Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfireearns 21silver15copperafter selling for 24silver57copper

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).

10–50Craft ~40× Kaldorei Spider Kabobcosts 11silver20copperafter selling for 4silver

recipe →each: 1× Small Spider Legbuy Recipe: Kaldorei Spider Kabob first: 57silver

50–100Craft ~52× Longjaw Mud Snapperearns 24silver44copperafter selling for 29silver64copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Longjaw Mud Snapperneeds Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

100–130Craft ~30× Crispy Lizard Tailearns 33silverafter selling for 75silver

recipe →each: 1× Thunder Lizard Tail, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Crispy Lizard Tail (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

130–209Craft ~172× Curiously Tasty Omeletearns 17silver20copperafter selling for 2gold58silver

recipe →each: 1× Raptor Egg, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet first: 8silver

209–218Craft ~22× Rockscale Codearns 15silver40copperafter selling for 20silver90copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rockscale Codbuy Recipe: Rockscale Cod first: 88silver

218–230Craft ~16× Soothing Turtle Bisquecosts 9silver60copperafter selling for 48silver

recipe →each: 1× Turtle Meat, 1× Soothing Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Soothing Turtle Bisque first: 10silver

230–288Craft ~69× Spotted Yellowtailcosts 64silver86copperafter selling for 3silver45copper

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

288–300Craft ~14× Nightfin Soupcosts 29silver82copperafter selling for 1silver68copper

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

172× Raptor Egg1gold72silver

202× Hot Spicesvendor80silver80copper

69× Raw Spotted Yellowtail68silver31copper

16× Turtle Meat32silver

30× Thunder Lizard Tail30silver

14× Raw Nightfin Snapper28silver

16× Soothing Spicesvendor25silver60copper

40× Small Spider Leg15silver20copper

22× Raw Rockscale Cod5silver50copper

52× Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper5silver20copper

14× Refreshing Spring Watervendor3silver50copper

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

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.