Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfireearns 1silver71copperafter selling for 5silver13copper

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).

10–60Craft ~52× Kaldorei Spider Kabobearns 3silver12copperafter selling for 5silver20copper

recipe →each: 1× Small Spider Legbuy Recipe: Kaldorei Spider Kabob first: 2gold75silver

60–100Craft ~40× Blood Sausageearns 4silver40copperafter selling for 32silver

recipe →each: 1× Bear Meat, 1× Boar Intestines, 1× Spider Ichorbuy Recipe: Blood Sausage first: 2gold1silver90copper

100–120Craft ~20× Seasoned Wolf Kabobearns 1gold24silverafter selling for 1gold71silver

recipe →each: 2× Lean Wolf Flank, 1× Mild Spicesbuy Recipe: Seasoned Wolf Kabob first: 1gold50silver2copper

120–161Craft ~41× Crocolisk Gumboearns 82silver82copperafter selling for 1gold19silver31copper

recipe →each: 1× Tender Crocolisk Meat, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Crocolisk Gumbo first: 3gold45silver

161–175Craft ~15× Curiously Tasty Omeletearns 3silver15copperafter selling for 22silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Raptor Egg, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet first: 29silver99copper

175–191Craft ~16× Rockscale Codearns 32copperafter selling for 1silver12copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rockscale Codbuy Recipe: Rockscale Cod first: 23silver

191–254Craft ~156× Giant Clam Scorchoearns 9gold1silver68copperafter selling for 13gold15silver8copper

recipe →each: 1× Giant Clam Meat, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Giant Clam Scorcho first: 87silver94copper

254–300Craft ~91× Filet of Redgillearns 32silver76copperafter selling for 60silver6copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Redgillbuy Recipe: Filet of Redgill first: 2gold67silver

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

156× Giant Clam Meat3gold51silver

212× Hot Spicesvendor84silver80copper

40× Lean Wolf Flank46silver

91× Raw Redgill27silver30copper

41× Tender Crocolisk Meat20silver9copper

40× Bear Meat13silver60copper

15× Raptor Egg13silver35copper

40× Boar Intestines7silver20copper

40× Spider Ichor6silver80copper

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

52× Small Spider Leg2silver8copper

20× Mild Spices1silver

16× Raw Rockscale Cod80copper

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.