Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfireearns 5silver4copperafter selling for 8silver46copper

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).

10–88Craft ~152× Kaldorei Spider Kabobearns 1silver52copperafter selling for 15silver20copper

recipe →each: 1× Small Spider Legbuy Recipe: Kaldorei Spider Kabob first: 29silver

88–100Craft ~14× Rainbow Fin Albacoreearns 3silver22copperafter selling for 5silver74copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rainbow Fin Albacorebuy Recipe: Rainbow Fin Albacore first: 24silver

100–141Craft ~41× Seasoned Wolf Kabobearns 28silver70copperafter selling for 1gold23silver

recipe →each: 2× Lean Wolf Flank, 1× Mild Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Seasoned Wolf Kabob first: 7silver50copper

141–204Craft ~103× Curiously Tasty Omeletearns 24silver72copperafter selling for 1gold54silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Raptor Egg, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet first: 4silver

204–225Craft ~63× Rockscale Codearns 5silver67copperafter selling for 11silver34copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rockscale Codbuy Recipe: Rockscale Cod first: 45silver

225–300Craft ~120× Filet of Redgillcosts 24silverafter selling for 6silver

recipe →each: 1× Raw Redgillneeds Recipe: Filet of Redgill (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

82× Lean Wolf Flank90silver20copper

103× Raptor Egg88silver58copper

103× Hot Spicesvendor41silver20copper

120× Raw Redgill30silver

152× Small Spider Leg13silver68copper

63× Raw Rockscale Cod5silver67copper

41× Mild Spicesvendor4silver10copper

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

14× Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore2silver52copper

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.