Level a profession

Steps

1–36Craft ~44× Rough Sharpening Stonecosts 44copperafter selling for 1silver76copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

36–85Craft ~181× Rough Grinding Stonecosts 9silver5copperafter selling for 9silver5copper

recipe →each: 2× Rough Stone

85–110Craft ~29× Blackfathom Sharpening Stonecosts 18silver85copperafter selling for 36silver25copper

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

110–129Craft ~22× Iron Bucklecosts 8silver58copperafter selling for 51silver92copper

recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar

129–140Craft ~17× Bronze Shortswordcosts 24silver99copperafter selling for 2gold9silver95copper

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

140–150Craft ~10× Green Iron Leggingscosts 36silver60copperafter selling for 2gold94silver50copper

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

150–200Craft ~121× Barbaric Iron Helmearns 16gold17silver3copperafter selling for 53gold41silver41copper

recipe →each: 10× Iron Bar, 2× Large Fang, 2× Sharp Clawneeds Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

200–215Craft ~16× Heavy Mithril Axeearns 2gold11silver4copperafter selling for 24gold32silver

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

215–235Craft ~21× Big Black Maceearns 17gold69silver46copperafter selling for 55gold72silver77copper

recipe →each: 16× Mithril Bar, 1× Black Pearl, 4× Shadowgem, 1× Solid Grinding Stone, 2× Thick Leather

235–260Craft ~45× Baleful Pauldronscosts 0copper

recipe →each:

260–263Craft ~20× Dazzling Mithril Rapiercosts 3gold75silver20copperafter selling for 29gold34silver20copper

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: 25silver

263–265Craft ~8× Runed Mithril Hammercosts 4gold25silver36copperafter selling for 11gold56silver80copper

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

265–288Craft ~24× Radiant Bootscosts 58gold70silver64copperafter selling for 39gold41silver4copper

recipe →each: 14× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Firebuy Plans: Radiant Boots first: 2gold38silver90copper

288–300Craft ~12× Radiant Leggingscosts 32gold69silver52copperafter selling for 30gold39silver60copper

recipe →each: 20× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Firebuy Plans: Radiant Leggings first: 4gold99silver

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Copy for Auctionator

576× Thorium Bar112gold26silver24copper

952× Mithril Bar79gold87silver28copper

144× Heart of Fire48gold94silver56copper

1,312× Iron Bar36gold8silver

65× Solid Grinding Stone5gold55silver75copper

74× Thick Leather4gold47silver70copper

32× Citrine3gold51silver68copper

21× Black Pearl3gold25silver50copper

242× Large Fang2gold85silver56copper

40× Lesser Moonstone2gold40silver

40× Moss Agate2gold29silver20copper

84× Shadowgem2gold25silver12copper

20× Aquamarine2gold20silver

85× Bronze Bar1gold34silver30copper

64× Heavy Leather1gold21silver60copper

16× Core of Earth1gold12silver

242× Sharp Claw1gold11silver32copper

10× Heavy Grinding Stone1gold1silver10copper

40× Mageweave Cloth1gold

68× Weak Fluxvendor68silver

29× Lesser Magic Essence38silver28copper

34× Medium Leather32silver64copper

406× Rough Stone20silver30copper

29× Coarse Sharpening Stone16silver82copper

10× Green Dyevendor10silver

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.