Level a profession

Steps

1–62Craft ~110× Linen Bagcosts 2silver66copperafter selling for 2gold25silver4copper

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)

62–69Craft ~13× Linen Beltcosts 6silver11copperafter selling for 2silver86copper

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

69–75Craft ~9× Blue Linen Vestcosts 6silver84copperafter selling for 14silver49copper

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Linen Vest (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

75–81Craft ~8× Blue Linen Robecosts 9silver4copperafter selling for 19silver44copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Linen Robe (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

81–95Craft ~23× Red Linen Bagcosts 1silver61copperafter selling for 87silver17copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 4silver

95–120Craft ~45× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 1gold24silver20copperafter selling for 4gold57silver20copper

recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth

120–132Craft ~13× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold56silverafter selling for 1gold48silver20copper

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

132–151Craft ~20× Small Silk Packcosts 2gold82silver20copperafter selling for 5gold13silver

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

151–162Craft ~12× Green Silk Packearns 5gold40silver12copperafter selling for 11gold85silver60copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Green Silk Pack (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

162–173Craft ~12× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 3gold3silver36copperafter selling for 2gold46silver24copper

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

173–180Craft ~7× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 2gold6silver50copperafter selling for 1gold70silver10copper

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

180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskcosts 3gold26silver62copperafter selling for 4gold88silver88copper

recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: White Bandit Mask (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

191–198Craft ~8× Crimson Silk Beltcosts 4gold13silver44copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Iron Buckle, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Silken Thread (vendor)

198–210Craft ~13× Long Silken Cloakcosts 7gold30silver60copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)

210–219Craft ~11× Crimson Silk Shoulderscosts 7gold31silver6copper

recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Fire Oil, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)

219–250Craft ~121× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 110gold11silver

recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)

Skill 250–300: 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).

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Copy for Auctionator

256× Bolt of Mageweave97gold28silver

349× Bolt of Silk Cloth37gold34silver30copper

420× Silken Threadvendor21gold

180× Silk Cloth3gold33silver

494× Bolt of Linen Cloth2gold91silver46copper

14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver

76× Heavy Leather1gold77silver8copper

156× Fine Threadvendor1gold56silver

13× Mana Potion1gold9silver20copper

99× Red Dyevendor49silver50copper

368× Coarse Threadvendor36silver80copper

51× Blue Dyevendor25silver50copper

8× Iron Buckle23silver4copper

22× Fire Oil21silver56copper

12× Green Dyevendor12silver

14× Bleachvendor3silver50copper

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.