Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials387gold27silver82copper
Sell back172gold30silver42copper
Net cost214gold97silver40copper

Steps

1–26Craft ~25× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 1silver25copperafter selling for 11silver25copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
26–65Craft ~150× Linen Bagearns 39silverafter selling for 3gold
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–79Craft ~22× Blue Linen Vestcosts 9silver46copperafter selling for 35silver42copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 88silver
79–90Craft ~19× Blue Linen Robeearns 12silver92copperafter selling for 72silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 87silver
90–95Craft ~10× Red Linen Bagcosts 7silver20copperafter selling for 27silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 6silver50copper
95–117Craft ~26× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 3silver12copperafter selling for 2gold6silver96copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
117–134Craft ~25× Red Woolen Bagearns 1gold78silver75copperafter selling for 4gold96silver25copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Woolen Bag first: 8silver54copper
134–140Craft ~6× Small Silk Packcosts 71silver76copperafter selling for 1gold20silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
140–169Craft ~34× Earthen Vestcosts 3gold3silver62copperafter selling for 9gold16silver64copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Elemental Earth, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)
169–177Craft ~9× Black Silk Packearns 1gold54silver35copperafter selling for 6gold58silver35copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 1gold
177–183Craft ~7× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 1gold42silver10copperafter selling for 1gold70silver10copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
183–186Craft ~3× White Bandit Maskcosts 69silver9copperafter selling for 1gold4silver76copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 59silver
186–195Craft ~11× Earthen Silk Cuffscosts 2gold69silver50copperafter selling for 2gold50silver69copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Elemental Earth, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Earthen Silk Cuffs first: 1gold6silver
195–215Craft ~27× Bolt of Runeclothearns 2gold29silver23copperafter selling for 9gold48silver78copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
215–218Craft ~5× Long Silken Cloakcosts 2gold12silver75copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
218–225Craft ~12× Crimson Silk Shoulderscosts 6gold59silver76copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Fire Oil, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
225–227Craft ~3× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 2gold71silver20copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
227–230Craft ~4× Runecloth Beltcosts 1gold38silver48copperafter selling for 5gold5silver40copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Runecloth, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)
230–250Craft ~21× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 25gold20silverafter selling for 20gold40silver36copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 61silver
250–285Craft ~47× Runecloth Headbandcosts 63gold15silver86copperafter selling for 53gold38silver26copper
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)
285–300Craft ~40× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 106gold9silver20copperafter selling for 50gold28silver
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)

Shopping list

564× Bolt of Runecloth208gold62silver36copper
112× Rune Threadvendor56gold
174× Ironweb Spider Silk43gold50silver
317× Bolt of Silk Cloth26gold62silver80copper
160× Rugged Leather12gold80silver
135× Runecloth7gold19silver55copper
42× Gold Bar4gold3silver20copper
45× Elemental Earth3gold91silver5copper
9× Bolt of Mageweave3gold39silver30copper
63× Silken Threadvendor3gold15silver
632× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold3silver36copper
100× Bolt of Woolen Cloth2gold80silver
104× Silk Cloth2gold3silver84copper
157× Fine Threadvendor1gold57silver
9× Black Dyevendor90silver
3× Heavy Silken Threadvendor60silver
510× Coarse Threadvendor51silver
73× Red Dyevendor36silver50copper
60× Blue Dyevendor30silver
24× Fire Oil23silver76copper
12× Heavy Leather22silver56copper
5× Mana Potion19silver75copper
50× Linen Cloth10silver
3× Bleachvendor75copper

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.