Level a profession

Cheapest path with US · Normal · Alliance prices ·

Profession
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Materials350gold50silver48copper
Sell back124gold44silver76copper
Net cost226gold5silver72copper

Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagearns 14silverafter selling for 3gold50silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–76Craft ~16× Blue Linen Vestcosts 1silver44copperafter selling for 34silver8copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 15silver84copper
76–85Craft ~13× Blue Linen Robeearns 5silver7copperafter selling for 48silver75copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 23silver
85–95Craft ~18× Red Linen Bagcosts 1silver80copperafter selling for 64silver8copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 2silver
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 22silver5copperafter selling for 2gold88silver5copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–131Craft ~12× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold21silver8copperafter selling for 1gold12silver68copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
131–149Craft ~19× Small Silk Packcosts 2gold53silver46copperafter selling for 3gold80silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
149–164Craft ~16× Green Silk Packearns 2gold49silver28copperafter selling for 9gold71silver52copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 3gold75silver
164–171Craft ~7× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 1gold22silver8copperafter selling for 1gold43silver64copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Fine Thread (vendor)
171–175Craft ~5× Black Silk Packearns 43silver90copperafter selling for 3gold32silver40copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 3gold49silver
175–181Craft ~6× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 1gold22silver28copperafter selling for 1gold48silver8copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread
181–190Craft ~11× White Bandit Maskearns 1gold15silver83copperafter selling for 7gold31silver50copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Threadbuy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 50silver
190–191Craft ~2× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 40silver76copperafter selling for 49silver36copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread
191–196Craft ~5× Crimson Silk Beltcosts 2gold11silver30copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Iron Buckle, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Silken Thread
196–210Craft ~15× Long Silken Cloakcosts 6gold41silver55copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread
210–211Craft ~1× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 32silver88copperafter selling for 37silver12copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
211–217Craft ~9× Long Silken Cloakcosts 3gold84silver93copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread
217–223Craft ~9× Crimson Silk Shoulderscosts 4gold88silver88copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Fire Oil, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread
223–231Craft ~11× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 9gold41silver49copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread
231–250Craft ~20× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 25gold70silverafter selling for 19gold43silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 1gold90silver
250–286Craft ~50× Runecloth Headbandcosts 73gold95silverafter selling for 56gold79silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Runecloth Headband first: 2gold99silver
286–291Craft ~9× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 26gold83silver62copperafter selling for 11gold31silver30copper
recipe →each: 7× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 4× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Runecloth Shoulders first: 2gold50silver
291–300Craft ~9× Loomcosts 54gold89silver46copper
recipe →each: 1× Bottled Screams, 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Simple Wood (vendor)

Shopping list

379× Bolt of Runecloth149gold62silver92copper
9× Bottled Screams40gold54silver50copper
79× Rune Threadvendor39gold50silver
391× Bolt of Silk Cloth34gold17silver34copper
118× Ironweb Spider Silk31gold60silver4copper
33× Bolt of Mageweave11gold87silver1copper
96× Silken Thread4gold36silver80copper
36× Rugged Leather3gold95silver64copper
697× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold76silver38copper
40× Gold Bar3gold54silver80copper
140× Silk Cloth2gold66silver
11× Heavy Silken Thread2gold17silver25copper
86× Heavy Leather1gold77silver16copper
169× Fine Threadvendor1gold69silver
24× Mana Potion78silver24copper
5× Runecloth70silver
567× Coarse Threadvendor56silver70copper
5× Black Dyevendor50silver
76× Red Dyevendor38silver
66× Blue Dyevendor33silver
16× Green Dyevendor16silver
36× Simple Woodvendor13silver68copper
5× Iron Buckle8silver75copper
18× Fire Oil4silver68copper
11× Bleachvendor2silver75copper

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.