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Profession
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Materials468gold21silver41copper
Sell back276gold72silver24copper
Net cost191gold49silver17copper

Steps

1–60Craft ~95× Linen Bagcosts 9silver50copperafter selling for 1gold90silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
60–70Craft ~18× Linen Beltcosts 8silver64copperafter selling for 3silver96copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
70–74Craft ~6× Blue Linen Vestcosts 4silver74copperafter selling for 9silver66copper
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)
74–79Craft ~7× Blue Linen Robecosts 8silver19copperafter selling for 17silver1copper
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)
79–95Craft ~25× Red Linen Bagcosts 6silver75copperafter selling for 90silver50copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread, 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 1silver10copper
95–116Craft ~24× Bolt of Silk Clothcosts 47silver4copperafter selling for 1gold44silver
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
116–130Craft ~14× Azure Silk Hoodearns 5silver4copperafter selling for 1gold72silver90copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread
130–140Craft ~10× Small Silk Packcosts 13silver50copperafter selling for 2gold11silver80copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread
140–150Craft ~10× Green Silk Packearns 5gold46silver90copperafter selling for 8gold55silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread, 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 13gold88silver88copper
150–200Craft ~140× Black Silk Packearns 54gold23silver60copperafter selling for 108gold78silver
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Threadbuy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 3gold88silver
200–214Craft ~17× Bolt of Runeclothearns 51copperafter selling for 5gold31copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
214–226Craft ~25× Long Silken Cloakcosts 6gold94silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
226–228Craft ~5× Crimson Silk Shoulderscosts 2gold9silver60copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Fire Oil, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
228–229Craft ~2× Runecloth Beltcosts 1gold83silver64copperafter selling for 1gold2silver24copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Runecloth, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)
229–230Craft ~1× Brightcloth Robecosts 1gold5silver77copperafter selling for 1gold20silver89copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Brightcloth Robe (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
230–261Craft ~38× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 37gold43silver76copperafter selling for 36gold92silver8copper
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)
261–290Craft ~41× Wizardweave Robecosts 84gold70silver19copperafter selling for 65gold98silver13copper
recipe →each: 8× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Dream Dust, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Wizardweave Robe (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
290–300Craft ~32× Wizardweave Turbancosts 98gold41silver92copperafter selling for 40gold85silver76copper
recipe →each: 6× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Dream Dust, 1× Star Ruby, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Wizardweave Turban (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

683× Bolt of Runecloth211gold59silver34copper
210× Dream Dust73gold16silver40copper
114× Rune Threadvendor57gold
923× Bolt of Silk Cloth46gold15silver
32× Star Ruby19gold20silver
140× Black Dyevendor14gold
78× Gold Bar8gold48silver64copper
659× Fine Thread6gold52silver41copper
85× Runecloth4gold99silver80copper
449× Bolt of Linen Cloth2gold69silver40copper
96× Silk Cloth1gold91silver4copper
35× Silken Threadvendor1gold75silver
50× Heavy Leather1gold14silver
25× Mana Potion69silver
323× Coarse Threadvendor32silver30copper
10× Fire Oil29silver60copper
48× Blue Dyevendor24silver
35× Red Dyevendor17silver50copper
10× Green Dyevendor10silver

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.