Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials364gold15silver68copper
Sell back175gold86silver22copper
Net cost188gold29silver46copper

Steps

1–20Craft ~19× Linen Bagearns 9silver50copperafter selling for 38silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
20–48Craft ~33× White Linen Shirtearns 6silver60copperafter selling for 31silver35copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Bleach (vendor)
48–64Craft ~86× Linen Bagearns 43silverafter selling for 1gold72silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
64–84Craft ~36× Blue Linen Vestcosts 5silver4copperafter selling for 59silver76copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Linen Vest (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
84–97Craft ~33× Blue Linen Robecosts 1silver98copperafter selling for 90silver42copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 12silver
97–119Craft ~33× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 22silver77copperafter selling for 2gold69silver61copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–130Craft ~11× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold25silver73copperafter selling for 94silver5copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
130–150Craft ~27× Bolt of Mageweaveearns 3gold42silver9copperafter selling for 6gold79silver59copper
recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth
150–165Craft ~16× Green Silk Packearns 2gold56silver32copperafter selling for 9gold86silver88copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 2gold39silver80copper
165–172Craft ~8× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 1gold47silver52copperafter selling for 1gold64silver16copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Fine Thread (vendor)
172–180Craft ~8× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold57silver44copperafter selling for 3gold86silver56copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–190Craft ~12× White Bandit Maskearns 2gold71silver8copperafter selling for 8gold32silver8copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 20silver
190–195Craft ~7× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold37silver76copperafter selling for 3gold38silver24copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–214Craft ~22× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 1gold33silver54copperafter selling for 6gold35silver36copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
214–216Craft ~3× Long Silken Cloakcosts 1gold31silver55copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
216–230Craft ~16× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 10gold88silver
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
230–251Craft ~22× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 20gold25silver76copperafter selling for 21gold37silver52copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 1gold
251–287Craft ~53× Runecloth Headbandcosts 59gold27silver52copperafter selling for 60gold19silver74copper
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 89gold86silver19copperafter 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 Runecloth169gold99silver19copper
112× Rune Threadvendor56gold
180× Ironweb Spider Silk48gold40silver20copper
74× Bolt of Mageweave19gold61silver
148× Rugged Leather19gold21silver4copper
130× Bolt of Silk Cloth11gold68silver70copper
110× Runecloth7gold68silver90copper
96× Silken Threadvendor4gold80silver
44× Gold Bar3gold87silver20copper
135× Mageweave Cloth3gold37silver50copper
132× Silk Cloth2gold46silver84copper
12× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold40silver
588× Bolt of Linen Cloth2gold35silver20copper
48× Heavy Leather91silver20copper
75× Fine Threadvendor75silver
124× Blue Dyevendor62silver
450× Coarse Threadvendor45silver
16× Green Dyevendor16silver
45× Bleachvendor11silver25copper
3× Mana Potion8silver67copper
16× Red Dyevendor8silver

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.