Level a profession

Steps

1–40Craft ~91× Rough Blasting Powdercosts 12silver74copperafter selling for 3silver64copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

Skill 40–70: 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).

70–95Craft ~45× Coarse Blasting Powdercosts 39silver60copperafter selling for 5silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Coarse Stone

95–110Craft ~15× Silver Contactcosts 2gold6silver25copperafter selling for 18silver75copper

recipe →each: 1× Silver Bar

110–138Craft ~36× Heavy Blasting Powdercosts 1gold26silverafter selling for 54silver

recipe →each: 1× Heavy Stone

138–145Craft ~13× Sandpapercosts 84silver50copperafter selling for 32silver50copper

recipe →each: 2× Bauxite, 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth

145–175Craft ~42× Iron Strutcosts 1gold68silverafter selling for 1gold68silver

recipe →each: 2× Iron Bar

175–192Craft ~36× Solid Blasting Powdercosts 5gold32silver80copperafter selling for 90silver

recipe →each: 2× Solid Stone

192–215Craft ~27× Craftsman's Monoclecosts 23gold37silver66copperafter selling for 7gold10silver64copper

recipe →each: 6× Heavy Leather, 2× Citrineneeds Schematic: Craftsman's Monocle (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

215–235Craft ~20× Spellpower Goggles Xtremecosts 26gold22silver40copperafter selling for 8gold17silver60copper

recipe →each: 4× Thick Leather, 2× Star Rubyneeds Schematic: Spellpower Goggles Xtreme (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

235–250Craft ~15× Rose Colored Gogglescosts 19gold54silver65copperafter selling for 7gold75silver35copper

recipe →each: 6× Thick Leather, 2× Star Ruby

250–285Craft ~87× Green Lenscosts 50gold72silver10copperafter selling for 67gold59silver90copper

recipe →each: 8× Thick Leather, 3× Jade, 3× Aquamarine, 2× Heart of the Wild, 2× Wildvine

Skill 285–300: 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).

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

70× Star Ruby53gold20silver

866× Thick Leather43gold30silver

261× Aquamarine41gold76silver

54× Citrine25gold38silver

261× Jade23gold49silver

174× Heart of the Wild12gold18silver

72× Solid Stone6gold22silver80copper

174× Wildvine6gold9silver

162× Heavy Leather5gold10silver30copper

84× Iron Bar3gold36silver

15× Silver Bar2gold25silver

36× Heavy Stone1gold80silver

26× Bauxite1gold4silver

45× Coarse Stone45silver

91× Rough Stone16silver38copper

13× Bolt of Linen Cloth13silver

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.