Level a profession

Cheapest path with TW · Normal · Alliance prices ·

Profession
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Materials1291gold67silver57copper
Sell back140gold39silver96copper
Net cost1151gold27silver61copper

Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagearns 40silver76copperafter selling for 3gold55silver76copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–78Craft ~20× Blue Linen Vestcosts 9silver80copperafter selling for 32silver20copper
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)
78–89Craft ~18× Blue Linen Robecosts 13silver86copperafter selling for 43silver74copper
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)
89–95Craft ~12× Red Linen Bagearns 3silver60copperafter selling for 45silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 1silver50copper
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 75silver60copperafter selling for 3gold55silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–132Craft ~14× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold68silverafter selling for 1gold59silver60copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
132–151Craft ~20× Small Silk Packcosts 3gold1silver20copperafter selling for 4gold94silver
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)
191–196Craft ~5× Crimson Silk Beltcosts 2gold58silver40copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Iron Buckle, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
196–216Craft ~23× Long Silken Cloakcosts 12gold22silver45copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
216–219Craft ~4× Crimson Silk Shoulderscosts 2gold65silver84copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Fire Oil, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
219–247Craft ~66× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 60gold6silver
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
247–250Craft ~4× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 30gold91silver36copperafter selling for 3gold88silver64copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
250–282Craft ~40× Runecloth Headbandcosts 358gold52silver80copperafter selling for 45gold43silver20copper
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)
282–300Craft ~44× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 677gold60silverafter selling for 55gold30silver80copper
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

484× Bolt of Runecloth968gold
168× Ironweb Spider Silk134gold31silver60copper
146× Bolt of Mageweave55gold48silver
88× Rune Threadvendor44gold
344× Bolt of Silk Cloth36gold80silver80copper
176× Rugged Leather24gold55silver20copper
248× Silken Threadvendor12gold40silver
705× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold52silver50copper
140× Silk Cloth2gold80silver
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
76× Heavy Leather1gold77silver8copper
146× Fine Threadvendor1gold46silver
23× Mana Potion1gold23silver5copper
8× Gold Bar80silver
581× Coarse Threadvendor58silver10copper
84× Blue Dyevendor42silver
68× Red Dyevendor34silver
5× Iron Buckle14silver40copper
12× Green Dyevendor12silver
8× Fire Oil7silver84copper
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.