Level a profession

Steps

1–36Craft ~44× Rough Sharpening Stonecosts 1silver32copperafter selling for 1silver32copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

36–85Craft ~181× Rough Grinding Stonecosts 12silver67copperafter selling for 9silver5copper

recipe →each: 2× Rough Stone

85–110Craft ~29× Blackfathom Sharpening Stonecosts 25silver81copperafter selling for 36silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Coarse Sharpening Stone, 1× Lesser Magic Essence

110–128Craft ~19× Iron Bucklecosts 6silver46copperafter selling for 50silver54copper

recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar

128–145Craft ~29× Bronze Shortswordcosts 35silver38copperafter selling for 3gold57silver86copper

recipe →each: 5× Bronze Bar, 4× Weak Flux (vendor), 2× Medium Leather

145–150Craft ~5× Green Iron Leggingscosts 31silver85copperafter selling for 1gold45silver30copper

recipe →each: 8× Iron Bar, 1× Heavy Grinding Stone, 1× Green Dye (vendor)

150–200Craft ~121× Barbaric Iron Helmearns 61silver71copperafter selling for 40gold37silver77copper

recipe →each: 10× Iron Bar, 2× Large Fang, 2× Sharp Clawbuy Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm first: 12gold

200–215Craft ~16× Heavy Mithril Axecosts 1gold48silver96copperafter selling for 24gold31silver68copper

recipe →each: 12× Mithril Bar, 2× Citrine, 1× Solid Grinding Stone, 4× Heavy Leather

215–235Craft ~27× Dense Sharpening Stoneearns 98silver28copperafter selling for 2gold87silver28copper

recipe →each: 1× Dense Stone

235–260Craft ~45× Baleful Pauldronscosts 0copper

recipe →each:

260–261Craft ~5× Dazzling Mithril Rapierearns 66silver40copperafter selling for 10gold54silver45copper

recipe →each: 14× Mithril Bar, 1× Aquamarine, 2× Lesser Moonstone, 2× Moss Agate, 1× Solid Grinding Stone, 2× Mageweave Clothbuy Plans: Dazzling Mithril Rapier first: 26silver77copper

261–264Craft ~10× Runed Mithril Hammercosts 11gold35silver10copperafter selling for 14gold46silver

recipe →each: 18× Mithril Bar, 2× Core of Earth, 1× Solid Grinding Stone, 4× Thick Leatherbuy Plans: Runed Mithril Hammer first: 1gold45silver

264–265Craft ~2× Thorium Greatswordcosts 7gold90silver80copperafter selling for 4gold70silver68copper

recipe →each: 16× Thorium Bar, 2× Dense Grinding Stone, 4× Rugged Leather

265–290Craft ~26× Radiant Bootscosts 91gold34silver58copperafter selling for 42gold69silver46copper

recipe →each: 14× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Firebuy Plans: Radiant Boots first: 10gold

290–300Craft ~10× Radiant Leggingscosts 44gold89silverafter selling for 25gold33silver

recipe →each: 20× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Firebuy Plans: Radiant Leggings first: 1gold55silver

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

596× Thorium Bar185gold41silver56copper

442× Mithril Bar45gold8silver40copper

1,269× Iron Bar38gold7silver

144× Heart of Fire28gold80silver

20× Core of Earth4gold39silver80copper

32× Citrine3gold64silver80copper

31× Solid Grinding Stone2gold63silver19copper

242× Large Fang2gold37silver16copper

145× Bronze Bar2gold26silver20copper

40× Thick Leather2gold20silver40copper

27× Dense Stone1gold89silver

4× Dense Grinding Stone1gold77silver96copper

64× Heavy Leather1gold21silver60copper

116× Weak Fluxvendor1gold16silver

242× Sharp Claw1gold8silver90copper

8× Rugged Leather88silver

10× Mageweave Cloth63silver90copper

10× Lesser Moonstone60silver80copper

5× Aquamarine59silver40copper

5× Heavy Grinding Stone52silver15copper

58× Medium Leather51silver4copper

10× Moss Agate47silver50copper

29× Lesser Magic Essence38silver86copper

406× Rough Stone24silver36copper

29× Coarse Sharpening Stone23silver20copper

5× Green Dyevendor5silver

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.