Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfireearns 17silver91copperafter selling for 21silver33copper

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).

10–88Craft ~152× Kaldorei Spider Kabobearns 9silver12copperafter selling for 15silver20copper

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

88–90Craft ~2× Crocolisk Steakcosts 30copperafter selling for 50copper

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

90–100Craft ~10× Murloc Fin Soupearns 2silver50copperafter selling for 12silver50copper

recipe →each: 2× Murloc Fin, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Murloc Fin Soup (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

100–141Craft ~41× Seasoned Wolf Kabobearns 46silver74copperafter selling for 1gold23silver

recipe →each: 2× Lean Wolf Flank, 1× Mild Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Seasoned Wolf Kabob (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

141–210Craft ~201× Curiously Tasty Omeletearns 20silver10copperafter selling for 3gold1silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Raptor Egg, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet first: 1gold55silver

210–236Craft ~35× Goldthorn Teacosts 13silver65copperafter selling for 1gold19silver

recipe →each: 1× Goldthorn, 1× Refreshing Spring Water (vendor)

236–298Craft ~97× Filet of Redgillcosts 77silver60copperafter selling for 4silver85copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Redgillneeds Recipe: Filet of Redgill (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

298–300Craft ~4× Grilled Squidcosts 10silver8copperafter selling for 32copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Winter Squid, 1× Soothing Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Grilled Squid (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

201× Raptor Egg2gold1silver

35× Goldthorn1gold23silver90copper

211× Hot Spicesvendor84silver40copper

97× Raw Redgill82silver45copper

82× Lean Wolf Flank72silver16copper

35× Refreshing Spring Watervendor8silver75copper

4× Soothing Spicesvendor6silver40copper

152× Small Spider Leg6silver8copper

20× Murloc Fin6silver

43× Mild Spicesvendor4silver30copper

4× Raw Winter Squid4silver

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

2× Crocolisk Meat60copper

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.