Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials19gold41silver44copper
Sell back14gold4silver82copper
Net cost5gold36silver62copper

Steps

1–45Craft ~50× Linen Bandagecosts 8silverafter selling for 5silver
recipe →each: 1× Linen Cloth
45–65Craft ~23× Heavy Linen Bandagecosts 7silver36copperafter selling for 4silver60copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
65–130Craft ~102× Anti-Venomcosts 15silver30copperafter selling for 85silver68copper
recipe →each: 1× Small Venom Sac
130–200Craft ~339× Strong Anti-Venomearns 13silver56copperafter selling for 6gold30silver54copper
recipe →each: 1× Large Venom Sacbuy Manual: Strong Anti-Venom first: 1gold99silver
200–211Craft ~20× Heavy Silk Bandagecosts 19silver60copperafter selling for 80silver
recipe →each: 2× Silk Clothbuy Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage first: 30silver40copper
211–245Craft ~51× Mageweave Bandagecosts 1gold2silverafter selling for 2gold4silver
recipe →each: 1× Mageweave Clothbuy Manual: Mageweave Bandage first: 99silver
245–290Craft ~57× Runecloth Bandagecosts 50silver16copperafter selling for 2gold85silver
recipe →each: 1× Runecloth
290–300Craft ~11× Heavy Runecloth Bandagecosts 19silver36copperafter selling for 1gold10silver
recipe →each: 2× Runecloth

Shopping list

339× Large Venom Sac6gold16silver98copper
79× Runecloth4gold64silver52copper
51× Mageweave Cloth3gold6silver
102× Small Venom Sac1gold98copper
40× Silk Cloth99silver60copper
96× Linen Cloth24silver96copper

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.