Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfirecosts 3silver42copper

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 36silverafter selling for 4silver

recipe →each: 1× Small Spider Legneeds Recipe: Kaldorei Spider Kabob (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

50–100Craft ~52× Goretusk Liver Piecosts 33silver80copperafter selling for 13silver

recipe →each: 1× Goretusk Liver, 1× Mild Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Goretusk Liver Pie (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

100–180Craft ~212× Crispy Lizard Tailearns 1gold29silver32copperafter selling for 5gold30silver

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)

180–227Craft ~108× Tasty Lion Steakcosts 64silver80copperafter selling for 3gold24silver

recipe →each: 2× Lion Meat, 1× Soothing Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Tasty Lion Steak (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

227–295Craft ~92× Spotted Yellowtailcosts 6gold39silver40copperafter selling for 4silver60copper

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

295–300Craft ~5× Iron Ovencosts 1gold38silver25copper

recipe →each: 10× Simple Flour (vendor), 5× Refreshing Spring Water (vendor), 4× Soothing Spices (vendor)

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

92× Raw Spotted Yellowtail6gold44silver

212× Thunder Lizard Tail3gold15silver88copper

216× Lion Meat2gold16silver

128× Soothing Spicesvendor2gold4silver80copper

50× Simple Flourvendor1gold

212× Hot Spicesvendor84silver80copper

52× Goretusk Liver41silver60copper

40× Small Spider Leg40silver

25× Refreshing Spring Watervendor6silver25copper

52× Mild Spicesvendor5silver20copper

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.