Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials23gold47silver13copper
Sell back17gold45silver49copper
Net cost6gold1silver64copper

Steps

1–45Craft ~50× Linen Bandagecosts 7silver50copperafter selling for 5silver
recipe →each: 1× Linen Cloth
45–71Craft ~32× Heavy Linen Bandagecosts 9silver60copperafter selling for 6silver40copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
71–115Craft ~58× Wool Bandagecosts 30silver16copperafter selling for 16silver24copper
recipe →each: 1× Wool Cloth
115–130Craft ~17× Heavy Wool Bandagecosts 17silver51copperafter selling for 9silver69copper
recipe →each: 2× Wool Cloth
130–135Craft ~6× Strong Anti-Venomearns 2silver16copperafter selling for 11silver16copper
recipe →each: 1× Large Venom Sacbuy Manual: Strong Anti-Venom first: 45silver
135–180Craft ~57× Silk Bandagecosts 0copperafter selling for 1gold14silver
recipe →each: 1× Silk Cloth
180–240Craft ~281× Heavy Silk Bandagecosts 0copperafter selling for 11gold24silver
recipe →each: 2× Silk Clothbuy Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage first: 1gold
240–249Craft ~21× Mageweave Bandagecosts 30silver3copperafter selling for 84silver
recipe →each: 1× Mageweave Clothbuy Manual: Mageweave Bandage first: 64silver
249–290Craft ~53× Runecloth Bandagecosts 2gold12silverafter selling for 2gold65silver
recipe →each: 1× Runecloth
290–300Craft ~11× Heavy Runecloth Bandagecosts 88silverafter selling for 1gold10silver
recipe →each: 2× Runecloth

Shopping list

619× Silk Cloth12gold38silver
75× Runecloth6gold75silver
21× Mageweave Cloth1gold14silver3copper
92× Wool Cloth73silver60copper
114× Linen Cloth28silver50copper
6× Large Venom Sac9silver

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.