Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfirecosts 3silver42copper

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).

10–50Craft ~40× Kaldorei Spider Kabobcosts 16silverafter selling for 4silver

recipe →each: 1× Small Spider Legneeds Recipe: Kaldorei Spider Kabob (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

50–90Craft ~40× Rainbow Fin Albacoreearns 24silverafter selling for 34silver

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rainbow Fin Albacoreneeds Recipe: Rainbow Fin Albacore (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

90–130Craft ~40× Dig Rat Stewearns 16silverafter selling for 56silver

recipe →each: 1× Dig Ratneeds Recipe: Dig Rat Stew (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

130–175Craft ~46× Curiously Tasty Omeletearns 50silver64copperafter selling for 92silver4copper

recipe →each: 1× Raptor Egg, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet first: 90silver

175–191Craft ~16× Rockscale Codearns 12silver80copperafter selling for 13silver60copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rockscale Codneeds Recipe: Rockscale Cod (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

191–255Craft ~196× Giant Clam Scorchoearns 1gold43silver8copperafter selling for 6gold11silver52copper

recipe →each: 1× Giant Clam Meat, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Giant Clam Scorcho first: 1gold20silver

255–279Craft ~27× Spotted Yellowtailcosts 20silver25copperafter selling for 1silver35copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Spotted Yellowtailneeds Recipe: Spotted Yellowtail (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

279–300Craft ~23× Nightfin Soupcosts 25silver99copperafter selling for 2silver76copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Nightfin Snapper, 1× Refreshing Spring Water (vendor)needs Recipe: Nightfin Soup (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

196× Giant Clam Meat3gold90silver4copper

242× Hot Spicesvendor96silver80copper

40× Dig Rat40silver

46× Raptor Egg23silver

23× Raw Nightfin Snapper23silver

27× Raw Spotted Yellowtail21silver60copper

40× Small Spider Leg20silver

40× Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore10silver

23× Refreshing Spring Watervendor5silver75copper

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

16× Raw Rockscale Cod80copper

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.