Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfireearns 5silver94copperafter selling for 9silver36copper

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).

10–60Craft ~52× Kaldorei Spider Kabobearns 3silver64copperafter selling for 5silver20copper

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

60–100Craft ~40× Blood Sausageearns 9silver20copperafter selling for 32silver

recipe →each: 1× Bear Meat, 1× Boar Intestines, 1× Spider Ichorneeds Recipe: Blood Sausage (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

100–141Craft ~41× Seasoned Wolf Kabobearns 73silver80copperafter selling for 1gold23silver

recipe →each: 2× Lean Wolf Flank, 1× Mild Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Seasoned Wolf Kabob (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

141–175Craft ~35× Curiously Tasty Omeletearns 10silver85copperafter selling for 52silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Raptor Egg, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet first: 79silver

175–255Craft ~212× Giant Clam Scorchoearns 1gold52silver64copperafter selling for 6gold61silver44copper

recipe →each: 1× Giant Clam Meat, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Giant Clam Scorcho first: 1gold50silver

255–297Craft ~73× Spotted Yellowtailearns 2gold34silver33copperafter selling for 2gold77silver40copper

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

297–300Craft ~4× Nightfin Soupcosts 8silver52copperafter selling for 48copper

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

212× Giant Clam Meat4gold24silver

247× Hot Spicesvendor98silver80copper

82× Lean Wolf Flank45silver10copper

73× Raw Spotted Yellowtail43silver7copper

35× Raptor Egg27silver65copper

40× Bear Meat9silver20copper

4× Raw Nightfin Snapper8silver

40× Boar Intestines7silver20copper

40× Spider Ichor6silver40copper

41× Mild Spicesvendor4silver10copper

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

52× Small Spider Leg1silver56copper

4× Refreshing Spring Watervendor1silver

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.