Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials20gold64silver90copper
Sell back18gold27silver83copper
Net cost2gold37silver7copper

Steps

1–45Craft ~50× Linen Bandagecosts 4silver50copperafter selling for 5silver50copper
recipe →each: 1× Linen Cloth
45–65Craft ~23× Heavy Linen Bandagecosts 4silver60copperafter selling for 4silver60copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
65–135Craft ~122× Anti-Venomcosts 0copperafter selling for 1gold2silver48copper
recipe →each: 1× Small Venom Sac
135–180Craft ~57× Silk Bandagecosts 0copperafter selling for 1gold14silver
recipe →each: 1× Silk Cloth
180–240Craft ~281× Heavy Silk Bandagecosts 0copperafter selling for 11gold24silver
recipe →each: 2× Silk Clothbuy Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage first: 1gold32silver99copper
240–245Craft ~11× Mageweave Bandagecosts 44silver99copperafter selling for 52silver25copper
recipe →each: 1× Mageweave Clothbuy Manual: Mageweave Bandage first: 49silver99copper
245–275Craft ~33× Runecloth Bandagecosts 0copperafter selling for 1gold65silver
recipe →each: 1× Runecloth
275–300Craft ~26× Heavy Runecloth Bandagecosts 0copperafter selling for 2gold60silver
recipe →each: 2× Runecloth

Shopping list

619× Silk Cloth12gold38silver
85× Runecloth4gold25silver
122× Small Venom Sac1gold2silver48copper
11× Mageweave Cloth97silver24copper
96× Linen Cloth19silver20copper

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.