Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfireearns 59silver94copperafter selling for 63silver36copper

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).

10–71Craft ~70× Kaldorei Spider Kabobcosts 2silver10copperafter selling for 7silver

recipe →each: 1× Small Spider Legbuy Recipe: Kaldorei Spider Kabob first: 75silver

71–114Craft ~55× Rainbow Fin Albacoreearns 39silver5copperafter selling for 44silver55copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rainbow Fin Albacorebuy Recipe: Rainbow Fin Albacore first: 30silver

114–130Craft ~16× Seasoned Wolf Kabobcosts 2silver88copperafter selling for 48silver

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)

130–175Craft ~46× Curiously Tasty Omeletearns 56silver58copperafter selling for 1gold17silver30copper

recipe →each: 1× Raptor Egg, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

175–230Craft ~187× Rockscale Codearns 93silver63copperafter selling for 1gold2silver98copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rockscale Codbuy Recipe: Rockscale Cod first: 79silver

230–300Craft ~115× Spotted Yellowtailearns 1gold46silver5copperafter selling for 2gold24silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Spotted Yellowtailneeds Recipe: Spotted Yellowtail (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

115× Raw Spotted Yellowtail78silver20copper

32× Lean Wolf Flank49silver28copper

46× Raptor Egg42silver32copper

46× Hot Spicesvendor18silver40copper

187× Raw Rockscale Cod9silver35copper

70× Small Spider Leg9silver10copper

55× Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore5silver50copper

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

16× Mild Spicesvendor1silver60copper

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.