Level a profession

Steps

1–49Craft ~95× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 1gold48silver20copperafter selling for 2gold1silver40copper

recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth

49–55Craft ~7× Linen Beltcosts 16silver66copperafter selling for 1silver54copper

recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)

55–85Craft ~65× Bolt of Woolen Clothearns 3gold97silver2copperafter selling for 4gold75silver2copper

recipe →each: 3× Wool Cloth

85–95Craft ~18× Red Linen Bagcosts 1gold62silverafter selling for 45silver

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Red Linen Bag (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

95–120Craft ~45× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 27silverafter selling for 3gold43silver80copper

recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth

120–131Craft ~11× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold37silver83copperafter selling for 81silver95copper

recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)

131–140Craft ~9× Small Silk Packcosts 12silver96copperafter selling for 2gold89silver89copper

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)

140–173Craft ~42× Earthen Vestcosts 3gold65silver82copperafter selling for 11gold32silver32copper

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Elemental Earth, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)

173–175Craft ~3× Black Silk Packcosts 56silver85copperafter selling for 1gold20silver

recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 1gold50silver

175–182Craft ~8× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 1gold81silver28copperafter selling for 1gold94silver40copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)

182–186Craft ~4× White Bandit Maskcosts 96silver84copperafter selling for 1gold39silver68copper

recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 2gold18silver

186–195Craft ~11× Earthen Silk Cuffscosts 2gold73silver57copperafter selling for 2gold50silver69copper

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)

195–215Craft ~27× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 4gold5silverafter selling for 5gold40silver

recipe →each: 5× Runecloth

215–232Craft ~18× Runecloth Beltcosts 16gold53silver84copperafter selling for 9gold20silver16copper

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Runecloth, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)

232–262Craft ~38× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 44gold39silver92copperafter selling for 36gold92silver8copper

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)

262–300Craft ~93× Scarlet Augur's Cuffscosts 230gold64silver

recipe →each: 8× Bolt of Runeclothneeds Pattern: Scarlet Augur's Cuffs (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

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950× Bolt of Runecloth294gold50silver

56× Rune Threadvendor28gold

266× Bolt of Silk Cloth23gold91silver34copper

76× Gold Bar15gold20silver

135× Runecloth9gold45silver

53× Elemental Earth3gold55silver10copper

180× Silk Cloth3gold16silver80copper

79× Bolt of Linen Cloth1gold97silver50copper

4× Bolt of Mageweave1gold55silver52copper

152× Fine Threadvendor1gold52silver

27× Silken Threadvendor1gold35silver

4× Heavy Silken Threadvendor80silver

195× Wool Cloth78silver

190× Linen Cloth53silver20copper

18× Heavy Leather33silver12copper

3× Black Dyevendor30silver

34× Red Dyevendor17silver

22× Blue Dyevendor11silver

4× Bleachvendor1silver

7× Coarse Threadvendor70copper

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.