Level a profession

Steps

1–36Craft ~44× Rough Sharpening Stoneearns 1silver32copperafter selling for 3silver8copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

36–85Craft ~181× Rough Grinding Stonecosts 5silver43copperafter selling for 9silver5copper

recipe →each: 2× Rough Stone

85–86Craft ~2× Silver Skeleton Keycosts 10copperafter selling for 3silver80copper

recipe →each: 1× Silver Bar, 1× Rough Grinding Stone

86–109Craft ~28× Heavy Sharpening Stoneearns 69silver44copperafter selling for 1gold39silver44copper

recipe →each: 1× Heavy Stone

109–110Craft ~1× Bronze Shortswordcosts 31copperafter selling for 15silver67copper

recipe →each: 5× Bronze Bar, 4× Weak Flux (vendor), 2× Medium Leather

110–129Craft ~22× Iron Buckleearns 88silver44copperafter selling for 1gold67silver20copper

recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar

129–143Craft ~23× Bronze Shortswordcosts 28silver68copperafter selling for 3gold38silver86copper

recipe →each: 5× Bronze Bar, 4× Weak Flux (vendor), 2× Medium Leather

143–150Craft ~7× Green Iron Gauntletsearns 1gold65silver6copperafter selling for 3gold32silver50copper

recipe →each: 4× Iron Bar, 2× Small Lustrous Pearl, 2× Coarse Grinding Stone, 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Plans: Green Iron Gauntlets first: 7silver

150–160Craft ~10× Barbaric Iron Helmcosts 82silver90copperafter selling for 3gold33silver70copper

recipe →each: 10× Iron Bar, 2× Large Fang, 2× Sharp Clawneeds Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

160–184Craft ~35× Solid Sharpening Stoneearns 2gold18silver75copperafter selling for 2gold98silver55copper

recipe →each: 1× Solid Stone

184–198Craft ~48× Barbaric Iron Helmcosts 3gold97silver92copperafter selling for 16gold1silver76copper

recipe →each: 10× Iron Bar, 2× Large Fang, 2× Sharp Claw

198–215Craft ~18× Heavy Mithril Axecosts 1gold36silver68copperafter selling for 36gold1silver20copper

recipe →each: 12× Mithril Bar, 2× Citrine, 1× Solid Grinding Stone, 4× Heavy Leather

215–235Craft ~27× Dense Sharpening Stoneearns 5gold33silver25copperafter selling for 6gold41silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Dense Stone

235–260Craft ~45× Baleful Pauldronscosts 0copper

recipe →each:

260–264Craft ~12× Runed Mithril Hammercosts 18gold3silver84copperafter selling for 17gold35silver20copper

recipe →each: 18× Mithril Bar, 2× Core of Earth, 1× Solid Grinding Stone, 4× Thick Leatherneeds Plans: Runed Mithril Hammer (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

264–265Craft ~1× Radiant Breastplatecosts 5gold82silver61copperafter selling for 1gold70silver3copper

recipe →each: 18× Thorium Bar, 2× Heart of Fire, 1× Star Rubybuy Plans: Radiant Breastplate first: 50silver

265–290Craft ~26× Radiant Bootscosts 117gold33silver54copperafter selling for 42gold69silver46copper

recipe →each: 14× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Fireneeds Plans: Radiant Boots (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

290–300Craft ~10× Radiant Leggingscosts 57gold21silver40copperafter selling for 25gold33silver

recipe →each: 20× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Firebuy Plans: Radiant Leggings first: 4gold

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582× Thorium Bar203gold64silver18copper

432× Mithril Bar60gold65silver28copper

146× Heart of Fire45gold85silver86copper

630× Iron Bar22gold55silver40copper

30× Solid Grinding Stone4gold20silver

36× Citrine3gold25silver8copper

120× Bronze Bar2gold52silver

116× Sharp Claw2gold32silver

48× Thick Leather2gold18silver40copper

72× Heavy Leather1gold28silver16copper

24× Core of Earth1gold20silver

27× Dense Stone1gold8silver

116× Large Fang1gold7silver88copper

96× Weak Fluxvendor96silver

35× Solid Stone79silver80copper

28× Heavy Stone70silver

1× Star Ruby60silver

48× Medium Leather35silver52copper

14× Coarse Grinding Stone32silver20copper

14× Small Lustrous Pearl28silver

406× Rough Stone16silver24copper

7× Green Dyevendor7silver

2× Silver Bar3silver78copper

2× Rough Grinding Stone12copper

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.