gold25silver

90× Silk Cloth1gold32silver30copper

810× Light Leather1gold21silver50copper

116× Wool Cloth1gold14silver84copper

116× Medium Leather84silver68copper

149× Rough Blasting Powder47silver68copper

15× Silver Bar43silver50copper

44× Copper Bar24silver20copper

149× Linen Cloth22silver35copper

35× Coarse Stone13silver30copper

5× Heavy Stone10silver

7× Weak Fluxvendor7silver

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.