Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials341gold48silver75copper
Sell back183gold69silver84copper
Net cost157gold78silver91copper

Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagearns 40silver25copperafter selling for 3gold50silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–78Craft ~20× Blue Linen Vestcosts 9silver20copperafter selling for 32silver20copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Linen Vest (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
78–89Craft ~18× Blue Linen Robecosts 13silver14copperafter selling for 43silver74copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Linen Robe (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
89–95Craft ~12× Red Linen Bagearns 1silver80copperafter selling for 43silver32copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 1silver
95–115Craft ~22× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 24silver86copperafter selling for 2gold86copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
115–143Craft ~55× Red Woolen Bagearns 4gold49silver35copperafter selling for 10gold42silver25copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Woolen Bag first: 18silver
143–149Craft ~7× Small Silk Packcosts 1gold25silver30copperafter selling for 1gold40silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
149–157Craft ~9× Earthen Vestcosts 1gold80silver36copperafter selling for 2gold42silver64copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Elemental Earth, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)
157–162Craft ~6× Green Silk Packearns 1gold4silver10copperafter selling for 4gold12silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 2gold40silver99copper
162–175Craft ~14× Long Silken Cloakcosts 2gold76silver36copperafter selling for 3gold85silver70copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
175–182Craft ~8× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 1gold95silver20copperafter selling for 2gold12silver80copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
182–188Craft ~7× White Bandit Maskearns 3gold94silver80copperafter selling for 8gold44silver55copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 95silver
188–192Craft ~5× Earthen Silk Cuffscosts 1gold86silver5copperafter selling for 1gold13silver95copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Elemental Earth, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Earthen Silk Cuffs (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
192–195Craft ~3× Long Silken Cloakcosts 1gold41silver87copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–215Craft ~27× Bolt of Runeclothearns 41silver31copperafter selling for 6gold89silver31copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
215–219Craft ~7× Long Silken Cloakcosts 3gold31silver3copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
219–227Craft ~9× Runecloth Beltearns 4gold12silver65copperafter selling for 16gold67silver25copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Runecloth, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)
227–230Craft ~3× Brightcloth Robecosts 2gold75silver73copperafter selling for 3gold62silver67copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Brightcloth Robe (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
230–251Craft ~22× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 18gold88silver48copperafter selling for 21gold37silver52copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
251–286Craft ~49× Runecloth Headbandcosts 51gold84silver20copperafter selling for 55gold65silver42copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Runecloth Headband (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
286–298Craft ~29× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 63gold53silver32copperafter selling for 36gold45silver30copper
recipe →each: 7× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 4× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Runecloth Shoulders (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
298–300Craft ~2× Runed Stygian Beltcosts 17gold32silver80copperafter selling for 2gold38silver16copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Runecloth, 6× Dark Rune, 2× Felcloth, 2× Enchanted Leather, 2× Ironweb Spider Silkneeds Pattern: Runed Stygian Belt (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

533× Bolt of Runecloth158gold83silver40copper
112× Rune Threadvendor56gold
160× Ironweb Spider Silk40gold14silver40copper
220× Bolt of Silk Cloth22gold
12× Dark Rune12gold
116× Rugged Leather10gold44silver
135× Runecloth6gold48silver
220× Bolt of Woolen Cloth5gold10silver40copper
4× Felcloth3gold91silver40copper
705× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold45silver45copper
50× Gold Bar3gold45silver
7× Bolt of Mageweave3gold8silver
45× Silken Threadvendor2gold25silver
14× Elemental Earth2gold10silver
88× Silk Cloth1gold76silver
4× Enchanted Leather1gold60silver
7× Heavy Silken Threadvendor1gold40silver
124× Fine Threadvendor1gold24silver
32× Heavy Leather78silver40copper
581× Coarse Threadvendor58silver10copper
24× Mana Potion54silver96copper
83× Red Dyevendor41silver50copper
56× Blue Dyevendor28silver
6× Green Dyevendor6silver
7× Bleachvendor1silver75copper

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.