Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials390gold81silver87copper
Sell back174gold99silver32copper
Net cost215gold82silver55copper

Steps

1–26Craft ~25× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 4silver25copperafter selling for 11silver75copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
26–65Craft ~150× Linen Bagearns 30silverafter selling for 3gold
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–78Craft ~20× Blue Linen Vestcosts 8silver80copperafter selling for 33silver20copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 2silver99copper
78–89Craft ~18× Blue Linen Robecosts 2silver88copperafter selling for 54silver72copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 14silver99copper
89–95Craft ~12× Red Linen Bagearns 3silver12copperafter selling for 45silver12copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 4silver
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 12silver95copperafter selling for 2gold85silver95copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–131Craft ~12× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold29silverafter selling for 1gold1silver40copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
131–146Craft ~15× Bolt of Mageweaveearns 41silver85copperafter selling for 4gold16silver10copper
recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth
146–149Craft ~4× Small Silk Packcosts 45silver88copperafter selling for 87silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
149–163Craft ~15× Green Silk Packearns 2gold43silverafter selling for 9gold18silver45copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 2gold80silver
163–177Craft ~15× Long Silken Cloakcosts 2gold37silverafter selling for 3gold84silver75copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
177–180Craft ~3× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 63silver30copperafter selling for 72silver90copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskearns 2gold61silver94copperafter selling for 9gold57silver60copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 28silver97copper
191–195Craft ~6× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold53silver36copperafter selling for 2gold89silver92copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–214Craft ~22× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 87silver12copperafter selling for 7gold15silver88copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
214–219Craft ~8× Long Silken Cloakcosts 3gold31silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
219–230Craft ~13× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 9gold60silver44copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
230–250Craft ~21× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 23gold2silver86copperafter selling for 20gold40silver36copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 1gold
250–287Craft ~54× Runecloth Headbandcosts 68gold80silver68copperafter selling for 61gold33silver32copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Runecloth Headband first: 3gold
287–300Craft ~37× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 100gold4silver80copperafter selling for 46gold50silver90copper
recipe →each: 7× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 4× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Runecloth Shoulders first: 2gold40silver99copper

Shopping list

559× Bolt of Runecloth191gold51silver34copper
112× Rune Threadvendor56gold
182× Ironweb Spider Silk49gold10silver36copper
148× Rugged Leather19gold35silver84copper
200× Bolt of Silk Cloth17gold20silver
52× Bolt of Mageweave15gold30silver88copper
110× Runecloth8gold3silver
86× Silken Threadvendor4gold30silver
42× Gold Bar4gold15silver38copper
75× Mageweave Cloth3gold74silver25copper
630× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold15silver
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
140× Silk Cloth2gold73silver
53× Heavy Leather1gold17silver13copper
81× Fine Threadvendor81silver
506× Coarse Threadvendor50silver60copper
23× Mana Potion47silver15copper
80× Blue Dyevendor40silver
15× Green Dyevendor15silver
18× Red Dyevendor9silver
50× Linen Cloth7silver50copper
14× Bleachvendor3silver50copper

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.